Health Sciences 4091A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
11 Dec 2016
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Judge what is natural and therefore what is disordered. But what is normal is subjective: based on whether the condition works for or against us- in our current environment, maladaptive mental condition- does not fit the current environment- Unpacking these ideas: is therefore a disorder. Labeling mismatched fears as disorders: consider the arguments for and against. Questioning the rationale behind labeling: horwitz and wakefield- predicting steadily increasing number of mismatches- discrepancies between what we are and what would be beneficial to us, big question: when changing environmental circumstances make. 3 arguments against determining mismatches to be disorders mismatch does not mean something is wrong parts of human nature maladaptive, why not call that a disorder: disorder= something is (cid:498)wrong(cid:499) with the person- whereas, a. There"s nothing wrong with you, you"re just not suited for your. Ownership environment disorder=impairment= social control through psychiatry; persons. Mismatches might benefit from some types of assistance, remediation, etc .
