Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Maxwell

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Describe and evaluate the medical model of abnormal behavior. The medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease. The medical model brought improvements in the treatment of those who exhibited abnormal behavior. As victims they were shown more sympathy and less hatred and fear. Some critics have suggested that the medical model may outlived its usefulness. Identify the key criteria of abnormality and discuss the development of dsm-5. Deviance: when people ignore the norms in their cultures they are labelled mentally ill, their behavior deviates from what their society considers acceptable. Maladaptive behavior: people are judged to have a psychological disorder because their everyday adaptive behavior is impaired, key criterion in the diagnosis of substance use disorders. Personal distress: the diagnosis of a psychological disorder is based on an individual"s report of great personal distress, criterion met by people who are troubled by depression or anxiety disorders.