PSYC 1010 Midterm: Module 49

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Psychological disorder a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual"s cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour. Mental model the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital. Epigenetics the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without dna change. Our environment can effect whether a gene is expressed or not nurture influencing nature. Disorders are classified and also aim to: predicting the future course of the disorder, suggest appropriate treatment, prompt research into its causes. Dsm -5 diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders - a system used for classifying disorders.