PSYC 4270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sleep Disorder, Natural Kind, Forensic Psychology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4270
• Professor: Gerald Young

Document Summary

Moderate down in ammatory response (which are increased in ght or ight response to illness or injury) Hurt vs. harm - it may hurt you, but it won"t harm you. Stress management is basic for any rehab condition. Physical injury in pain vs. ptsd, but it"s still transdiagnostic. Article #1 - ptsd in court (dr. young) People need to be educated (continuing education) - for professionals. Catching up on the literature related to appearance in court. Biology - the brain, ght or ight response. There"s a distinction between social construction and natural kind or taxon of a diagnostic category . Does it exist in nature or did a group of psychologists/psychiatrists. Categorical - there are units in nature (approximated in the dsm) and they can be cut at the joints. Medical model - 0 and 1 (present or absence) Dimensional approach - lots of symptoms that look like a category, but actually lots of variations.