PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Gender Dysphoria
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/research methods in the study of abnormal behaviour. Classification and diagnosis: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv-tr: american psychiatric association. Dsm-iv definition of mental disorder: abnormal psychological disorders: a clinically significant behavioural or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual. Includes present distress or disability, or a significantly increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom. An expectable and culturally sanctioned response to a particular event (i. e. Expectable = grief/bereavement; culturally = religious beliefs like belief in god or fasting) Deviant behaviour (e. g. political, religious, or sexual = homosexuality, republican) Conflicts that are primarily between the individual and society (unless the deviance or conflict is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual (i. e. Five dimensions of classification: axis i all diagnostic categories (front inside cover of your textbook, axis ii personality disorders and retardation (front inside cover of your textbook, axis iii general medical conditions.
