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Module 47
Introduction to Psychological Disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mental health workers label thoughts, feelings, and actions disordered when they are ____________, ____________, and ___________. | deviant, distressful, dysfunctional |
| What does ADHD stand for? | attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| To facilitate diagnostic reliability, the DSM-5 typically bases diagnoses on what? | observable patterns of behavior |
| Most mental health workers today take the view that disordered behaviors arise from what? | the interaction of nature and nurture |
| What approach takes the view that all behavior arises from the interaction of heredity and environment? | biopsychosocial |
| Our early ancestors commonly attributed disordered behavior to what? | evil spirits |
| How is the diagnostic reliability of the DSM-IV-TR? | it is relatively high |
| When a person's behavior is deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional, how would it be classified? | as a psychological disorder |
| What is ADHD? | a psychological disorder characterized by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. |
| What does the DSM-V stand for? | the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) |
| What does the DSM-V do? | provides a widely used system of classifying psychological disorders |