PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 47: Taijin Kyofusho, Schizophrenia, Dsm-5
26 Feb 2017
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Most people would agree that someone who is too depressed to get out of bed for weeks at a time has a psychological disorder. Defining psychological disorders thoughts, feelings, or actions that are deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional. Mental health workers view psychological disorders as patterns of. Being different (cid:523)deviant(cid:524) from most other people n one"s culture is part of. Standards for deviant behavior vary by context and by culture. Standards for deviance also vary with time what it takes to define a psychological disorder: ex. In the past, homosexuality was considered an illness this changed when more and more members of the american psychiatric. Association no longer viewed it as a psychological problem. There is more to a disorder than being deviant. To be considered disordered, deviant behavior usually causes the person distress. Deviant and distressful behaviors are more likely to be considered.
