PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, American Psychiatric Association, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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World health organization: worldwide, 450 million people (15%) suffer from mental or behavioral disorders. Below is an age-standardized disability-adjusted life year rates from unipolar depressive disorders by country (darkest red is > 1450; light yellow is < 700). Basically, it shows the number of years lost per 100,000 due to ill-health, disability, or early death. Psychological disorders ongoing patterns of abnormal thoughts, feelings, and actions that are harmful (dysfunctional) to the individual or to others. Standards for abnormal behavior vary by culture and time. Men of the west african wodaabe tribe wear elaborate makeup to attract women. Until 1973, the american psychiatric association classified homosexuality as a psychological disorder. Having multiple tattoos was once considered to be a symptom of body dysmorphic disorder.
