classification of mental disorders
what is abnormal?
not nornal for that person's cultural context
what are the paradigms of defining a disorder?
psycholoical dysfunction, personal distress, potential for harm to self/others, violation of social norma
what is aetiology?
factors that cause a disease
the manner in which causal factors fombine to produce pathology
in what ways does culture/ethnicity impact diagnosis & assessment
psychologists have to take into account what is normal for each patient's cultural context & background
what is the psychoanalytic perspective?
hypnotising patients allows them to tap into their unconscious & talk about supressed feelings & events
id, ego & superego
what is the cognitive-behavioural perspective?
behaviour, cognition & affect all impact upon one another
what is the big 3 medications
antipsychotics, mood stabilisers & antidepressants
describe gene-environment interactions
idea that no psychological disorder is purely biological/environmental
environmental factors can trigger certain genes
why are psychiatric diagnosis important?
all of the above
what is the diathesis-stress model?
how biological, psychological & environmental factors interact to produce a psychological disorder
psychological disorders arise through a combination of genetic vulnerability to the disorder & environmental stressors that trigger the onset of a disorder
what does the update to dsm-3 entail?
considered criticism of harmful treatment, standardisation & persecution of homosexuality
what does 'reliability' refer to with regards to diagnosis
whether diagnosis is the true diagnosis
which disorder has the highest heritability
schizophrenia
which one of the psychological theories emphasise that "we are the products of our environment"
behaviourism theory
which is not a common medication used to treat psychological disorders?
colchicine
what is a paradigm?
a conceptual framework with a set of basic assumptions that conceptualises a study
what is comorbidity?
a 2nd diagnosis present alongside a primary diagnosis
what manual is currently used to diagnose psychological disorders
dsm-v-tr
true or false: all cultures have psychological illnesses
true