PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nosology, Mental Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa

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Clinical assessment and diagnosis: classification of psychological disorder, classification pros and cons: Taxonomy introduces some type of order. Connections and the degree of relationships between two things. Nosology specific type of taxonomy term medical or psychological phenomenon. Nomenclature structure and communication to communicate amongst one another. Treatment and insurance typically in the us. If you don"t have a disorder, they are not willing to treat you in the us. Publicly funded speciality clinics they only treat certain mental disorder because their funding is only targeted towards anxiety disorders. Research and grants who we want to study compared to just the people who have certain commonalties. They are only able to recruit individual that are in that category. Social/political it helps people to better understand what it means to be to have a disorder. It can have some benefits as well as downsides.

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