PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction, Pervasive Developmental Disorder
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Dsm was made to statistically diagnose mental disorders in a biomedical paradigm: problem: there is nothing statistical about it. Allowed reliability for clinicians, allowed people to research disorders and talk about them as they were more reliable now. Dsm-iv definition of mental disorder: a clinically significant behavioural or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual. Includes a significantly increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom. Symptom experiencing depression or sadness, not really affecting daily lifestyle abilities. An expectable and culturally sanctioned response to a particular event. E. g. grief or mourning brings loss of pleasure, social withdrawal. If these symptoms are taken out of context, they would qualify for mental disorder, but they are an expected reaction to the event. E. g. fasting and losing weight due to cultural reasons. Losing that much weight can qualify for anorexia nervosa, but since it is culturally accepted, it is not a mental disorder.
