PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: National Comorbidity Survey, Comorbidity, Alcoholism
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Extreme fear one"s penis/vulva is shrinking, disappearing, or inverting to kill you. Out-of-consciousness stress reaction with crying, trembling, uncontrollable shouting, aggression, and intense heat in the chest moving to the head. Scientific study of the frequency and distributions of disorders within a population. # of new cases of disorder that appear in a population during a specific period of time. Total # of active cases that are present in the population during a time. Lifetime prevalence: total proportion of people affected in their lives. 12-month prevalence: total proportion affected in a year. Interviews of 9000 people in u. s. about mental disorders b/w 2001 - 2003. 46% of those interviewed had at least one lifetime diagnosis. 40% of cases were mild, only 22% were severe. Depression, anxiety, eating disorders more common among women. Alcoholism and antisocial personality more common among men. The presence of one or more conditions at the same time.
