PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Anorexia Nervosa, Mood Disorder, Biopsychosocial Model
6 Aug 2012
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Textbook: psychology tenth edition in modules authored by david g. myers. Psychological disorders are patterns of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional. Being different (deviant) from most other people in one"s culture is part of what it takes to define a psychological disorder. Standards for deviance also vary with time, vary by context and culture. Dysfunction is key to defining a disorder: an intense fear of spiders may be deviant, but if it doesn"t impair your life it is not a disorder. 5% of children and 3% of teens diagnosed; 2. 5% of adults exhibit adhd symptoms, diagnosed three times more often in boys than girls. Adhd often coexists with a learning disorder or with defiant and temper-prone behaviour. A lawyer is distressed by feeling the need to wash his hands 100 times a day he has no time left to meet with clients, and his colleagues are wondering about his competence.
