Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: General Paresis Of The Insane, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Paresis
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Behaviour that"s personally distressing, dysfunctional, and/or so culturally deviant that other people judge it as inappropriate or maladaptive. Treatment (in some cultures): trephination: deviance = work of the devil, release evil spirit Demonological models: disturbed people were either involuntarily possessed by the devil, or made a dark pact Syphilis brain degeneration general paresis: mental deterioration and bizarre behaviour. Briefly outline the basic idea of the vulnerability-stress model. Vulnerability: biological, personality, environmental or cultural factors increase or decrease odds of developing a psychological disorder, given sufficient stress. Genotype; hormones; neurotransmitters; self- esteem; optimism; poverty; etc Stressor: combines with vulnerability to trigger disorder. E. g. genetic predisposition toward depression; triggered by loss of a loved one. The dsm-5 uses both categorical and dimensional approaches in diagnosing mental illness. Categorical systems: use detailed, specific checklists of behavioural criteria to, previous version (dsm-iv-tr) used only categorical make a diagnosis.