Psychology 1000 Lecture 15: psychology chapter 15

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Lynda Hutchinson

Document Summary

People confuse mental disorders with insanity: insanity rests primarily on whether or not a person is aware of the consequence of his/her actions and can control his/her actions. Dilemmas of de nition: mental disorder as violation of cultural standards. Every society sets up standards for its members to follow, and those who break it are considered deviant or disturbed however these rules are speci c to a particular time or group: mental disorder as emotional distress. Third approach emphasizes the negative consequences of a person"s behaviour. Some is harmful to the individual sufferer. Mental disorder any behaviour or emotional state that causes an individual great suffering, is self-destructive, seriously impairs the person"s ability to work or get along with others, or endangers others or the community. Classifying disorders: the dsm: the diagnostic and statistical manual of metal disorders (dsm) Classi ed within the chapters: neurodevelopmental disorders.