PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sleep Disorder, Mental Breakdown, Allen Frances
8 Dec 2015
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Understand patterns of thought, emotion, behaviour that are considered problematic psychopathology. Understand current hypotheses about the causes of psychopathology. Be aware of the challenges involved in investigating the causes of. We do not know how/ why things work. We have guest speakers - each guest we have 2 questions on the exams. Dsm disorder categories do not reflect the multiple and overlapping causes of mental disorder. We do not know the causes of any disorder. Ethical considerations prevent much research involving individuals with a. Psychological symptoms of mental disorders cannot be easily duplicated particular disorder or verified in non-humans. Causes of mental disorder vary both between disorders, and from case to: same symptoms but different causes in everyone makes it hard to case within disorders say one cause. Statistical criterion: extreme deviations from statistical norm. Impairment criterion: unacceptable violations of social or cultural expectations, symptoms impair social, occupational, or other domains of functioning.
