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What is psychopathology?
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the symptoms and signs of a mental disorder
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what is psychosis?
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when a person is out of touch with reality
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what is a syndrome?
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a group of symptoms that seem to represent a specific type of disorder
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what is insanity?
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a term that refers to whether a person can be held legally responsible for their actions
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What is Jereome Wakefield's Harmful dysfunction model?
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A way of judging psychopathy, a person has a mental disorder if they 1. have a physical/mental dysfunction 2. if it causes harm to the person as judged by their culture
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what are the 3 defining characteristics of a mental disorder in the DSM IV?
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1present distress (or)
2disability (impairment in functioning) or with 3significantly increased risk of suffering death pain, disabillity or a loss of freedom |
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what are 3 things that exclude a diagnosis from the DSM IV?
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1. expectable/culturally appropriate response to an event (death)
2. deviant behaviors (sexual political religious) 3. conflicts between the individual and society (individuality) |
