PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Based on apa: significant behavior of psychological system associated with present distress. But problem: cultural diff in terms of what extreme diff are. What s acceptable/not depends on social norms and culture. So the statistical approach is not quite accurate. )dentifying that bottom 2 and top 2 percent are the (cid:494)abnormals(cid:495) Disorder causing personal distress and some impairment in functioning. Not causing one to lose contact with reality or to violate important social norms. Cause distress and impairment, but stay in touch with reality: psychosis: Typically lose contact with reality, suffer delusions and/or hallucinations. Seriously impaired ability to function in everyday life. The dsm (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) It defines standardized diagnostic criteria for psychological disorders. Everyone has a different threshold of it, depending on personality, support. On other hand, if anxiety crosses line to become distressing, then it has.
