Psychology / Unit 12 Psych 1311 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Psychological Disorder
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The idea
A psychological disorder is a pattern of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that causes significant distress or impairment in daily functioning.
In practice
Anxiety that prevents a person from leaving home for work meets the impairment criterion; anxiety before a presentation does not.
Where people slip
Unusual is not disordered, and distressing is not sufficient alone. Impairment in functioning is the load-bearing criterion.
Your place on the trail
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- 1313Harmful Dysfunction
- 1316Culture and the Definition of Disorder
- 1318The DSM
- 1324The Diathesis-Stress Model
- 1331Anxiety Disorders
- 1350Major Depressive Disorder
- 1363Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
- 1365Schizophrenia
- 1375Dissociative Identity Disorder
- 1379Personality Disorders
- 1385Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- 1387Autism Spectrum Disorder
- 1389Substance Use Disorder
- 1391Assessing a Case Against Diagnostic Criteria
- 1393Deinstitutionalization
- 1395Psychotherapy
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