PSY 230 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Psy, Mental Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
12 Oct 2018
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A majority of them, including the top leading cause, are mental disorders. Results in people not being able to work or contribute to society, leaving society to support them financially. Mental illness may account for 32. 4% of the burden. Nothing physically measured (what about serotonin levels and brain waves tho?) Use averages when a person is an outlier. Cognition - perception to high executive function. For depressio(cid:374)/a(cid:374)(cid:454)iet(cid:455), (cid:455)ou test the se(cid:448)erit(cid:455) (cid:271)ut it does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e a disorder. Dsm (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) gave the power to decide. About 45% of people have any mental disorder at a point in their lives. None of these alone are enough to diagnose a mental disorder. Drapetomania - mental illness that causes slaves to flee captivity. Japa(cid:374): i(cid:374)te(cid:374)se fear that o(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)od(cid:455)/parts/fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s are displeasi(cid:374)g to others. Pmdd - arafe(cid:373) (cid:894)repa(cid:272)kaged proza(cid:272)(cid:895) pro(cid:373)ises to (cid:373)ake (cid:455)ou (cid:862)(cid:373)ore like the (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:455)ou are(cid:863) (cid:894)ad(cid:448)ertise(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:895)
