PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Lightner Witmer, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, American Psychiatric Association

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Kyle Danielson

Document Summary

A person has a v. strict routine when wakes up e. g. get out of bed @ r side & puts r foot down first -> has lots of fds & reports high lv of happiness & v. Association establishes censure(?) for clinical psychologists -> 1945 - end of. Wwii sees many soldiers retuning home w/ ptsd ( shell-shock ) & clinical psych takes off -> @ 1949/1952 - dsm-i published @ us & icd begins inc mental disorders as a section -> @ 2013 - dsm-5 published @ us. Mental disorder: persistent disturbance or dysfunction @ behaviour, thoughts or emotions that causes significant distress or impairment. Medical model: abnormal psychological exp = illness that have biological causes. Biopsychosocial model: abnormal psych exp = illnesses w/ biological & psych & social causes -> mostly used @ this course & dsm-5(?) base on this.