PSYC401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Attention, Adderall, Genetic Predisposition
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. psychologkaldlsorders: disorder : a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in a person"s cognitions , emotion regulation or behavior. Behaviors must be either dysfunctional or maladaptive (must interfere with day-to-day life: disorder definitions change over time until 1973. Definitions can change when society changes its opinions. Assumes psychological disorders are mental (" pathologies. Path : must be diagnosed based on symptoms . Cured through therapy + treatment loften in psychiatric hospitals: bio - psycho - social model illnesses. Assumes that disorders are influenced by : (cid:8869) genetic predisposition (epigenetic influences ) (cid:8869) physiological states (cid:8869) inner psychological dynamics (cid:8869) social and cultural circumstances. Behaviors arise from a mixture of nature and nurture whyclassifydisorders. co. Describe t catalog a variety of symptoms. Treat a disorder as appropriately as possible. The above combine for one purpose : to help others: the diagnostic + statistical manual (dsm) The current manual for diagnosing t classifying psychological disorders in the us t many western countries.
