PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychopathology
27 Feb 2018
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Quizzes to test knowledge on separate website. Understand the patterns of thought, emotion, behaviours that are considered problematic. Understand current hypotheses about the causes of psychopathology. Be aware of the challenged involved in investigating the causes of psychopathology. Appreciate our lack of understanding concerning the causes and treatment of psychopathology. We study 20, there are over 300. Understand and appreciate the personal experience of psychopathology. Dsm disorder categories do not reflect the multiple and overlapping causes of mental disorders. We do not know the causes of any disorders we will discuss, or any other in the dsm. We do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)ow why or how our phar(cid:373)alogical or psychotherapeutic treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts work. Ethical considerations prevent much research involving individuals with a particular disorder. Psychological symbols of mental disorders cannot be easily duplicated or verified in non-human animals. Difficult to be sure that the behavioural models really capture how they are in humans.
