PSY 1102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Psychological disorders are a syndrome marked by a clinically signi cant disturbance in an individual"s cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour. Medical model: the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital. Ie. syphilis infests the brain and distorts the mind. Mental illness needs to be diagnosed on the basis of its symptoms, it needs to be treated through therapy, which may include time in a hospital. Genetically in uenced abnormalities in brain structure contribute to disorders. Biopsychosocial approach: our behaviours, thoughts, and feelings are formed by the interaction of biological, psychological, and social-cultural in uences (stress, cultures) Ie. some disorders occur worldwide, while others are associated with speci c cultures. Some disorders may share an underlying dynamic while differing in the symptoms manifested in a particular culture.