PSYC 1002 Study Guide - Final Guide: Binge Eating, Osteoporosis, Brain Damage
30 Mar 2015
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Psych feb 11th, 2015: psychological disorders review chapter 3. The medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behaviour as a disease. Prior to the 18th century, most conceptions were based on superstitions. Szasz believes that the medical models disease analogy converts moral and social. Epidemiology the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. Etiology refers to the apparent causation and developmental history of an illness. A prognosis is a forecast about the probable course of an illness. Stereotypes regarding physiological disorders: psychological disorders are incurable, people with psychological disorders are often violent and dangerous a. Incidents of violence tends to attract the media: people with psychological disorders behave in bizarre ways and are very different from normal people, only true with sever disorders, a small minority. The apa"s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm)
