Chapter 16.1Chapter 16.1What are What are

Psychological Psychological Disorders?Disorders?

Mr. McCormickMr. McCormickPsychologyPsychology

Essential QuestionEssential Question

What are the What are the causescauses and and symptomssymptoms of of

various various psychological psychological disordersdisorders, and how are , and how are they they diagnoseddiagnosed and and

treatedtreated??

Do-NowDo-Now(Discussion)(Discussion)

In your opinion, what In your opinion, what separates separates “normal”“normal” from from “abnormal”“abnormal”

psychological psychological functioning?functioning?

What Are Psychological What Are Psychological Disorders?Disorders?

Open up your Open up your textbookstextbooks to to pg. 447pg. 447

Chapter 16.1: Chapter 16.1: ““What Are Psychological What Are Psychological

Disorders?”Disorders?”

Psychological DisordersPsychological Disorders

Psychological Psychological Disorder:Disorder: A psychological or A psychological or

behavioral pattern that behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual occurs in an individual and is thought to cause and is thought to cause distress or disability distress or disability that is not expected as that is not expected as part of normal part of normal development or culture development or culture

ClassificationClassification

DSM-IV-TR:DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Diagnostic and Statistical

Manual of Mental Manual of Mental DisordersDisorders

Fifth version revised in Fifth version revised in 19941994

Used to classify and Used to classify and categorize mental illnesscategorize mental illness

Operates on 5 dimensions Operates on 5 dimensions or axesor axes

DSM-IV: DSM-IV: Major Psychological Major Psychological

DisordersDisorders Refer to Refer to Figure 16.3:Figure 16.3:

““DSM-IV: Major Psychological Disorders”DSM-IV: Major Psychological Disorders”

Pg. 452Pg. 452

What does Axis 1 of the DSM-IV consider What does Axis 1 of the DSM-IV consider when classifying mental illness?when classifying mental illness?

ClassificationClassification 5 Axes of DSM-IV:5 Axes of DSM-IV:

Axis 1:Axis 1: Clinical DisordersClinical Disorders

Axis 2:Axis 2: Personality Disorders/Personality Disorders/

Mental RetardationMental Retardation

Axis 3:Axis 3: Medical DisordersMedical Disorders

Axis 4:Axis 4: Psychosocial StressorsPsychosocial Stressors

Axis 5:Axis 5: Global Assessment Global Assessment

of Functioning (GAF) of Functioning (GAF)

(1-100)(1-100)

ClassificationClassification

Why do you think Why do you think psychologistspsychologists consider consider 55 different levelsdifferent levels, or , or “axes”“axes” when classifying when classifying mental mental

illnessillness??

HomeworkHomework

Read Chapter 16.1 Read Chapter 16.1 ““What Are Psychological Disorders?”What Are Psychological Disorders?” Pgs. 446-454Pgs. 446-454

Complete Section 1 AssessmentComplete Section 1 Assessment Pg. 454Pg. 454 #s 1-4#s 1-4