PS101 Chapter Notes -The Confusion, Catatonia, Mood Disorder
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Any behavior or emotional state that causes an individual great suffering. Seriously impairs the persons ability to work or get along with others, or endangers others or the community. Drapetomia causes negroes to run away meets the criteria! Homosexuality meets the criteria because the way it fits into society. Mental disorder is not the same as insanity! Legal term only involving mental illness and whether person is aware of consequences and can control their behavior. Mental disorder as a violation of cultural standards. Mental disorder as behavior that is self-destructive or harmful to others. In canada, mental disorders the leading cause of disability in those aged 15- Disorders typically classified using the diagnostic and statistical manual of. Primary goal of dsm is to be descriptive and to provide clear diagnostic categories (see 582 in text) Lists symptoms, onset, predisposing factors, course of disorder, prevalence, sex ratio, and cultural issues in diagnosis.
