PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Neurotransmitter, Neuroticism, Heritability
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Onset: dsm gives info about onset, when a disorder most typically begins in the lifetime, some age ranges are very specific, other are more broad. Progno i (cid:894)(cid:862)cour e(cid:863)(cid:895: prognosis is the expected outcome. When the disorder is expected to remiss. Some disorders are expected to continue throughout the lifespan. Whether the disorder is likely to develop into another disorder. Risk factors/etiology: dsm lists common risk factors for each disorder. Biopsychosocial perspective: sometimes the dsm will list a specific etiology. Or there are many other causes for the same disorder. Comorbidities: dsm will list comorbidities for a particular disorder. Other disorders may commonly co-occur with the disorder in question. When survival is threatened by experience: anxiety. When there is no threat present in the moment but the fear is for things that could potentially occur in the future. Adaptive responses to threats: fear and anxiety are adaptive reactions to threats, anxiety that interferes with normal functioning is maladaptive.
