PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Dyssomnia
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Diagnosis is critical to abnormal psychology; a disorder has to be classified correctly before its causes or best treatments can be found. Official diagnostic system employed by mental health professionals diagnostic and statistical. Gradually, people recognized different illnesses require different treatments. Early efforts at classification: 19th-early 20th century, great inconsistency in classification of abnormal behaviour. Development of the who and dsm systems: american psychiatric association. Current diagnostic system of the american psychiatric assoc. (dsm-iv and dsm-iv-tr) Definition of mental disorder: although no definition adequately specifies precise boundaries for the concept . Diagnostic categories: dsm indicates that a disorder may be due to a medical condition or substance abuse, disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence. Intellectual, emotional, and physical disorders that usually begin in infancy, childhood, or adolescence. Disorders that fall into this category: separation anxiety disorder, conduct disorder, adhd, mental retardation, pervasive development disorders, learning disorders: substance-related disorders.
