PSYCH 111 Chapter 15: Chapter 15 reading.docx
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Psychologists and psychiatrists have proposed a host or criteria for was mental disorder is. Interfere with peoples ability to function in everyday life. Societal attitudes shape our views of abnormality/ psychiatric diagnoses have often mirrored the views of the times. Many metal disorders probably result from breakdowns or failures of physiological systems. They can be acquired largely through learning experiences and often only require a weak genetic predisposition to trigger them historical conceptions of mental illness: from demons to asylums. Society"s beliefs about the causes of mental illness shapes its interventions. Community mental health centers and halfway houses offer free or low cost care facilities in which people can obtain treatment psychiatric diagnoses across cultures. Some disorders are only specific to certain cultures. Culture may influence how people express interpersonal anxiety. Many mental disorders especially those that are severe, appear to exist in most and perhaps all cultures special considerations in psychiatric classification and diagnosis.
