PSY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Cynophobia, Somatic Symptom Disorder
30 Nov 2016
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Consequences for that person and for others. Maladaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving: affect individuals, affect the people with whom they interact. The medical model (the neurobiological model: disorders stem primarily from an underlying illness that can be diagnosed, treated, and cured, biological factors cause mental illness. North america: the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv-tr) soon moving to (v, published by the american psychiatric association, latest editions include more than 300 specific diagnostic labels. High for some disorders: e. g. , anxiety disorder, affective disorders, schizophrenia. Low for others: e. g. , somatoform disorders, axis ii personality disorders. Stronger for some diagnosis: e. g. , schizophrenia, depression. Weaker for others: e. g. , adhd, somatoform disorders. Marked by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviours that reduce anxiety. Phobia: a person experiences a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation. Generalized anxiety disorder: person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
