PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Intellectual Disability, Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Personality Disorder
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Mental illnesses should be treated like physical illnesses. 4 major criteria for defining abnormal behaviour: statistical frequency, deviation from social norms, maladaptive behaviour is considered abnormal, psychological distress. Diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) The process of matching people"s symptoms to pre-established categories of psychological disorders (dsm). It"s the basis for selecting therapy and making a prognosis. Axis i used to record the disorder from the dsm. Axis ii used to record personality disorders and mental retardation. Axis iii used to record medical disorders. Axis iv estimates the severity of stressful life events. Axis v estimates the highest level of adaptive functioning in social, occupational, and leisure activities. It"s clear we cannot distinguish psychological disorders in institutions. People who work in mental hospital expect to see illness, and therefore see it. Involve feelings of distress but don"t lead to a distortion of reality.