PSY BEH 11C Midterm: Study Guide for Exam 3
12 Oct 2017
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Lecture 13 defining mental illness: what is mental illness (definitions and debates) Mental illness: attributions that are outside the normal range of variation. Somatogenic hypothesis: mental disorders result from organic (bodily) causes. Dsm: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Provides specific criteria/guidelines/definitions for each disorder (particular duration of symptoms, certain frequency ) Reference to five axes/dimensions of functioning: % of teens who experienced severe impairment in last year. 1 in every 5 us youths aged 13-18: definition throughout history: demons, exorcism, brain structure and how people. Based on which humour was low or high treated these causes. Cause: evil spirits -> drill holes in head to release spirits. Witch testing and burning at the stake : dsm definition mental disorder. A clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with present: Disability (i. e. , impairment in one or more important areas of functioning) or.
