Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We cover the (broad) history of psychological disorders and three criteria for disordered behavior.

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Timestamps
0:00 Psychological Disorders
2:16 Introduction
5:09 Some notes about language
9:06 Understanding psychological disorders: historical perspective
9:47 - Animism explanations
12:32 - Physical explanations, sort of
14:36 - Psychogenic explanations
21:50 - The medical model of psychological disorders
23:20 - The biopsychosocial approach
25:20 Defining psychological disorders
28:54 Labeling and classifying psychological disorders
30:03 - Rosenhan 1973 experiment
37:54 - Stereotypes
39:55 Conclusions

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