chapter 15

Question 1

Axis I (1)

Answer 1

Clinical syndrome

Question 2

Axis II (2)

Answer 2

Personality disorders & Intellectual Disability

Question 3

Axis III (3)

Answer 3

General medical conditions

Question 4

Axis IV (4)

Answer 4

Psychosocial/environmental problems

Question 5

Axis V (5)

Answer 5

Global assessment of functioning

Question 6

The ____ is a system for diagnosing and classifying individuals who
are exhibiting disordered behaviours (thoughts, emotions).

Answer 6

DSM

Question 7

The diagnosis of a _____________ is not equivalent to a need for
treatment

Answer 7

mental disorder

Question 8

Separate the concept of ____________ (symptoms) from ________
(impairment in social, occupational, or other area of functioning)

Answer 8

“mental disorder”, “disability”

Question 9

involves distinguishing one illness from another.

Answer 9

Diagnosis

Question 10

The__________ proposes that it is useful to think
of abnormal behaviour as a disease.

Answer 10

medical model

Question 11

Stereotypes of Psychological Disorders

Answer 11

1. Psychological disorders are incurable.
2. People with psychological disorders are often violent and dangerous.
3. People with psychological disorders behave in bizarre ways and are very different from normal people.

Question 11

Criteria of Abnormal Behaviour

Answer 11

1. Deviance.
2. Maladaptive behaviour.
3. Personal distress.

Question 12

the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in a population.

Answer 12

epidemiology

Question 13

refers to the percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specified time period.

Answer 13

prevalence