PSYC 1010 Lecture 3: Chapter 14 Psychological Disorders

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Aviva Goldberg

Document Summary

Their behavior deviates from what their society considers acceptable: maladaptive behavior. Their everyday adaptive behavior is impaired: personal distress. An individual"s report of great personal distress. Stereotypes of psychological disorders: psychological disorders are incurable. Some people do not get better but many do either spontaneously or through formal treatment: people with psychological disorders are often violent and dangerous. There is only a modest association between mental illness and violence-prone tendencies: people with psychological disorders behave in bizarre ways and are very different from normal people. True in a small minority of cases, usually involving severe disorders. The line between normal and abnormal can be difficult to draw. Psychodiagnosis: the classification of disorders check page 644. Anxiety disorders: anxiety disorders: class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety. Generalized anxiety disorder: generalized anxiety disorder: marked by a chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat, free-floating anxiety is nonspecific.