PSYCH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.1: Major Depressive Disorder, Schizophrenia, Medicalization
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Mental disorder: a persistent disturbance or dysfunction in behavior, thoughts, or emotions that causes significant distress or impairment o. Problems with perception, memory, learning, emotions, motivations, etc. Medical model: an approach that conceptualizes abnormal psychological experiences as illnesses that, like physical illnesses, have biological and environmental causes, define symptoms, and possible cures. Signs - objectively observed indicators of a disorder. Symptoms - subjectively reported behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. Disorder: a common set of signs and symptoms. Disease: a known pathological process affecting the body. Diagnosis: a determination as to whether a disorder or disease is present. It"s inappropriate to use clients" self-reports rather than physical tests of pathology to determine underlying illness o. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm): a classification system that describes the symptoms used to diagnose each recognized mental disorder and indicates how the disorder can be distinguished from other, similar problems o.
