PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Insomnia, Dsm-5, American Psychiatric Association

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: dr.duell

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Psyc 111 - lecture 26 - psychological disorders. According to psychologists and psychiatrists, psychological disorders. Are marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual"s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior. Disturbed or dysfunctional thoughts, emotions, or behaviors are maladaptive. Yesterday"s therapy through the ages, psychologically disordered people have received brutal treatments, including the trephination evident in stone age skulls. Drilling skull holes may have been an attempt to release evil spirits and cure those with mental disorders the medical model. Search for physical cause of mental disorders and curative treatments. Mental illness diagnosed on basis of symptoms and treated through therapy. Credibility gained from recent research in genetically influenced brain abnormalities in brain structure and biochemistry the biopsychosocial approach. General approach positing that biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors all play a significant role in human functioning in the contest of disease or illness. Antisocial personality disorder and generalized anxiety disorder did poorly on field trials.