PSYC-339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Panic Disorder, Personality Disorder, Anhedonia
22 Sep 2017
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To provide clients with a name for their experience: many clients find it beneficial to have a. It makes communication easier between researchers (ex all doctos and nurses can understand what panic disorder is based on dsm5 definition). Generally symtoms can be very similar and worth labelling for the sake of communication. name to call their experience. Ex one may commit suicide for a number of reasons (ex social anxiety, versus depression, medications). Allows the person to know they are not alone, and that it may be treatable (ex ts something i have, not something i am defined by) effective empirically supported by someone with the same issue. Anyone can diagnose, but not everyone should diagnose dsm5 definition. Diagnosis can be helpful and harmful: ex many healthcare practioners felt border personality disorder was merely someone seeking attention (doctors would refuse treatment, refuse to see them, end up in er due to suicide attempts).
