PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State, Panic Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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People are often said to have a disorder because their behaviour deviates from what their society considers acceptable. Ex transvestic fetishism is a sexual disorder in which a man achieves sexual arousal by dressing in women"s clothing. This behaviour is regarded as disorders because it is deviating from our culture"s norms: maladaptive behaviour. People are judged to have a psychological disorder because their everyday adaptive behaviour is impaired: personal distress. The diagnosis of a psychological disorder is based on an individuals report of great distress. Stereotypes of psychological disorders: psychological disorders are incurable, people with psychological disorders are often violent and dangerous, people with psychological disorders behave in bizarre ways and are very different from. Epidemiology - the study of the distribution of mental/physical disorders in a population. Prevalence - refers to the percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specified time period. The most common types of psychological disorders are .