Chapter 13: Defining Psychological Disorders
Learning Objectives
- Define “psychological disorder” and summarize the general causes of disorder.
- Explain why it is so difficult to define disorder and how the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is used to make diagnoses.
- Describe the stigma of psychological disorders and their impact on those who suffer from them.
- Outline and describe the different types of anxiety disorders.
- Outline and describe the different types of dissociative disorders.
- Explain the biological and environmental causes of anxiety and dissociative disorders.
- Summarize and differentiate the different forms of mood disorders, in particular dysthymia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
- Explain the genetic and environmental factors that increase the likelihood that a person will develop a mood disorder.
- Categorize and describe the three major symptoms of schizophrenia.
- Differentiate the five types of schizophrenia and their characteristics.
- Identify the biological and social factors that increase the likelihood that a person will develop schizophrenia.
- Categorize the different types of personality disorders and differentiate antisocial personality disorder from borderline personality disorder.
- Outline the biological and environmental factors that may contribute to a person developing a personality disorder.
- Differentiate the symptoms of somatoform and factitious disorders.
- Summarize the sexual disorders and paraphilias.
