PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
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520-527) (chapter 13: psychological disorders in my edition) The world health organization (who) reports that, worldwide, some 450 million people have psychological disorders. Psychological disorders deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions. Standards for deviant behavior vary by context and by culture and with time. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. To be considered disordered, deviant behavior usually causes the person distress. Deviant and distressful behaviors are more likely to be considered disordered when also judged to be a harmful dysfunction. May signal a psychological disorder if they become disabling. Medical model the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital. Cultures differ in their sources of stress and they produce different ways of coping.
