PSY 101 : ch. 12 study guide
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1 in 4 american adults are diagnosed with a mental disorder in any given year. Mental disorders leading cause of disability for americans and canadians age 15-44. Anxiety often accompanied by depression and/or substance abuse. Over 20,000,000 americans suffer from mood disorders in a year. *also refers to abormal or maladaptive disorders, the mental disorders themselves. Psychopathology the scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Objective 12. 2 indicate the two core features of abnormal behavior; explain how the. The dsm-iv-tr is used by psychologists to correctly identify mental disorders and select the best therapies to treat them. It explains the many symptoms of diagnosed disorders. Objective 12. 3 define the term neurosis and explain why it was dropped from use. Neurosis a term once used to refer, as a group, to anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, and some forms of depression; it is now part of the disorders.
