AP Psychology 5.3

level of dysfunction

The degree to which a persons thoughts, emotions, or behaviors significantly interfere with their daily life and functions

perception of distress

An individuals subjective experience and interpretation of a stressful or overwhelming situation

deviation from the social norm

A behavior that significantly goes against the unwritten rules or expectations considered acceptable within aparticular society.

effects of diagnosis

Can have positive effects like access to treatment, self understanding, and communty; or negative effects like stigmas, over-identification, and limitations

evidence-based diagnostic tools

DSM-5-TR; Diagnostic and statisitcal manual of mental disorders

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

A handbook used by mental health professionals to diagnose mental disorders by providing a standardized set of criteria and descriptions for each condition

International Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD)

A globally recognized system used by the WHO to categorize and diagnose mental health conditions, providing a standardized set of criteria for indentifying various mental disorders.

eclectic approach to treatment

Combining treatments to serve the individual

behavioral perspective

Maladaptive associations (learned)

psychodynamic perspective

Unconscious (childhood)

humanistic perspective

Unmet needs blocking self-actualization

cognitive perspective

Maladaptive thoughts, beliefs, attitudes

evolutionary perspective

maladaptive response to what once helped us survive

sociocultural perspective

society and culture

biological perspective

Physiology and genetics

interaction models for psychological disorders

Models how biological, psychological, and social factors interact to cause mental illnesses

biopsychosocial model

Biology and psychology (cognitive) envrionment interact

diathesis-stress model

assumes psychological disorders develop due to a genetic vulnerability (diathesis) in combination with stressful life experiences.