PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Insanity Defense, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Dissociative Disorder
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Normal depends on the environment and the place where you come from > its different for each place. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) > a standardized manual to aid in the diagnosis of disorders. This described the symptoms of 106 different conditions. Made so that consistency across diagnosis was possible across the world: dsm-5. A set of symptoms and the number of symptoms that must be met in order to have the disorder. The etiology (origins or causes) of the symptom. A prognosis or prediction of how these symptoms will persist or change over time: applications of psychological diagnosis. 15. 2 personality and dissociative disorders: de ning and classifying personality disorders. Person can be extremely happy or extremely sad. Tend to be manipulative and putting themselves rst > no empathy: histrionic personality disorder > is characterized by excessive attention seeking and dramatic behaviour.
