General Knowledge

• DSM


  Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - contains a list of symptoms for each disorder and guidelines for clinicians to make a diagnosis
• ICD


  International Classification of Diseases - produced by the World Health Organisation for both physical and mental illnesses
• Diathesis-Stress model


  We are genetically predisposed to develop certain fears that will only develop when triggered by an experience
• ‘Preparedness’


  We are born with a readiness to make some associations very quickly, particularly those that would be of danger to our ancestors