PSYC 1002 Study Guide - Cortisol, White Matter, Etiology
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There is a life time prevalence rate for suffering from a disorder (51%) is abnormal normal? (51% is probably under reported) 1700 and 1800s, people with mental disorders were treated with mental shock therapy, lobotomy, bleeding to death, putting snakes on them, burning them. Historically, people with mental disorders were treated in very barbaric ways. Psychological disorders are now seen as a disease. Medical model, develop a system to diagnose, to treat, to prognosis. But then we get into labels (concerns involve stereotyping, treated in a prejudicial way because of your disorder) 3 dominant myths: disorders are incurable sort of true with a few disorders (yet to find treatments with good effects for a few e. g. psychopathy, sex offenders). Epidemiology refers to the distribution in a population of a disorder (pie chart, what % people have a disorder) Prevalence - % of people who will suffer from a specific disorder in a certain time period.
