PSY 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cognitive Dissonance, Mental Disorder, Comorbidity
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Issue: people tend to take on a label as a major part of their identity. Decide its accurate act in accordance ( rise up to the label ) to reduce their cognitive dissonance. Purpose of having a diagnostic language - to have a shared language (why dr. b likes it) Understand what you"re talking about (same or similar ideas about what a diagnosis) Many clinicians would determine based on different presentations a diagnosis. Many related to how we interact with our clients around diagnoses. Diagnoses two general uses: (1) internal language within/between clinicians. Know what to look up, what kind of treatments are related/used (2) language to talk to client about the particular problems they"re facing. Children can take to heart a label to represent themselves (identity formation) Some diagnosis have developmental restrictions: can only diagnose a person within a certain age range. Use by psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals.
