PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 14 And 15
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Mental illness was an imbalance of 4 fluids- black bile, phlegm, yellow bile, and blood. How we understand and know mental illness today. Biological model- psych disorders have biological or medical causes: biology changes in the chemical, structural, or genetic systems of the body. Psychodynamic theorists- abnormal behavior stems from repressed conflicts and urges that are fighting to become conscious. Cognitive theorists- abnormal behavior comes from irrational beliefs and illogical patterns of thought. Biopsychosocial model- incorporates biology, psychological, and culture into a single explanation of abnormal behavior. Dsm- 5: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: completed in 1952, contains multiple categories; including symptoms, path the disorder takes, diagnostic criteria, there are about 250 different psych disorders in the dsm. In a given year, about 26. 2% of american adults over age 18 suffer from a mental illness: only about 5. 8% suffer from a severe mental disorder, common to suffer from more than one disorder at a time.
