PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Paranoid Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Intellectual Disability

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
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Document Summary

A mental disorder must affect at least one aspect of a person"s life, such as work, social relations, or self-care. Etiology: factors that contribute to the development of a disorder. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv): categorizes and describes disorders in terms of symptoms; patient must meet specific criteria to receive a particular diagnosis. Multiaxial system: system used in the dsm that provides assessment along five axes describing important mental health factors. Schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, phobias, anorexia. > axis ii: mental retardation and personality disorders. Borderline personality disorder, anti-social personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder. Unemployment, divorce, legal problems, homelessness, poverty, parental overprotection. > axis v: global or overall assessment of functioning. > rated on a scale from 1 to 100 (danger of hurting to well-functioning. Assessment: examination of a person"s mental state to diagnose possible psychological disorders. Self-reports, observations, interviews -> assessment -> diagnosis -> treatment -> ongoing assessment.