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Preview Basic Issues of Mental Disorders Diagnostic issues Perspectives to study mental disorders The idea of multiple causation Sex differences in diagnosis Mental Disorders, Basic Concepts “Mental Disorder” controversy Symptom vs. Syndrome symptom: individual characteristic of thought, feelings, behaviors syndrome: constellation of symptoms an individual shows Syndrome clinically significant detriment internal source of distress involuntary manifestation Issues with Diagnosis reliability: individual diagnosticians reach the same conclusions using the same system DSM-IV: observable characteristics to maximize reliability validity: the extent to which the system’s categories are clinically meaningful Labeling people Perspectives on Mental Disorders Biological Perspective mental disorders as physical diseases brain abnormalities chemical imbalances birth difficulties heritability Perspectives on Mental Disorders Psychodynamic Perspective Sigmund Freud Unconscious conflicts and drives Early childhood trauma therapy helps person become aware of underlying conflicts Perspectives on Mental Disorders Cognitive Perspective conscious thoughts learned maladaptive thought patterns cause mental disorder Behavioral Perspective learned maladaptive patterns of behavior cause mental disorder Perspectives on Mental Disorders Sociocultural Perspective larger culture important to development of mental disorders supporting evidence from culturebound syndromes Koro in Southeast Asia Anorexia and Bulimia in North America and Western Europe Multiple Causation Predisposing causes High Amount of stress in place before onset make person susceptible inherited characteristics learned beliefs sociocultural beliefs Disorder manifested Disorder not manifested Low Low High Predisposition for the disorder Multiple Causation Precipitating causes High Amount of stress immediate events that bring on the disorder (stress) loss (e.g., loved one, job) perceived threat when predisposition high, precipitating event may be small Disorder manifested Disorder not manifested Low Low High Predisposition for the disorder Multiple Causation Maintaining causes consequences of the disorder keep disorder going once it begins sometimes positive consequences (e.g., extra attention) often negative consequences (e.g., lack of friends) Sex Differences in Prevalence Large sex differences in prevalence Differences in Reporting men report less psychological distress than women don’t admit distress? Physiological vs. psychological distress tradeoff? Men use more alcohol and drugs men seem to express anger more than distress Bias in Diagnosis Diagnosed as histrionic personality Diagnosed as antisocial personality diagnose men with “male” disorders and women with “female” disorders Ford & Widiger (1989) antisocial = “male” disorder histrionic = “female” disorder Differences in Experiences Men & women have different social experiences Women abuse from spouses abuse in childhood traditional roles As employment for genders becomes more similar, gender gap in some disorders decreases Summary Symptom vs. Syndrome in disorders Diagnostic issues of reliability validity Biological, Sociocultural, Behavioral, Psychodynamic, Cognitive perspectives Predisposing, Precipitating, Maintaining factors Why sex differences in diagnosis?