PSYC 3082 Chapter : Exam 1 Notes
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Insufficient in determining psychological abnormality/disorders: cultural inappropriateness: If you are violating social norms, even if people are sympathetic to your point of view. This is useful in considering psychological disorder in most western cultures, but not in other societies where the behavior is accepted and expected. Science in the field of abnormal psychology: psychopathology, the scientific study of psychological disorders. Psychologist, vs. psychiatrist, vs. social worker: psychologist, require a phd, conduct research into the causes and treatment of psychological disorders and to diagnose, assess and treat these disorders, psychiatrist, require an md. Close to 20%--1/5 of people at: onset of disorders how the disorder started some point in their life may suffer from depression, acute = sudden. Insidious = gradual: course of disorders what kind of pattern does the disorder follow, episodic = symptoms come and go, time-limited = symptoms appear circumstantially, chronic = symptoms are never ending, prognosis expected outcome, good prognosis, guarded prognosis.
