CRIM 103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Major Depressive Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode
15 Mar 2016
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There is overrepresentaion of mental disorders in prison. Mental disorder (mds: disorder of the mind that interfere substanially with the ability to cope on a daily basis, may be temporary or long term. The dsm v: importance of diagnosis. Risk management: dsm v: standard guidebook for clinicians. Schizophrenia: mental illness that impairs percepion and expression of reality, ongoing for at least 6 month; serious impact on funcioning, dsm 5 diagnosis = 2 (or more) of the following for one month period. Psychoic dimension excess of normal funcion: delusions. Firmly sustained despite what most others believe and incontroverible proof to contrary. Common theme = persecutory (think they"re being watched or tortured) & referenial. Bizzare not driven from ordinary life experience (ex. aliens taking their organ) Non-bizzare plausible (ex. being watched: hallucinaions. A percepion, in the absence of a simulus, that is believed to be genuine. Can involve any of the 5 senses auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, tacile.
