Defining Psychological Disorders

bipolar disorder

clinical depression

schizophrenia

Munchausen syndrome

mood swings

hallucinations

impulsivity

identity problems

somatoform disorders only happen to men, factitious disorders only happen to women

somatoform disorders involve cognition, factitious disorders involve emotion

in somatoform disorders the physical symptoms are real, in factitious disorders the physical symptoms are not real

somatoform disorders are caused by environmental factors, factitious disorders are caused by genetic factors

positive

cognitive

negative

transitive

schizophrenia

dissociative fugue

multiple personality disorder

generalized anxiety disorder

its frequency of occurrence in a population at a given time

its severity within an individual

how much coverage there is of the disorder in the media

how long it typically takes an individual to recover from the disorder

cultural factors

medical conditions

everyday functioning

the DSM takes ALL of the above into account

opinions, convictions

obsessions, conditions

obsessions, compulsion

compulsions, obsessions

it seems to occur only in North America

only people who have undergone psychoanalysis are ever diagnosed with it

people who “suffer” from it do not regard their feelings or behaviours as a disorder

it has a prevalence rate of zero

somatoform disorders

anxiety disorders

sexual disorders

factitious disorders