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Psychological disorders: patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that is deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional. Deviant behavior varies by context, culture, and time. Dysfunction is key to defining a disorder. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one of more of three key symptoms: Adhd is diagnosed two to three times more often in boys than in girls(they feel adhd is being over-diagnosed in children) Reform against brutal treatments led by phillipe pinel (1745-1826) Medical model: the concept that diseases, in this case, psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital. Biopsychosocial approach: current approach of psychology which studies how biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors interact to produce specific psychological disorders. Diagnostic classification aims not only to describe a disorder but also to predict its future course, imply appropriate treatment, and stimulate research into its causes.
