PSYC 1F90 Lecture : Psychological Disorders Guided Notes March 2018
18 Jan 2019
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Overview: defining and diagnosing mental disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, mood disorders. How may these abnormalities affect delusions: how does the neurodevelopmental model explain the development of schizophrenia, what evidence suggests a link between stress and schizophrenia, how does fear differ from anxiety, everyone has unwanted thoughts. What is the difference between depression, stress and a disorder. Dsm 5 used by psychologists and psychiatrists in north america use to diagnose mental disorders. If research was to be done in other parts of the world then these classifications help make it similar/comparable. Emil kraeplin, published a textbook of psychiatry in 1913. Described symptoms of some mental disorders, such as schizophrenia (dementia praecox) Got people to think about the symptoms of a disorder. In an individual"s cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological or development processes underlying mental functioning.
