PSYCH101 Lecture 15: Psych 101 Last lecture
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A set of negative and unfair beliefs that a society has. 3 criteria: deviant, maladaptive, causing personal distress. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) Diagnoses maladjusted behavior: many changes over time, wrath of gods, witches, demonic possession, homosexuality as a mental illness, only removed in 1986. Instructs clinicians to become sensitive to issues of diversity in syndromes specific to culture. Ethnicity and culture: dsm iv attempts to integrate culture into diagnoses, ex. Koro (fear of penis withdraw to abdomen) in malaysia, wendingo (belief in becoming cannibal) indigenous, anorexia (intentional self starvation) western, Amok (sudden rage) mostly male, susto (fear of losing soul, insomnia and apathy) Anxiety: generalizing feeling of fear and apprehension related to a certain situation, 3 systems, physical system, cognitive, behavioral, generalized anxiety, persistent worry, no focus, panic disorder, characterized by panic attacks, physical systems (ex. Difficult breathing, pounding heart, chest pain, dizziness: phobic, agoraphobia. Fear of not being able to leave unnoticed: social phobia.
