PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Marcel Viens

Document Summary

450 million people worldwide suffer from mental or behavioral disorders. Depression and schizophrenia are found across every culture and society. Standards for deviant behavior (different from normal) vary by context and culture. These standards also vary with time (homosexuality was defined as an illness from. Deviant behavior are judged to be an illness when they cause the people distress, and are harmful dysfunction it impairs your life. Trephination: an old method in therapy which involved drilling holes in the skull. Madness is not a demon possessing someone, it is a disease of the mind caused by stress and inhumane conditions. Moral treatment used boosting patients" morale, talking to them, being gentle. The medical world began searching for physical causes of mental disorders. Medical model = the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes and need to be diagnosed, treated, and cured.