Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Social Anxiety Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Judgment of abnormality (three d"s): distress (to self or others), deviant (violates social norms), dysfunctional (for person or society) Bizarre behavior reflected an evil spirit"s attempt to escape from a person"s body. Trephination: procedure to release the spirit; sharp tool used to chisel hole into the skull. Demonological model of abnormality: disturbed people were possessed involuntarily by the devil or had voluntarily made a pact with the forces of darkness. Vulnerability-stress model: each of us has some degree of vulnerability for developing a psychological disorder, given sufficient stress. Reliability: the clinicians using the system show high levels of agreement in their diagnostic decisions. Validity: the diagnostic categories accurately capture the essential features of the various disorders. Multi-axial approach: i clinical disorders, ii personality disorders, iii general medical conditions, iv psychosocial and environmental problems, v level of current functioning. The dsm-iv-tr was a categorical system in which people were placed within specific diagnostic categories.