PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Catatonia, Prevalence, Dsm-5
27 Mar 2017
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What is abnormality: varies between people, time, and culture. Lifetime prevalence: anyone who has or has had the disorder throughout their life. Symptomatology: the collection of behaviors thoughts and feelings that may be a potential indicator of a specific psychological disorder, heterogeneity, possibility that 2 people diagnosed with the same disorder may experience different symptoms. Intense, recurrent episodes of sadness: muscle ache, headache. Intense, prolonged distress: repeatedly worried about daily situations, decreased social contact, they know that it"s irrational, but can"t help it, can cause pervasive physical symptoms (nausea, fatigue, irritable) Flat (no or neutral response) and inappropriate affect (opposite to normalcy) Etiology: cause or set of causes for the disorder, etiology for psychopathology is complex and not well understood. Environmental model: effects of our food, social situations, location, depression is twice as common in females because they face more adversity than men (higher risk of sexual abuse, or living in poverty)
