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| Approximately _____ of the United States population will develop some type of mental disorder. |
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| What are some historical Perspective perceived causes for psychological disorders? |
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| The movements of the moon and sun, evil spirits, and a corrupted soul. |
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| What are some ancient treatments for mental illnesses? |
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| Exorcism, caged like animals, beaten, burned, castrated, mutilated, blood replaced with animal’s blood. |
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| How is abnormal behavior generally classified? |
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| Atypical, disturbing, maladaptive, and unjustifiable. |
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| What does atypical, disturbing, maladaptive, and unjustifiable mean? |
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Atypical: not enough in itself (Statistical) Has to occur more often than in the normal population. Everyone does abnormal behaviors, but must be reoccurring to be ‘abnormal.’ Excessive.
Disturbing: Makes one uncomfortable or is inappropriate.
Maladaptive: Harmful.
Unjustifiable: It has no "normal" reason. |
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| A legal term defined as inability to understand that certain actions are wrong at the time of a crime. |
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| What is the DSM-IV-TR? Published by? |
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition.
Published by the American Psychiatric Association. |
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| What is the DSM-IV-TR used for? |
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Used for the diagnosis and classification of psychological disorders.
Intended to give objective, measurable criteria for diagnosing disorders. |
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