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Psychopathology (pg. 2) |
The manifestations of (and the study of the causes of) mental disorders. Syn: abnormal behaviour |
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Validity (pg. 86) |
The meaning or systematic import ace of a construct or measurement |
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Reliability (pg.85) |
The consistency of measurements including diagnostic decisions. Ex: agreement among clinicians |
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Diagnosis (pg. 78) |
The process of determining the nature of a person's disorder In psychopathology: deciding that a person fits into a diagnostic category |
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Assessment (pg. 78) |
The process of gathering and organising info about a person's behaviour |
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Comorbidity (pg. 13) |
The simultaneous manifestation of more than one disorder. |
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Prevalence (pg. 11) |
An epidemiological term that refers to the total number of cases that are present within a population during a given time |
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Incidence (pg. 11) |
The number of new cases of a disorder that appear in a population during a specific time period |
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Harmful dysfunction (pg. 6) |
A concept used in one approach to the definition of mental disorder: A condition is a mental disorder if it causes some harm to the person and if the condition results from some mechanism's inability to perform its natural function |
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4 Major Lobes of the Forebrain |
Temporal Occipital Parietal Frontal |
