PSYC 2003 Lecture 14: CHAPTER 14 Holm's lecture notes
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45-50 % of people will diagnose a mental illness over course of their life. Second only to heart disease in terms of loss of life and health and disability. Danger or risk of harm: danger for violence against other, risk of harm to self, ex: depression may lead to a suicide attempt, ex: extreme paranoia may provoke someone to attack other people. Medical model (last 200 years in industrialized cultures) o o o o. Diagnosis: distinguishes one disorder form another with label, each has unique set of symptoms o. So if u diagnose someone with depression, they have different symptoms that a schizophrenic. Symptoms: behaviors, thoughts, and emotions suggestive of an underlying abnormal condition. So a specifiable pattern of causes may exist for different mental disorders. Dsm-v (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders- fifth. Medical model is limited- psychology is not biology. Overlapping criteria- not all disorders are distinct: advantages.
