PSY 309 Study Guide - Final Guide: Binge Eating Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
13 Jun 2017
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Dysfunction interference with the individual"s everyday life, but is not sufficient to define abnormality (e. g. grieving the loss of a spouse) Distress behaviors and feelings that cause distress to individual and those around him/her, intense emotional pain. It is not sufficient to define abnormality (e. g. people express distress differently, such as levels of exam stress, or loss of conditions such as poverty or discrimination) Deviance statistically rare behaviors (e. g. hearing voices when no one is around) but is also not sufficient to define abnormality. Another example is people with very high iq, or people with depression typical but abnormal. Dangerous to self or others, such as self harm or suicidal gestures. (e. g. criminality does not necessarily constitute a mental disorder) Be able to recognize which mental disorders are most common (prevalent) and debilitating. Advantages and disadvantages of the dsm5 classification system in terms of reliability and validity. Advantages and disadvantages of institutionalization and de-institutionalization.
