PSYC 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Autism Spectrum, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
5 May 2016
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Marked by clinically significant disturbance in an individual"s cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour. Brutal treatments were given to those labelled psychologically disturbed, such as drilling skull holes, as shown in stone age skull. Search for physical cause of mental disorders and curative treatments. Mental illness diagnosed on basis of symptoms and treated through therapy. Credibility gained from recent research in genetically influenced brain abnormalities in brain structure and biochemistry. General approach for biological, psychological, social-cultural factors that all play a significant role in the context of disease of disorders. American psychiatric association- fifth edition, which describes disorders and estimates their occurrence. New or altered diagnoses(disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, prolonged depression/bereavement)- some are controversial. New categories, such as hoarding disorder or binge eating. Antisocial personality disorder and generalized anxiety did poorly on field trials. System helps mental health professionals communicate and is useless in research. 11% of 4-17 year olds receive this diagnoses.
