PSY 101 Final: final psych cheat sheet
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Psychological disorders: studying the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. - william. James. (1) there are 450 million people suffering from a psychological disorder(who 2004) (2)depression and schizophrenia exist in all cultures of the world. Psychological disorders: persistently harmful, thoughts, feelings, and actions. **for something to be a disorder, it has to disrupt your life. Ancient treatments: trephination, exorcism, being caged like animals, being beaten, burned castrated, mutilated, or transfused with animal"s blood. Philippe pine from france- madness not due to demonic possession, but an ailment of the mind. Biopsychosocial perspective: assumes that biological, social-cultural, and psychological factors combine and interact t produce psychologist disorders. The american psychiatric association diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) to describe psychological disorders. The most recent edition, dsm-iv-tr (text revision, 2000), describes. 400 psychological disorders compared to 60 in the 1950"s. Anxiety disorders: feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety. (four types) symptoms: 1.
