Chapter 1 Barlow Flashcards
Define Psychopathology?
//A scientific study of Psychological Disorder//
Mention the 3 major characteristics of a Psychological Disorder?
Psychological Dysfunction//Distress or Impairment// Atypical or Not Culturally Expected
It is the other term for Cause or Causation?
//Etiology//
The term____ is the primary reason why the person come to hospital or clinic?
Presents//Presenting Problem
The term____to identify or represents the unique combination of behavior, thoughts, & feelings which make up a specific disorder.
//Clinical Description//
This is the term use when asking how many people in the population as a whole have the specific disorder?
//Prevalence//
A term____ use to describe the number of cases (diagnose of a disorder) in a period of time?
//Incidence//
It is the term____that describe the percentage of Males and Females diagnosed?
//Sex Ratio//
Freud was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 disorder when he was 18 yrs old. He developed and elicited symptoms as he reach this age. What do you call the term for the beginning of a disorder?
//Typical Age of Onset//
It is one of the factors that makes one disorder different from person to person? Or simply affects the magnitude of a disorder?
//Patients Age//
Enumerate the Types of Psychological Disorder’s Patterns or Course?
Chronic Course//Episodic Course//Time-limited course
Enumerate the Type of Psychological Disorder’s Types of Onset or Starting?
Acute Onset//Insidious Onset
When a disorder diagnosed to be a long term or lifetime. It is called?
//Chronic Course//
It is the Percentage of Males & Females diagnosed of a disorder?
Sex Ratio
When the disorder’s symptoms suddenly begin. This occurence is called_____?
//Acute Onset//
