Psych

Chapter 14: Clinical Psychology

June 27th, 2023  |  56 mins 16 secs

abnormal psychology, clinical psychology, david pizarro, dsm, intro psych, introduction to psychology, paul bloom, psychopathology

Paul and David go further beyond their areas of expertise than usual and discuss the field of clinical psychology--the part of psychology interested in understanding and treating psychological dysfunction. What are mental illnesses? How do we come up with the categories of various psychopathologies? Are mental illnesses the same sort of thing as other diseases, or is the term "disease" more like a metaphor? Are disorders like schizophrenia best understood as discrete categories (either you have it or you don't) or are they continuous? How should we understand personality disorders? Finally, are we making progress on understanding and treating mental illness?