The Presence of Psychological Disorders

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Unusual thoughts, feelings, or behaviors would not necessarily mean that the person has a psychological disorder. It is important to note that the diagnostic criteria for a mental disorder are based on clinical interviews and observation (Kredlow, Eichenbaum & Otto, 2018). Diagnosis requires that a person's social, family, and occupational functioning be impaired or that the person is in a distressful situation. Before diagnosing someone with a psychological illness or introducing new coping mechanisms, consider many things. For instance, something may only seem like an illness because it is out of one's normal routine. In such a situation, the symptoms may be discountenanced or ignored because they are not a part of the person's usual functioning. Psychological disorders are characterized as recurrent, persistent engender by or occur over a significan...