Who was the first to say that madness was not due to demon possesion but an ailment of the mind?
Philippe Pinel from France.
What 4 things make up the medical model for looking at physical causes for disorders?
1. Etiology
2. Diagnosis
3. Treatment
4. Prognosis
Medical Model: Define Etiology
Causation and development of the disorder
Medical Model: Define Diagnosis
Identifying (symptoms) and distingushing one disease from another.
Medical Model: Define Treatment
Treating a disorder in a psychiatric hospital
Medical Model: Define Prognosis
Forcast about the disorder
The perspective that assumes that biological, social-cultural and psychological factors combine and interact to produce psychological disorders is called what?
The Biopsychosocial Perspective
What is the DSM?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Rendered by the American Psychological Association to describe or classify psychological disorders.
What is the most recent edition of the DSM being used today?