Psychology 3301F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Research Diagnostic Criteria, Little Albert Experiment
18 Oct 2012
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Common reasons that people seek treatment include: relationship problems, self-esteem problems, achievement problems, physical problems. These should probably best be considered problems in living, rather than formal disorders. Problems in living can probably be helped with the aid of counsellor or social worker. Clinical psychologists are trained to deal with psychopathology. When we discuss psychopathology, we often differentiate between a "sign", a "symptom", and a "syndrome" Sign: a sign is a problem or abnormality that is observed by a clinician, but not (always) perceived by the patient. Symptom: an abnormality or complaint perceived by a patient, only a sing if the psychologist also observes the abnormality or complaint as a problem. Syndrome: a syndrome is a group of signs or symptoms that are indicative of a health-related condition. In the context of clinical psychology, what we"re typically talking about is a mental health-related condition.
