AP Psych- Psychological Disorders
Subject:
Psychology [1]
Tags:
Psychology [11]
Psychological Disorders
Medical Model
Concept that diseases have physical causes
Can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured
Assumes that these "mental" illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy in a psychiatric hospital
Bio-psycho-social Perspective- assumes that biological, sociocultural, and psychological factors combine and interact to produce psychological disorders
Etiology
DSM-IV
American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders
Neurotic disorder
Usually distressing but that allows one to think rationally and function socially
Freud saw the neurotic disorders as ways of dealing with anxiety
Psychotic disorder