Fundamentals

Question 1

Psychological Disorder definition

Answer 1

Failure of adaptation to the environment

Question 2

Psychological Disorder criteria

Answer 2

Statistical rarity
Subjective distress
Impairment
Societal disapproval
Biological dysfunction

Question 3

Culture-bound syndromes

Answer 3

Syndromes isolated to specific societies (e.g. nervios, amok, integrity identity disorder)

Question 4

DSM-5

• # of classes of disorder and process for diagnosis
• Principles underlying DSM-5

Answer 4

• Identifies 18 classes of disorder, with diagnostic criteria and decision rules for how many criteria need to be met for each disorder.
• Psychologists must ‘think organically’ first, adopt a biopsychosocial approach and be cognisant of the role of culture in behaviour