PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
PSYC 101: Chapter 14
Psychological Disorders
467-476
Abnormal Behavior – General Concepts (10/12)
1) How does the medical model ealuate aoral ehaior ad ho did this perspetie
impact the treatment and stigma and mental illness?
- Proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease
- Victims of illness seen with sympathy instead of hatred and fear
- Found causes and cures for psychological disorders
- Some go against the medical model beacsue it converts moral and social questions
about what is acceptable behavior into medical questions
2) What do etiology and prognosis mean in the context of mental illness?
- Diagnosis: distinguishing one illness from another
- Etiology: refers to the apparent causation and developmental history of an illness
- Prognosis: forecast about the probable course of an illness
3) What are the primary general criteria for deciding whether behavior is normal/abnormal?
1. Deviance → behavior deviates from what is socially accepted.
2. Maladaptive behavior → everyday behavior is impaired
3. Personal Distress → idiidual’s report of stress, depressio or aiet
4) Why should abnormal behavior be considered on a continuum (as opposed to a distinct
groups of oral ad aoral?
- On occasion everyone acts in deviant ways, has maladaptive behavior and feels stressed
- Matter of degree
5) Does the DSM use a categorical or dimensional approach to classifying psychopathology?
- Multiaxial system of classification
- “oe at to redue the sste’s oitet to ategorial approah
Anxiety Disorders (10/12)
1) How common are anxiety disorders?
- 19% of people experience an anxiety disorder
2) What are the features of Generalized Anxiety Disorder? Prevalence rate?
- Marked by a chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat
- 5-6% of people (more female than male)
3) What are the features of a Phobic Disorder?
- Marked by irrational and persistant fear of an object or situation that presents no
realistic danger
4) What are the features of Panic Disorder/Agoraphobia?
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Document Summary
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