PSYA02H3 Chapter : PSYA02 Ch 17

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: John Bassili

Document Summary

Psya02- ch 17 (nature and causes of psychological disorders) The causes of psychological problems are a complex interaction btwn one s individual genotype, brain chemistry, and childhood env t in the etiology (the causation) Etiology, the causes or origins of a disorder. Less severe psychological disorders are influenced by env t factors such as stressors, unhealthy family interactions, or one s perception of these factors. A classification system of psychological disorders was first recognized by emil. Psychologists stress that that the most important feature of a psychological disorder is not whether one s bhvr is abnormal but whether it s maladaptive. Psychological disorders are the interaction of hereditary, cognitive, and env t factors. > consequent psychological disorders are extreme anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, compulsive bhvr, distorted perceptions, thinking, and paralysis or blindness. The medical perspective: according to hippocrates, mental illness is from the excesses of 4 humours (black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm) which led to emotional problems.