Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Mood Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Someone may be primed to develop depressive disorder if faced w/ stress of a significant loss later in life. Reliability- clinicians using the system should show high levels of agreement in their diagnostic decisions. Dimensional approaches: current classification system is categorical, but criteria so detailed people don"t always neatly fit, does not provide way to explain severity of disorder, cannot capture symptoms adaptively important but not sever. Social and personal implications: once label attached to person, becomes accurate description of individual rather than of behaviour likely to affect how we interact w/ a person. Competency- a legal decision that a defendant is mentally capable of understanding the nature of criminal charges, participating meaningfully in a trial, and consulting with an attorney. Anxiety disorders- a group of behaviour disorders in which anxiety and associated maladaptive behaviours are the core of the disturbance. Interfere significantly w/ life functions/cause person to seek medical/psychological treatment.