CAS PS 101 Lecture 11: Psychological Disorders

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Maya Rosen

Document Summary

Ps 101 b2: general psychology lecture 11: psychological disorders. Study of mental disorders (anything that is abnormal, but what is abnormal is the question) Earliest view: all sorts of disorders were a result of demons inside the person, and the. In the last 200 years, we have a much better understanding that these disorders are actually due to dysfunction of the brain. How we draw the line between abnormal and normal behavior is difficult. But the accepted definition today is when the problem disrupts everyday life and goes on for a long period of time. The 4 d"s of psychopathology: all used to categorize if someone has a psychological disorder. The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder (dsm) The bible of psychology--has list of symptoms for every known mental disorder and the clinicians would check things off to diagnose patients. System that describes important health factors in 5 axes.