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Psychological disorder |
Behavior that is: -deviant (out of the norm) - distressful -dysfunctional (make your life miserable) |
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Medical model (perspective on disorder) |
The concept that mental illness is a disease in most cases can be cured |
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Biopsychosocial model (perspectives on disorder) |
Genetics, individual difference, chemistry, and brain structure cause abnormality. |
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DSM-V (5) |
The APAs manual for classifying disorders |
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"Being sane in insane places" |
David Rosenhan |
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Thomas szasz |
All mental illness is a form of repression . (mental illness is not real) concerned about stigmas. |
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Anxiety disorders |
Persistent, distressing, anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that attempt to reduce anxiety |
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Generalized anxiety disorder |
An anxiety disorder in which a person is constantly tense, apprehensive and in a state of constant nervous system arousal. |
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Panic disorder |
Unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences biological panic reactions |
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Phobia |
Marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation. (Why are people with panic disorders often agoraphobic?) - fear of wide open spaces |
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Obcessive compulsive disorder |
OCD |
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Obsession |
Repetitive thought |
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Compulsion |
Repetitive action |
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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
Haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety,and/or insomnia. Learned helplessness -military -assault victims -witnesses to horrific events |
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Evolution |
Our phobias are mainly things that our ancestors would have been fearful of |
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Genetics |
Our fears my run in families. Monkeys have been known to have fears that run in families |
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OCd patients |
The anterior cingulate cortex seems hyperactive in ___ |
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The checking system in the brain |
Anterior cingulte cortex |
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Overreact to simple situations of anxiety |
In phobias, the amygdala tends to |
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Psychoanalysis (Freud) |
Explanation- repression of stress causes folks to act abnormally |
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Learning |
Explanation- phobias are classically conditioned |
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Observational learning |
Explanation- our kids are fearful of what we are |
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Dissociative disorders |
A disorder in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts and feelings. |
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Amnesia or fugues |
When a person because of stress forgets their personality and creates a new one- literally leave where you live |
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Multiple personalities |
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) |
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Dissociative identity disorder (DID) |
A rare disorder (caused by traumatic events) in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities |
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1. The # of cases spiked after books were written about Sybil and 3 faces of Eve 2.Do the patients know there is another personality or are they coached? 3. Is it an excuse for maladaptive behavior |
Skeptics say |
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Major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. This is not feeling blue. All people go through stretches where things go poorly and we feel terrible. |
Emotional extremes are most commonly |
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Depression |
Often known as the common colds of psychology due to how many people suffer from it yearly |
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defense mechanism. It becomes serious when it hits the 3ds -dysfunctional - deviant - distressful |
Some people believe that deresson is a |
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Major depressive disorder |
A person experiences (in the absence of drugs or medical issues) two or more weeks of 1. Depressed moods 2. Feelings of worthlessness 3. Diminished interests in activities (Don't want to get out of bed) |
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Dysthymic disorder |
A down in the dumps mood that affects someone daily for 2 years or more (Get out of bed but feel bummed out) |
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Bipolar disorder |
A person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania (mania = a hyperactive wildly optimistic state) |
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1. Behavior and cognition changes within depression 2. Depression is widespread 3. Women are twice as vulnerable as men 4. Depression often self-terminates 5. Stressful events can trigger depression 6. Depression is striking earlier. 8 year old in Ohio in 2010 |
Explaining mood disorder |
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Freud |
Losses evoke emotions which cause regression |
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Genetics |
7 out of 10 siblings share depression |
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Norephinephrine and serotonin often lacking Lacking in Omega 3 Fatty Acid (what should you eat??) -salmon Less frontal lobe action and left brain action - less logic/ think only with emotion Hippocampus sends bad memories |
The depressed brain |
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1. Depressed people see the world through dark colored glasses (exclamatory style, self-defeating beliefs) 2. Learned helplessness |
Social cogs on depression - controversial but thought-provoking |
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Martin seligman |
Positive psychologist Individualism - argued that this causes depression "my life sucks more" - self-defeating beliefs, they beat themselves up more than deaf |
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Women over think whereas men tend to act. This can lead to depression in both. Men tend to hide their depression by "focusing", women tend to become overcome by emotions. |
Last words Susan Nolen-Hoeksema |
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Personality disorders |
Inflexable and enduring behavior patterns that impair social gunctioning |
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Fear of rejection - doesn't like to make friends |
Avoidant PD |
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Emotionless and eccentric - bizzare actions |
Schizoid PD |
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Need praise and acceptance - if they don't get it they can become dangerous (to get attention) |
Histrionic PD |
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Exaggerate their own importance In love with themselves to an extent |
Narcissistic PD |
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Unstable personality |
Borderline PD |
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Antisocial PD |
Usually male Lack of conscience (victims had it coming) - don't know right from wrong (only why makes them happy) Aggressive Lack of remorse Deceitful -will be in and out of trouble for most of their lives Aka sociopath or psychopath |
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Conversion disorder Hypochondria |
Somatoform Disorder |
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Conversion disorder |
Due to stress, a person suffers from the shut down of a body part or organ -paralysis may occur only in hand disorder is generated in brain |
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Hypochondria |
A person overreacts to an illness making it seem worse than it really is - think world is falling down around them -doctors may give placebos - as an adult, no one cares/wants to cater to you |
