Chapter 13 Quiz 1 Flashcards

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Psychological Disorder

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A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in a person’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors

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Disorder

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A pattern that takes you out of your “normal” way of living

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Medical M

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Concept that diseases (psychological disorders) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and sometimes cured through treatment in a hospital

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American Psychology Association

1930s

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APA

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Classification System

DSM

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Diagnostic
Statistical
Manual of mental illness

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4 Ways To Classify Disorders in DSM

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  1. Essential Features
  2. Associated features
  3. Differential Diagnosis
  4. Diagnostic Criteria
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Essential Features

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Characteristics that define the disorder

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Associated Features

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Additional features that are usually present

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Differential Diagnosis

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How to distinguish this disorder from others

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Diagnostic Criteria

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Must have all of these symptoms in order to diagnose that person with that disorder

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Thomas Szasz

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Classifying is not a good thing

We should not label

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Ways to Identify Disorders

DAP

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Deviation from normally
Adjust (physically, emotionally, and socially)
Psychological Health

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