Abnormal Psychology
Prompt
The following resources support your work on this activity:
Reading: Conceptualizing Psychiatric Disorders Using “Four D’s” of Diagnoses
Module Five Milestone Template Word Document: You may use this template to complete the Module Five Milestone assignment.
Purdue OWL: This resource is provided to assist you with referencing resources according to APA standards.
For this milestone, you will use the Four D’s diagnostic indicators to analyze one behavior that might impair a person’s adaptive daily functioning. You will determine if that behavior could potentially represent a clinical disorder. Support your answers with a credible source when necessary.
From the list in the Overview, select one behavior that might impair a person’s adaptive daily functioning, then address the following:
Distress: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior causes distress as characterized by mental or emotional imbalance.
Dysfunction: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior causes dysfunction by interfering with adaptive daily functioning.
Danger: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior presents as a danger to self or others.
Deviance: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior deviates from normality.
