PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.2, 15.3: Insanity Defense, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Asylums: residential facilities for the mentally ill. Medical model: sees psychological conditions through the same lens as western medicine tends to see physical conditions - as sets of symptoms, causes, and outcomes, with treatments aimed at changing physiological processes in order to alleviate symptoms. Whether it causes distress to oneself or others, impairs day-to-day functioning, or increases the risk of injury or harm to oneself or others. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) A standardized manual to aid in the diagnosis of disorders. Mental disorder defence: claims that the defendant was in such an extreme, abnormal state of mind when committing the crime that they couldn t discern that the actions were legally or morally wrong. A category of disorders involving fear or nervousness that is excessive, irrational, and maladaptive. Generalized anxiety disorder (gad) involves frequently elevated levels of anxiety, generally from the normal challenges and stresses of everyday life.