Abnormal psychology

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