PSYA02H3 Chapter 17: chapter 17 text book notes
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Some less severe mental disorders seems to caused by environ factors or by person"s perception of these factors. More severe ones = caused by hereditary and bio factors. mental is of and diagnosis mental. Emil kraepelin: 1st to recognize need of classification sys of mental disorders. Mental disorders are characterized by abonormal behavior, thoughts, feelings. The distinction between n and abn can be subjective. Stress that the important feature of mental disorder is not abnormal, but maladaptive (cause distress or discomfort and interfere w/ ppl"s ability to lead satisfying, productive lives). Disorders often makes it impossible to have job, marriage. *diagnosis may never be completely free from social and political judgments. Understanding the cultural diff in beliefs is important. etc. of on the. cognitive: identify of origins of distorted perceptions and maladaptive thought patterns. environ: wide range: family history, social interactions, diet, drugs, childhood disease.
