PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Genetic Predisposition, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

Document Summary

A psychological/mental disorder is a combination of how someone behaves, feels, or thinks that deviates from the norm (maladaptive) and causes the person emotional and cognitive distress. The medical model: mental disorders should be treated with same rigour and level of scientific objectivity as disorders that originate in the body, should be perceived as being a disease (abnormal behaviour = disease) Epidemiology: study of distribution of mental disorder in the population, which group of people (i. e. gender) is most affected. Prevalence: percentage of population exhibiting the disorder at specific time, now, 17% of canadian population is diagnosed with a mood disorder. Diagnosis: distinguishing one illness from another, summarizes specific symptoms that are pertinent to a disorder. Etiology: causation and developmental history of illness, factors that make some people at higher risk than others. Prognosis: forecast about probable course of illness. Diagnostic and statistical manuel of mental disorders (1952) (dsm 4tr)