PSYC 1020H Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Bipolar Disorder, Cerebral Cortex, Electrodermal Activity

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Brenda Smith- Chant

Document Summary

Mental disorder: any behaviour or emoional state that causes an individual great sufering, is self-destrucive, seriously impairs the person"s ability to work or get along with others, or endangers others or the community. Culture-bound syndromes: disorders that are speciic to paricular cultural contexts. Many people confuse unusual behaviour with having a mental disorder. Mental disorders as a violaion of cultural standards: emphasizes the roles and rules of the culture. Mental disorder as emoional distress: in terms of a person"s sufering. Mental disorder as behaviour that is self- destrucive or harmful to others: negaive consequences of a person"s behaviour. The dsm"s primary aim is descripive: to provide clear diagnosic categories so that clinicians and researchers can agree on which disorders they are talking about and then can study and treat these disorders. American publicaion: privaized health care: insurance companies require clients to be categorized. The confusion of serious disorders with mental disorders.