PSYC 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Etiology, Clinical Psychology, Specific Phobia
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The dsm-5 and the definition of mental disorder: the dsm-5 is the accepted standard for defining various types of mental disorders. Important that the dysfunction has nothing to do with social deviance or conflicts the person has with society as a whole: the dsm ensures diagnostic accuracy and consistency, dsm-1 published in 1952. How can we reduce prejudicial attitudes toward the mentally ill: education does not seem to be the solution. How does culture effect what we consider abnormal: within cultures, shared beliefs and behaviours are widely accepted and may constitute one or more customary practices, there is no word for depressed in native americans, alaska natives, and. Incidence: the number of new cases that occur over a given period of time tend to be lower than prevalence figures because they exclude pre- existing cases (the cases have to be new after the starting point)
