PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia
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Irrationality/dangerousness=people with mental disorders are highly irrational and dangerous, but not everyone. Deviance=deviation from the average, behaviors or feelings that are extreme. Emotional distress/personal discomfort*=sadness and anxiety, found in most forms of mental illness. Significant impairment**=inability to function effectively in your world, some form of impairment such as learning, cognitive problems, memory delays, social settings. Keep in mind: know where they come from. The importance of context-you don"t know their story, important for psychiatrist to. Continuum between abnormal and normal behavior-we all feel levels of depression and anxiety. Role of cultural and historical relativism-things that are normal now were not normal 40 years ago, things that are normal here may not be normal in other places. Advantages/disadvantages of diagnosis-helps study and treat mental illness, helps to communicate our abnormal feelings to each other but then you have a label or stigma associated with what you are diagnosed with. An unpleasant emotion associated with a general sense of danger.