Explaining and classifying psychological disorders 5.3

Question 1

Psychological disorder

Answer 1

A disruption to a person’s thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that causes distress or suffering

Question 2

Maladaptive

Answer 2

An exaggeration of normal, acceptable behaviors

Question 3

Unjustifiable

Answer 3

A behavior that does not have a rational basis

Question 4

Disturbing

Answer 4

A behavior that is troublesome to other people

Question 5

Atypical

Answer 5

A behavior so different from other people’s behavior that it violates a cultural norm

Question 6

Early views of mental illness

Answer 6

Explained through a supernatural model, the person was possessed or a sinner; treatments were inhumane

Question 7

Philippe Pinel

Answer 7

A French physician who said mental illness was a sickness of the mind and should be viewed medically as having physical causes, formed the medical model

Question 8

The medical model

Answer 8

Mental illnesses (psychopathology) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured

Question 9

Diathesis-Stress model

Answer 9

Genetic predispositions combine with environmental stressors to influence psychological disorders

Question 10

Epigenetics and stress

Answer 10

Stress can lead to certain genes being turned on, resulting in a disorder

Question 11

Comorbidity

Answer 11

Different combinations of genes can cause people to have more than one disorder

Question 12

DSM-5

Answer 12

Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - No matter what doctor you go to, you should get the same diagnosis
Predict future course, appropriate treatment, prompt research