PSY 0010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Section 1 defining mental disorders: what is abnormal. Mental disorder: a persistent disturbance or dysfunction in behavior, thoughts, or emotions that causes significant distress or impairment. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm): a classification system that describes that features used to diagnose each recognized mental disorder and indicates how the disorder can be distinguished from other, similar problems. Dsm-5: newest edition that describes 22 major categories containing more than 200 different mental disorders, along with the specific criteria that must be met in order for a person to be diagnosed with that disorder. Comorbidity: the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual. Bipsychosocial perspective: explains mental disorders as the result of interactions among biological, psychological, and social factors: biological: Genetic and epigenetic influences, biochemical imbalances, and abnormalities in brain structure and function: psychological: Maladaptive learning and coping, cognitive biases, dysfunctional attitudes, and interpersonal problems: social: Poor socialization, stressful life experiences, and cultural and social inequities.
