PSYA02H3 Chapter 15: Psychology Chapter 15 - TEXTBOOK.docx
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Asylums: residential facilities for the mentally ill (in europe) which don"t meet modern standards of treatment & ineffective. Medical model: sees psychological conditions to see physical conditions through the same lens as western medicine tends to see physical conditions: As sets of sysmptons, causes & outcomes with treatments aimed at changing physiological process in order to alleviate symptoms. Determining what"s normal and abnormal is fraught w/i difficulty and subjective bias: making judgment is a process that"s approached very carefully w/ self awareness. Tool used by psychologists to determine abnormality is maladaptive which is determined by 3 key criterions: whether is causes distress to oneself or others. Diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) was created by the american. Psychiatric associations, it"s a standardized manual to aid in the diagnosis of disorders. Includes symptoms of over 106 diff mental disorders: purpose: provide mental health workers w/ reliable method for diagnosing mental illness.
