PSY 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Aaron T. Beck, Prefrontal Cortex, Evil Eye
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A disorder refers to a common set of signs and symptoms; A disease is a known pathological process affecting the body; and. A diagnosis is a determination as to whether a disorder or disease is present. Causation of disorders and the dangers of labeling. Medical model of mental disorder: suggests that knowing a person"s diagnosis is useful because any given category of mental illness is likely to have a distinctive cause. An integrated perspective incorporates biological, psychological, and environmental factors. Different individuals may experience a similar psychological disorder for different reasons. Diathesis-stress model: suggests that a person may be predisposed for a mental disorder that remains unexpressed until triggered by stress. The intervention-causation fallacy assumes treatment addresses the cause of the disorder. The brain is likely not the only cause. New initiative that aims to guide the classi cation and understanding of mental disorders by revealing the basic processes that give rise to them.
