Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Autism Spectrum, Bipolar Disorder, Dsm-5

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B

Document Summary

General concepts: describe and evaluate the medical model of abnormal behavior. Identify the key criteria of abnormality and discuss the development of dsm-5. Dissociative disorders: distinguish between two types of dissociative disorders, summarize what is known about the causes of dissociative disorders. Autism spectrum disorder: describe the symptoms and prevalence of autistic disorder, explain what is known about the causes of autism. Personality disorders: discuss the nature and organization of personality disorders, describe the symptoms of antisocial, borderline, and narcissistic personality disorders, and their etiology.