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Defining Psychological Disorders: The Four D's Framework
Define psychological abnormality using the criteria of deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger.

Define psychological abnormality using the criteria of deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger.
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9th Grade · Social Studies · US-IL-SS
10 lessons
Understand diagnostic criteria, major psychological disorders, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches including CBT, behavioral therapy, and psychopharmacology.
Evaluate the complexities of human thought and behavior, as well as the factors related to the individual differences among people.
Use appropriate psychological terminology with reference to psychologists, their experiments, and theories in order to explain the possible causes of and impact on behavior and mental processes.