PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State, Psychogenic Amnesia

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Medical model- proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease. Diagnosis distinguishing one illness from another. Etiology apparent causation and developmental history of illness. Prognosis forecast about the probable course of an illness. There are three criteria for abnormal behavior: deviance maladaptive behaviours personal distress, deviance behaviours that deviate from social exceptions, maladaptive behaviours when the behavior interferes with occupational functioning. Ie: drug abuse: personal distress a judgement by the patient themselves. People with psychological disorders are often violent and dangerous. People with psychological disorders behave in bizarre ways and are very different from normal people. The current edition (dsm-iv) was released in 1994 and slightly revised in 2000. People may receive diagnoses on both axes 1 and ii, the remaining axes are used to record supplemental information. David rosenhan showed that pseudo patients were routinely admitted to mental hospitals. Comorbidity the coexistence of two or more disorders (major problem with dsm-iv)