PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Anorexia Nervosa, Mental Disorder, Mental Health Professional

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Stephanie Denison

Document Summary

Before psychological disorders could be diagnosed, they had to evaluate the behaviour in terms of four themes, referred to as the four d"s: deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. In order to assist mental health professional in diagnosing mental disorders, the dsm is a helpful book to refer to symptoms and consider different diagnosis"s. Dsm is considered a reliable and valid source. Reliability: doctors are able to come to the same conclusion about a person independent of each other. Validity: an index of the extent to which the categories it identifies are clinically meaningful. Culture bound syndromes: expressions of mental distress that are almost completely limited to specific cultural groups (behaviour can be considered admirable)-> i. e. anorexia nervosa. Adhd is described in three variations by the apa: the pre-dominantly inattentive type, the pre-dominantly hyperactive impulsive type, the combined type. Some mental disorders stay with the individual for life once they are diagnosed (i. e.