PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13, 15 - 16: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Medical model: proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behaviour as a disease. The basis for many of the terms used to refer to abnormal behaviour: mental illness, psychological disorder, and psychopathology (pathology refers to manifestations of disease) The rise of this model brought improvements in the treatment of those who exhibited abnormal behaviour (before the 18th century abnormal behaviour equates to evil) Not without its flaws medical diagnoses of abnormal behaviour labels people: carries a social stigma that can affect their lives forever. Research has demonstrated that many psychological disorders are at least partly attributable to genetic and biological factors similar to physical illness (less stigma) Thomas szasz) the medical model converts moral and social questions about what is acceptable behaviour into medical questions. Criteria of abnormal behaviour: deviance violation of the norms (standards and expectations of their society, ex. People are often viewed as disordered when only one criterion is met.