PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Social Anxiety Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Major Depressive Disorder
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Psyc14 notes chap 10: mental and physical health. If normal psychological functioning differs across cultures (as we have seen in past chapters), then it follows that departures from normal behaviour also differ across cultures as well. Disorders are defined with respect to behaviours that are rare and cause some kind of impairment to the individual. Culture bound syndromes are those that appear to be greatly influenced by cultural factors. They either occur with very different frequencies in different cultures or are manifested in highly divergent ways in different cultures. In order to understand them, it is important to understand the cultural values and understandings that go along with them. The 2 most common clinical manifestations of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and. Both of these must occur at least twice a week for 3 months and the person cannot be concordantly diagnosed with anorexia.
