PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Binge Eating, Limbic System, Externalizing Disorders

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: James Mac Dougall

Document Summary

Tests showed he could recognize faces, discriminate different emotions. Global or overall assessment of how well the person is functioning: multiaxial classification system for dsm-iv-tr. Clinical disorders and other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention (schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, sexual/gender disorders, sleep disorders, eating disorders) Axis ii mental retardation and personality disorders (anti-social personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, borderline personality disorder) Axis iii general medical conditions that may be relevant to mental disorders (cancer, epilepsy, obesity, parkinson"s disorder, alzheimer"s disease) Axis iv psychosocial/environmental problems that might affect the diagnosis, Axis v treatment, prognosis of mental disorders (unemployment, divorce, legal problems, homelessness, poverty, parental overprotection) Global assessment of functioning (social, psychological, occupational) rating on a scale from 1-100, with 1 representing danger of hurting self or others and. 100 meaning superior functioning in wide range of areas.