PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Mental Disorder, Startle Response
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Psychological dysfunction: breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning; however, the boundaries between functional and dysfunctional are fuzzy. Still relies on social judgements and cultural values. Personal distress or impairment: generally, a person with a mental disorder is extremely distressed or upset by it (criteria 1) Antisocial personality disorder consists of extremely selfish, unlawful behavior: therefore (cid:862)i(cid:373)pair(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:272)riteria 2(cid:895) (cid:272)o(cid:448)ers those (cid:449)ho do(cid:374)"t sho(cid:449) distress, however, many people experience distress. Much disagreement exists about what constitutes a psych disorder. Throughout history various behaviors have been labeled as disordered (e. g. hysteria and identifying as lgbtq) Difficulty in applying medical model to mental illness: lack of objective criteria, social and cultural biases. Dsm-5 disorders(cid:863: most psy(cid:272)hologists use the (cid:862)diag(cid:374)osti(cid:272) a(cid:374)d statisti(cid:272)al (cid:373)a(cid:374)ual of mental, contains descriptions and diagnostic criteria for every recognized psych disorder, based on observable symptoms vs. causes, pros and cons of dsm: Represents categories when many conditions may be dimensional (e. g. slightly depressed)
