Chapter 8: Sensation and Perception
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Chapter 16.1
What are
Psychological Disorders?
Mr. McCormick
Psychology
Essential Question
What are the causes and
symptoms of various
psychological disorders,
and how are they
diagnosed and treated?
Do-Now
(Discussion)
In your opinion, what separates
“normal” from “abnormal”
psychological functioning?
What Are Psychological Disorders?
Open
up your textbooks to pg. 447
Chapter
“What
16.1:
Are Psychological Disorders?”
Psychological Disorders
Psychological Disorder:
A psychological or behavioral
pattern that occurs in an
individual and is thought to
cause distress or disability that is
not expected as part of normal
development or culture
Classification
DSM-IV-TR:
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders
Fifth version revised in 1994
Used to classify and categorize
mental illness
Operates on 5 dimensions or axes
DSM-IV:
Major Psychological Disorders
Refer to Figure 16.3:
“DSM-IV: Major Psychological Disorders”
Pg. 452
What does Axis 1 of the DSM-IV consider when
classifying mental illness?
Classification
5 Axes of DSM-IV:
Axis 1: Clinical Disorders
Axis 2: Personality Disorders/
Mental Retardation
Axis 3: Medical Disorders
Axis 4: Psychosocial Stressors
Axis 5: Global Assessment
of Functioning (GAF)
(1-100)
Classification
Why do you think psychologists
consider 5 different levels, or “axes”
when classifying mental illness?
Homework
Read Chapter 16.1
“What Are Psychological Disorders?”
Pgs. 446-454
Complete Section 1 Assessment
Pg. 454
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