PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Insanity Defense, Mental Health Court
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Week 7 chapter 8: crime and mental disorders. Mental illness: disorder/disease of the mind that is judged by experts to interfere substantially with a person"s ability to cope with life on a daily basis. Deprives the person of freedom of choice to some degree. Serious mental illness (smi) severely impedes, or has the potential to impede, a person"s functioning. Mental disorder: used interchangeably with mental illness. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Compiled by committees appointed by the american psychiatric association. Guidebook for clinicians seeking to define and diagnose specific mental disorders. Used by mental health professionals to guide diagnosis and to justify third-party reimbursement for treatment. Alternative classification system international classification of disease (icd) published by the world health organization (who) Schizophrenia: characterized by disturbances in cognition, emotional responses, and behaviour. Disorder generally begins early in life, often leads to social and economic impairment and impacts the individual throughout the lifespan.
