01:830:340 Study Guide - Social Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Apperception

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Dsm 5-behavioral, psychological, or biological dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with present distress and impairment in functioning, or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or impairment. Clinical terms: presenting problem: original complaint reported by the client to the therapist. The actual treated problem may be a modification derived from the presenting problem: first step in clinical description, clinical description: the unique combination of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that make up a specific disorder. Incidence rates: number of new cases of a disorder appearing during a specific period (compare with prevalence: course: pattern of development and change of a disorder over time. Insidious onset: disorders that develop gradually over an extended period of time future: etiology: the study of origin. The cause: why a disorder begins and includes biological, psychological, and social dimensions. Supernatural model: supernatural influences were formerly believed to explain abnormal behavior.