PSYC 235 Final: Psyc 235
12 Apr 2017
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Breakdown in cognitive emotional, or behavioral functioning: personal distress or impairment. Major difficulty: some people enjoy manic disorder very much, they don"t feel distress. Psychological disorders are simply extreme expressions of normal emotions, behaviours, and cognitive processes: atypical or not culturally expected. Occurs infrequently, it deviates from the average, the greater the deviation, the more abnormal it is not really accurate-weird singers . Your behavior is abnormal if you are violating social norms. What normal here may not be accepted in other place diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm-5) Prototype: all symptoms that experts agree are part of the disorder are present. The science of psychopathology: scientific study of psychological disorders. The scientist-practitioner: many mental health professionals take a scientific approach to their clinical work. Consumer of science: enhancing the practice-keep up with the latest scientific developments their field and use the best empirically supported diagnostic and treatment procedures.
