Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Psychiatric Epidemiology, Major Depressive Disorder, Thomas Szasz

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Matthew Maxwell- Smith

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Medical model proposes that it"s useful to think of abnormal behavior as disease; basis for many terms used to refer to abnormal behavior (such as illness, psychological disorder, and psychopathology (pathology refers to manifestations of disease) Gradually became conventional way of thinking about abnormal behavior during 19th and. Critics have suggested that medical model may have outlived its usefulness thomas. Szasz: asserted that strictly speaking, disease or illness can affect only body; hence there can be no mental illness. Diagnosis involves distinguishing one illness from another etiology refers to apparent causation and developmental history of illness. Prognosis forecast about probable course of illness. Diagnosis of psychological disorder based on individual"s report of great personal distress. Psychodiagnosis: classification of disorders sound taxonomy of mental disorders can facilitate empirical research and enhance communication among scientists and clinicians dsm-iv released in 1994, revised slightly in 2000.