L33 Psych 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization, Multimodal Distribution
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Lecture 4: notes classification & assessment of abnor. Subdividing or organizing a set of related options. If a patient is depressed, you know that suicide may be a thought. Unrelated problems may be misattributed to the disorders. Physical health problems result in fatigue but it is also a symptom of depression. Could just be a thyroid disorder and not mental. Reflects a difference in kind or quality bnormal behavior. Different experiences than people without those disorders qualitative. Focuses on the amount of a particular characteristic an object possesse. People with abnormal behaviors are qualitatively different than other people (discrete groups) People with abnormal behaviors and quantitatively different (continuu. International statistical classification of diseases & related health problems (icd) Many countries out of the us use this. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) Trying to address mental illness in soldiers esses ther tinuum) ems. Lots of new research provided by the government.
