Chapter 7: Psychological Disorders

Question 1

What is the definition of psychological disorders?

Answer 1

Are characteristic sets of thoughts, feelings, or actions that cause noticeable distress to the sufferer, cause maladaptive functioning in society, or are considered deviant by the individual’s culture.

Question 2

What is the difference between biomedical and biopsychosocial models of psychological disorders?

Answer 2

• Biomedical Approach to Psychological Disorders
  
  • biomedical therapy includes interventions that rally around symptom reduction of psychological disorders
  • assumes that any disorder has roots in biomedical disturbances, and thus the solution should also be of a biomedical nature
  • this view is thought of as narrower as other approaches
• Biopsychosocial Approach to Psychological Disorders
  
  • method assumes that there are biological, psychological, and social components to an individual’s disorder
  • the goal is often to provide not only direct therapy, but also indirecty therapy
    
    • e.g., depression (genetic, career, and upbringing)

Question 3

The DSM-5 has twenty different catagories, but which psychological disorders have greater than 2% one-year prevalence in the United States?

Answer 3

• any mental disorder - 26.2%
• specific phobia - 8.7%
• social anxiety disorder - 6.8%
• major depressive disorder - 6.7%
• alcohol use disorder - 4.4%
• posttraumatic stress disorder - 3.5%
• generalized anxiety disorder - 3.1%
• panic disorder - 2.7%
• bipolar disorder - 2.6%
• drug use disorder - 1.8%