PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami, Intellectual Disability, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Medical model: sees psychological conditions through the same lens as western medicine tends to see physical conditions as sets of symptoms, causes and outcomes with treatments aimed at changing physiological processes in order to alleviate symptoms. Maladaptive: causes distress to oneself or others, impairs day to day functioning or increases the risk of injury or harm to oneself or others. Mental disorder defence: claims that the defendant was in such an extreme abnormal state of mind when committing the crime that he or she could not discern that the actions were legally or morally wrong. Sees psychological conditions through the same lens as western medicine tends to see physical conditions as sets of symptoms, causes and outcomes with treatments aimed at changing physiological processes in order to alleviate symptoms. Depression, ptsd and autism can all be approached in this manner.