PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Disorganized Schizophrenia, Mania, Major Depressive Episode
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Medical model: proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behaviour as a disease. * prior to the 18th century, most conceptions of abnormal behaviour were based on superstition (victim"s of gods punishment. ) They were then treated with chants, rituals, exorcisms, and such. Thomas szasz behaviour that deviates from social norms. Etiology: refers to the apparent causation and developmental history of an illness. Describe their subjective pain and suffering to friends, relatives, and professionals) Stereotypes of psychological disorders: psychological disorders are incurable, people with psychological disorders are often violent and dangerous, people with psychological disorders behave in bizarre ways and are very different from normal people. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: improved psycho diagnosis, over. Epidemiology: the study of distribution of mental or physical disorders in a population. Prevalence: the percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specific time period. Dsm diagnostic system: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
