PS280 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Schizophrenia, Ford Focus, Dsm-5
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The mental health profession: clinical psychologist, psychologist" = restricted title, ph. d, psy. d, counselling psychologist, psychological associate, psychiatrist, m. d, prescriptions, psychoanalyst, social worker, psychiatric nurse, multidisciplinary settings. Bedlam: us: benjamin rush (1745-1813, moral treatment. Dorothy dix (1802-1877: the beginning of contemporary thought, an early system of classification. Dementia praecox (schizophrenia) and manic-depressive psychosis: general paresis and syphilis. Pasteur"s germ theory: somatogenesis vs. psychogenesis, mesmer. Stigma: attitudes towards people with psychological disorders, stereotyping and stigmatization, myths: people with psychological disorders. How common are mental health problems in canada? (mental health or substance use disorder: lifetime: 33, 12-month: 10% Paradigms: framework or approach, many people identify with more than one paradigm. Current paradigms: (chronological order: biological, psychoanalytic, humanistic, learning (behavioural, cognitive, integrative. Behaviour genetics extent to which characteristics are shared with family members because of their shared genes: genetic predisposition. Evidence to support this, people inherit a genetic predisposition to develop a certain disorder: genotype vs. phenotype.
