PSYCO105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Personal Relationships, Twin, Avoidant Personality Disorder
10 Aug 2018
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Judgement of abnormality: distressing to self or others, dysfunctional for person or society, deviant: violates social norms. Abnormal behaviour - result of supernatural forces. Mental illness is a disease like physical illnesses that affect the brain (hippocrates) Current definition : characterized by clinically significant distress in an individual"s cognition or emotion regulating, or reflects dysfunction in the psychological, biological and developmental processes underlying mental functioning . Mental disorders are usually associated with deviance in social, occupational or other important activities (dsm-5) Canadians suffer from a mental disorder. About 50% of people in north america experience a disorder in their lifetime. Genetic factors (50% more likely if parents have it) Detailed behaviour must be present for diagnosis. Each number is a revision, this is the 5th edition. Assesses psychological disorders and medical conditions together. Dsm-v diagnoses based on previous dsm-iv dimensions (but axes no longer exist) Axis i: primary clinical diagnosis (e. g. depression, social phobia etc. )
