Monday, February 3, 2014

Psychological Disorders


  • a "harmful dysfunction" in which behavior is judged to be a typical disturbing, maladaptive, and unjustifiable.
  • Medical Perspective: psychological disorders are sicknesses and can be diagnosed, treated and cure.
  • Bio-psycho-social perspective: assumes biological, psychological and sociocultural factors combine to interact causing psychological disorders.
  • DSM-IV: Diagnostic statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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