Abnormal psychology

Joshua Wee 10/11/15 Professor Salonga PSYCH 001 1. Anxiety disorder is a mental illness. People with this order have a continuous fear or worry. An example of this disorder that was portrayed in the video we watched was Walter he was a patient of Dr.Weston. Walter has anxiety disorder he can’t sleep and he is always checking his watch like he has somewhere to be. 2. Oliver uses the defense mechanism, self disclosure. 3. Oliver had the least emotional intelligence, Walter had the second…

On the afternoon of Monday, August 26th my boyfriend Joe and I met for lunch while he was on break from work. We decided on a restaurant in Pacific Place mall called Mexico Cantina where we frequent often. We approached the entrance but he stopped then turned around and told me we needed to go somewhere else. I was confused about the sudden change of plans until I looked over and saw Brigette and a group of other females sitting at a table next to the railing that overlooks the restaurant and…

Schizophrenia is an abnormal psychology that is defined in three ways as a deviation from statistical norm, social norm and cultural relativism. There are problems that define the abnormalities in terms of system that relies on subjective judgment of an individual’s behavior. The mental disorders are classified using The Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder DSM-V to aid in the psychotic diagnosis of the disorder. The term schizophrenia is used to describe the general class of disorders that are…

The textbook “Abnormal Psychology” chapter 8 was very beneficial and helped the potential counselor “I” learn knowledgeable facts about the topic eating disorder for this week assigned reading. With that being said, the initial fact that I learned about eating disorders was that there are two types of disorder: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. According to the American Psychiatric Association, Anorexia as an emotional disorder that is characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing…

1. How has mental illness been defined in the past? Contrast these explanations for how abnormal behavior and thinking is defined today. (3 points) Mental illness has been defined in different ways in different times. Archeological finds from as far as back as 3000 B.C.E. have shown human skulls with holes in them, a process called trepanning. People that had shown abnormal behavior had holes cut in their skulls to let evil spirits. Hippocrates had believed that abnormality was due to an…

In psychology, it is stated many times, throughout many publications, that it is difficult to define abnormality. In contrast, I also find it true that it is even more difficult to define normal. In class, we have discussed the ten criteria of abnormality. In my opinion, this stands as a way to define abnormality. However, if a person only meets half of the criteria, or even one of the criteria, are they considered normal or not? This is the conflict that I am going to discuss in the…

A. (2010). psychological disorders. In experience psychology (pp. 430). New York: Mcgraw-Hill.E.) Ryan is junior in high school and his mother lost her battle with cancer about two months ago. He was always really close to his mother and he was devastated when she passed. Ever since her death, Ryan’s mood…

understand the context in which it is analyzed, because the world was different 15 years ago compared to today, and even more different during the 60s. This movie had some true portrayal of abnormal psychology, as well as plenty of over the stop sensationalism. The movie’s theme involves the spectrum of abnormal to normal, crazy to sane, which is seen in the opening quote “Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60s. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.” The theme is explored throughout…

Current Events In the beginning of September, Jeffrey Johnson was shot and killed by police. A few days before his death, he and his wife had got into an argument and he went to stay in a motel for a few nights. After a few days in the hotel, Jeffrey texted his wife some text messages that she believed were suicidal. She called the police and they found him locked in his room firing a gun. After the police tried to get in, he jumped out the window and into a car. He drove this car to a…

Client History and Primary Concept My assigned patient was M. P, a 51 years old male that was admitted to the HCMC psych unit on the 09/09/2015, after he was reported as an unwanted person at an apartment in uptown. He was brought in by Minneapolis police on transfer hold. Per police, the patient is under civil commitment and listed as a missing person in Washington County. (HCMC note review, September 2015). The patient’s medical diagnoses are: bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and…