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myers psych chap 13
exploring psych myers chap 13 psychological disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychological disorders | ongoing pattern of thoughts, feelings, and actions that are deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional. Emphasis on PATTERN Bound by culture and by time |
| Deviant | deviates from a norm |
| Distressful | negative impact |
| Dysfunctional | when it interferes with your life |
| Medical model | the concept that diseases (psychological disorders) have a physical cause that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured. |
| DSM-IV-TR | The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| ____ Axis that we use to diagnose | 5 |