Introduction to Psychopathology

• What are Physical disorders?

  Where the body starts to work abnormally
• What are mental disorders?

  Where over a long period of time feelings, thoughts, and behaviors are abnormal.
• what is the study of mental disorders called?

  Psychopathology
• What does DSM stand for?

  Diagnostic and statistic manual of mental disorders
• Psychopathology mainly relies on the self-report technique to diagnose mental disorders.
• what are the 3 approaches to mental disorders we will cover?

  • behavioral approach to phobias
  • cognitive approach to depression
  • biological approach to OCD