PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Bipolar Ii Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Agnieszka Kopinska

Document Summary

What is abnormal behaviour? (1) deviance behaviour that deviates from what society considers acceptable. (2) maladaptive behaviour impaired everyday adaptive behaviour. (3) personal distress individual"s report of personal distress. Prognoses a prognoses is a forecast about the probably course of an illness. The medical model the medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behaviour as a disease. Neurotic disorder a neurotic disorder is one that is usually distressing but that allows one to think rationally and function socially. Psychotic disorder a psychotic disorder is one where a person loses contact with reality and experiences irrational ideas and distorted perceptions. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders o. 5 axes or dimensions: (1) axis i: clinical syndromes (2) axis ii: personality disorders (3) axis iii: general medical conditions (4) axis iv: psychosocial and environmental problems (5) axis v: global assessment of functioning o.