Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGYPsychological DisordersSlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Classifying Psychological DisordersRates of Psychological DisordersMyers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGYIntroduction to Psychological DisordersJames A. McCubbin, PhDClemson UniversityWorth PublishersPsychological DisordersPsychological Disordera “harmful dysfunction” in which behavior is judged to be:atypical--not enough in itselfdisturbing--varies with time and culturemaladaptive--harmfulunjustifiable--sometimes there’s a good reasonPsychological DisordersMedical Modelconcept that diseases have physical causescan be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, curedassumes that these “mental” illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may include treatment in a psychiatric hospitalPsychological DisordersBio-Psycho-Social Perspectiveassumes that biological, sociocultural, and psychological factors combine and interact to produce psychological disordersPsychological DisordersClassifying Psychological DisordersDSM-IVAmerican Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition)a widely used system for classifying psychological disorderspresently distributed as DSM-IV-TR (text revision)Rates of Psychological
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