Psychological Disorders

AGENDAJanuary 19, 2012

1. Today’s topics: Taking care of each other Psychological Disorders

2. Administrative: Turn in: Review Questions Textbooks: Turn in before the Final Exam…or you will

not be allowed to take it

3. Homework: Review: Unit Tests (1-3) Review: Schools of Psychological Thought

Take Care of Each Other

What are Psychological Disorders?

Normal vs. Abnormal: How to decide? Deviation from normality Adjustment Psychological health

What is the role of culture in determining what is “normal”? Is that a problem?

UPDATE: (link)

What does it mean to be “legally insane”?

Classifying Psychological Disorders

DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Axes Aspect of patient’s case Axis I Current symptomsAxis II Developmental disorders & long-standing

personality disordersAxis III Physical disorders & medical conditionsAxis IV Current stress level (link)Axis V Highest level of adaptive functioning

Major Psychological Disorders

Recall / Predictions

Sec. 2: Anxiety Disorders

Sec. 3: Somatoform & Dissociative Disorders

Sec. 4: Schizophrenia & Mood Disorders

Sec. 5: Personality Disorders & Drug Addiction

Anxiety DisordersAnxiety vs. Phobia?

•Generalized Anxiety Disorder•Phobic Disorder•Panic Disorder•Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (link - OCD )•Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

How would a _________ think about / treat these disorders?

Somatoform & Dissociative Disorders

Somatoform Disorders Conversion Disorders Hypochondriasis

Dissociative Disorders• Dissociative Amnesia• Dissociative Fugue• Dissociative Identity Disorder

Schizophrenia & Mood Disorders

SchizophreniaDelusion vs. HallucinationTypes & Causes

Mood DisordersMajor Depressive DisorderBipolar DisorderSeasonal Affective Disorder

Personality Disorders & Drug Addiction

Personality DisordersAntisocial Personality

Drug AddictionAlcoholism

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Freud’s Theory: Overview

Behavioral PsychologyClassical Conditioning:

Pavlov’s fishhttp://www.cengage.com/psychology/discipline_content/clipsforclass/behavior.htm

Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

Unconditioned Response (UR)

Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

Conditioned Response (CR)

Behavioral Psychology: Overview

Humanistic Psychology

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM8SwZkvCIY

Established as a reaction to behaviorism

Humanism: Person is in control

Humanistic Psychology

View of behavior: Individual or self-directed choices influence our behavior

Cognitive PsychologyView of behavior:How we process, store and retrieve information influences our behavior.

NOTE: “Behavior” includes thoughts, feelings and state of consciousness.

Sociocultural Psychology

View of behavior:Ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status influence our behavior.

Biological Psychology

View of behavior:Biological factors influence our behavior.

HomeworkBefore you leave

Pick up your belongings & any trashStraighten desks

Homework due next class:Read Chapter 16Review: Unit Tests (1-3)Review: Schools of Psychological

Thought