PSY 3604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Taijin Kyofusho, Prevalence, Time Point
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Employs a category type of classification similar to that used in medicine. Provides criteria that helps clinicians and researchers identify and study specific difficulties that affect the lives of people. Pros: provides a common language and communication shorthand (nomenclature), helps to structure information in an efficient manner, provides an organizational framework, and facilities research and treatment. Defines the domain of what is considered to be pathological. Delineates the types of psychological difficulties that warrant insurance reimbursement and identifies the disorders that mental health professionals treat. Cons: lose detailed personal information about the patient. Also facilitate stigma, stereotyping, and labeling (not caused directly by the classification system itself) make people avoid seeking treatment due to the fear of discrimination. Culture shapes the presentation of clinical disorders in some cases. Provides backdrop against which we should evaluate whether a particular behavior is abnormal or not. Involves the study of the distribution and frequency of disorders.
