Psychopathology

• Psychopathology is the scientific study of psychological disorders.  If you have a physical illness, you go to your GP and they will diagnose your illness.  Psychological disorders are a lot more complicated.
• Abnormality 


  a psychological or behavioural state leading to impairment of interpersonal functioning and/or distress to others.      
• CLASSIFYING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY     


                        

  There are two classification systems that are used to diagnose psychological disorders.

  • The International Classification System for Disease (ICD-10), from the World Health Organisation.
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-V), from the American Psychiatric Association.  It uses the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF).