Chapter 15 Abnormal Psychology Essay

Chapter 15 Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatments genuinely interest me. I have previous experience working with people that fall into the subject of abnormal psychology. So, I knew from first-hand experience and prior research about abnormal psychology but wish to explore much more depth. Before coming to college, I wanted to pursue a career as a psychologist focusing on holistic psychotherapy with clients that have the common mental disorders. Abnormal psychology is closely linked to clinical psychology, as clinical psychologists tend to treat disorders that fall under the abnormal psychology category. Abnormal psychology is a subset of psychology that focuses on studying unusual behavior. I do question, how do abnormal psychologist classify what and to what degree qualifies a behavior as abnormal, especially because everyone is different? Also, I question, do people with mental health disorders have differences in their brain, hormones or is it genetic? How do …show more content…
I have a general understanding of anxiety disorders. I know there are few different types of anxiety disorders. Generalize Anxiety disorders is a chronic disorder that, includes worrying thoughts and fears, which hinder everyday life. Another type, a phobia is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by an extreme fear of something that is not relatively to that extent of a danger. A rare phobia, Chaetophobia is the extreme fear of hair. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) an anxiety disorder that occurs after experiencing a traumatic event. PTSD is very prevalent in the military community especially those who been in a combat zone. They tend to have reminders of the event like reoccurring nightmares. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by thoughts and behaviors that cannot seem to be prevented, for example, rituals like saying the phrase 4 times