5.3 - Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders

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psychological disorder

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a disturbance in people’s thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that causes distress or suffering and impairs their daily lives

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medical model

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the concept that diseases (psychological disorders in this case) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured, often through treatment in a hospital šŸ„

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psychological disorder

a disturbance in people’s thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that causes distress or suffering and impairs their daily lives

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medical model

the concept that diseases (psychological disorders in this case) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured, often through treatment in a hospital šŸ„

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diathesis-stress model

the concept that genetic predispositions (diathesis) combine with environmental stressors (stress) to influence psychological disorder

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epigenetics

the study of the molecular mechanisms by which environments can influence genetic expression (w/o a DNA change) [ā€˜above’ or ā€˜in addition to’ (epi) genetics]

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DSM-5-TR

the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision; a wisely used system for classifying psychological disorders

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