PSY 395 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sensorium, Basal Ganglia, Soltyrei
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Impairment is set in the context of a person"s background. Mental health workers view psychological disorders persisting harmful thoughts, feelings and actions. When behavior is deviant, distressful & dysfunctional, psychiatrists & psychologists label it disordered. Dsm-5 describes 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. Personal distress or disability in social occupational or other important activities or substantial impairment & function. Prototypes of the best examples of the disorders. Dimensional estimates of the severity of specific disorders. The behavior, thoughts, or feelings results in painful symptoms. Disability (or impairment in one or more areas of functioning) There is an increased risk of suffering, death, pain and disability, or. Important loss of freedom is when you can"t control one"s own thoughts/feelings whether something owns you or not. Conducting research that leads to new procedures useful in practice.
