Ab Psy

• PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER: A psychological dysfunction within an individual associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typically expected or culturally expected.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION

  A breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning.
• Distress can take the form of psychological or physical pain, or both concurrently. Simply put, it refers to suffering.
• Impairment refers to when the person experiences a disabling condition “in social, occupational, or other important activities” 
• ATYPICAL

  Behavior that it deviates from the average or violating social norms.
• Psychopathology

  The scientific study of psychological disorders.
• Chronic Course: Tend to last a long time, sometimes a lifetime.
• Episodic Course: The individual is likely to recover within a few months only to suffer a recurrence of the disorder at

  a later time.
• Time-Limited Course

  The disorder will improve without treatment in a relatively short period with little or no risk of

  recurrence.
• Prevalence: how many people in the population as a whole have the disorder.
• Incidence: How many new cases occur during a given period.
• Acute Onset: Begin suddenly.
• Insidious Onset: Develop gradually over an extended period.
• Etiology: The study of origins and has to do with why a disorder begins (what causes it) and includes biological,

  psychological, and social dimensions.