PSYO 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Research Domain Criteria, Mental Disorder, Biopsychosocial Model

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 121
• Professor: Derrick Wirtz

Document Summary

Mental disorder: a persistent disturbance or dysfunction in behaviour, thoughts, or emotions that causes signi cant distress or impairment. Causation of disorders: biopsychosocial perspective: explains mental disorders as the result of interactions among biological, psychological, and social factors, diathesis-stress model: a person may be predisposed for a psychological disorder that remains unexpressed until triggered by stress. A new approach to understanding mental disorders: rdoc: research domain criteria project: a new initiative that aims to guide the classi cation and understanding of mental disorders by revealing the basic processes that give rise to them. Anxiety disorder: the class of mental disorder in which anxiety is the predominant feature. Phobic disorders: marked, persistent and excessive fear and avoidance of speci c objects, activities, or situations. Speci c phobia: an irrational fear of a particular object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual"s ability to function: 5 categories. Social phobia: an irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarrassed.