What is the DSM and how does it define "mental disorder"?
What will be an ideal response?
The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM is published by the American
Psychiatric Association and provides information to be used in identifying mental disorders. The DSM does not
provide information as to the cause of mental disorders. A mental disorder, according to the DSM, is a
psychological problem that is not the result of some culturally accepted response to a live event but that causes
one or more of the following: present distress (a painful symptom); disability (impairment in one or more areas
of functioning); increased risk of suffering death, pain, or disability; and an important loss of freedom. A mental
disorder is not simply deviant or unacceptable behavior and is believed to be the product of some sort of
dysfunction within the individual.
You might also like to view...
One major distinction between Asperger's disorder and autism is that a. Asperger's disorder is associated with longer language delays and lower IQ
b. autism is associated with social impairment, and Asperger's disorder is not. c. autism develops in early childhood, and Asperger's develops during adolescence. d. Asperger's disorder is not associated with severe language delays.
In an investigation of over 120,000 New York City births, babies born even 1 to 2 weeks early __________ than children who experienced a full-length prenatal period
A) showed lower reading and math scores at a third-grade follow-up B) were less likely to suffer from childhood obesity C) were less likely to suffer from neurological impairments D) showed higher language and social/emotional scores in early childhood
What is behavioral medicine?
What will be an ideal response?
What is the main problem with labeling children as "difficult"?
A. It is inaccurate, because all children can be difficult from time to time. B. It can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. C. No child is truly difficult. Some parents have unreasonably high expectations. D. It does not take into consideration the environment in which children are being raised.