PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Adjustment Disorder, Voyeurism, Conduct Disorder
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5) Has a statistical base for the disorders. When it first emerged (1st edition), it followed a medical model. To know how to treat this person. By bringing insight, you can give reason for the symptoms being presented may eliminate anxiety. May allow people around you to accept what those symptoms are and be informed to help you in some way. Causation* : if we know the disorder, we can do more research to decipher what causes the disorder. Believing you have a disorder by being called that disorder, even if it"s not present. Syndrome characterized by clinically sufficient disturbance in individuals cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning. Mental disorders associated with significant distress or disability in important activities problematic because how do we quantify distress. Expectable and culturally sanctioned response to an event.
