PSYC 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Major Depressive Episode, Anorexia Nervosa, Illusory Correlation
18 Dec 2013
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Psychological disorder (dsm-iv-tr) behavioural, emotional, or cognitive dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with personal distress or substantial impairment in functioning. Amount of information available (client insight/self-knowledge and truthfulness) Axis i: clinical disorders: all psychological disorders, excepting axis ii disorders (ex. major depressive episode, anorexia nervosa) Axis ii: personality disorders and mental retardation. Axis iv: psychosocial and environmental problems (ex. unemployment, family problems) Axis v: global assessment of functioning 0 - 100 (0 poor, 100 perfect) There are different symptoms but not listed under that category, clinicians will write a report stating what disorder the patient has. Someone can appear to have all of the symptoms of a disorder, but in fact not have the disorder at all (type 1 error) Someone can appear to not have a disorder, but in fact have all of the symptoms (type 2 error)
