PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: American Psychiatric Association, Differential Diagnosis, Clinical Formulation
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Diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) a publication of the. American psychiatric association that is an attempt to define specific + distinct syndromes or mental disorders. Dsm -5 the fifth edition of the dsm, published in may 2013. The images are in colour, warmer colours metabolic rate increases. Indicates sites of epileptic seizures, stroke, trauma from head injury + distribution of psychoactive drugs in the brain. Neurologist a physician who studies the ns especially its structure, functions & abnormalities. One who specializes in medical diseases that affect the ns. Neuropsychologist a psychologist (concerned w/the relationship among cognition, affect & behaviour on the one hand + brain function on the other) Mental disorder a behavioural/ psychological syndrome associated w/current distress & disability. Excludes social deviant behaviour that reflects a conflict between the person + society not as disorder unless it reflect dysfunction in the person.
