PSY240H1 Lecture : lec notes
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Psychological disorder: psychological dysfunction (some kind of change and break down in cognition and behavioral functioning)that occur in individual and it is. Associated with some degree of distress or impairment. It is a response that is not typical and not expected. When ppl are depressed, they are more focused to negativity. When ppl get anxious, overly concern and preoccupied with threats in the environment. Each clinical problem has its own specific change in emotion. Also expected to see changes in behavior, when ppl get depress they become withdraw try to escape things that make them uncomfortable eg: etering a mall, feel uncomfortable-try to escape. Difft degree of dysfunction, some ppl only experience occasionally. Dysfunction could be occur in specific situation or day to day basis. Idea of psychological dysfunction in a continuum from 0-100 scale we have to determine which one is normal and below it is abnormal eg hearing voice- is common.
