Question

›psychologists organize disorders into categories in order to communicate commonalities and differences among disorders, and to imply appropriate treatment and to encourage further research. for each of the psychological disorders below explain what psychological disorder category it should be organized into and why it "belongs" in that category." › ›major depressive disorder ›dissociative identity disorder ›antisocial personality disorder ›hypochondriasis

Answer 1

1. Major depressive disorder, according to the ICD-10 is classified between mood disorders or affective, this is because this disorder primarily affects the state of the person, who perceives his future as devastating and has a negative perspective or pessimistic to see his present.

2. Dissociative identity disorder, according to the ICD-10 this disorder is classified as neurotic disorders secondary to stressful and somatomorphic situations. It is classified in this way because the disorder has a psychogenic origin related to a traumatic event.

3. Antisocial personality disorder: according to the ICD-10 this disorder is classified as a personality disorder, this because the disruptive behavior is borne in behaviors of the person that affect all areas of the patient; social, personal and labor.


4. Hypochondriasis; This disorder is categorized between Neurotic Disorders secondary to stressful and somatomorphic situations, according to the ICD-10. Because the affectation has a psychological and not physiological origin.


1. Major depressive disorder, according to the ICD-10 is classified among mood disorders or affective, this is because of this disorder primarily affects the state of the person, who perceives his future as devastating and has a negative perspective or pessimistic to see his present.

2. Dissociative identity disorder, according to the ICD-10 this disorder is classified as neurotic disorders secondary to stressful and somatomorphic situations. It is classified in this way because the disorder has a psychogenic origin related to a traumatic event.

3. Antisocial personality disorder: according to the ICD-10 this disorder is classified as a personality disorder, this because of the disruptive behavior is borne in behaviors of the person that affect all areas of the patient; social, personal and labor.


4. Hypochondriasis; This disorder is categorized between Neurotic Disorders secondary to stressful and somatomorphic situations, according to the ICD-10. Because the affectation has a psychological and not physiological origin.