PS101 Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
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Mental disorder as a violation of cultural standards. Mental disorder as maladaptive or harmful behaviour. ~ any behaviour/emotional state that causes great suffering/worry, self-defeating/self-destructive, maladaptive, disrupts relationships. Women - 1. 5x more likely to meet criteria for mood/anxiety disorder. Lowest income group 3-4x more likely than higher income group. Who need services actually receive them. 71% of physicians ranked acces fair to poor. Illness constitutes 15% of disease but receive 5. 5% of health care $ ~ stigma - only 50% would tell friends that they have family member with mental illness, 72% would discuss cancer, 68% diabetes. Depression will be the single biggest medical burden by 2020. ~ 5 axis (collect info from all) - 1) primary clinical problem 2) personality disorder 3) general medical conditions 4) social/environmental stressors 5) global assessment of overall. ~ concerns - danger of overdiagnosis, power of labels, confusion of serious disorder with normal problems, illusion of objectivity and universality.
