CLP-4143 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Acculturation, Cardiovascular Disease, Phineas Gage
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Labels are often seen as stigmatizing the individual. Bc of label people start telling symptoms that come with it, gives people expectation that they"re going to be distressed. Seeing patient, know need diagnosis to bipolar disorder, refer to someone else, gives them information they need to treat patient. Communication and training other professionals to identify diagnoses. Behaviors that violate socials norms are considered abnormal. Go against standards but doesn"t always mean abnormal or mental illness. Personal suffering and emotional pain may be indicative of a disorder. Most psychiatric disorders characterized by pain and suffering. Aware of research literature, knowledge of what is/isn"t effective. Researchers will understand what best practice is, study what techniques/therapies most effective for different disorders. Divine intervention, curses, demonic possession and personal sin. Similar to physical disease, breakdown of some systems of the body. Mental disorders as the result of trauma(s), maladaptive thinking. Theories of why/where abnormal behavior originates have implications for how to approach treatment.
