PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Ch14 psychological disorders incomplete page 631. Psychopathology a disorder of the mind; criteria: 1. Does the behavior deviate from cultural norms: 2. Appropriate psychological tests/neuropsychological method section, critical thinking makes diagnosis. Dissociative identity disorder the occurrence of two or more. Symptoms must interfere w/ at least 1 aspect of life distinct identities in the same individual, multiple personality disorder. Ex. work, social relations, self-care: 3. Psychological disorders are classified into categories: etiology factors that contribute to the development of a disorder, diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) categorized disorders systemically based on symptoms. Multiaxial system the system used in the dsm that provides assessment along five axes describing important mental health factors. Psychological disorder must be assessed: assessment in psychology, examination of a person"s mental state to diagnose possible psychological disorders. Make a diagnosis = first goal, to prescribe correct treatment. May vary btwn diff disorders, correct diagnosis gives family/patient understanding of future.