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Psychological Disorders

Classifying Psychological Disorders

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM V )

is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health providers in the United States. It contains a listing of diagnostic criteria for every psychiatric disorder recognized by the U.S. health care system.

What is a Psychological Disorder?

Psychological Disorders

… are “harmful dysfunctions” in which behavior is judged to be atypical , disturbing , maladaptive , and/or unjustifiable

Atypical

is abnormal – being different from most other people in one’s culture

Disturbing

means that a behavior goes against the standards of acceptable behavior, is unnerving, grotesque, or otherwise disruptive to a generally acceptable level of comfort.

Maladaptiveness

indicates that the behaviors are distressing or disabling or puts one at a greatly increased risk of suffering or death

Unjustifiable

means that certain behaviors are irrational, or that a behavior lacks any mental clarity or reason

What is the nature of Psychological Disorders and their causes?

Biological Model (Medical Model)

Abnormal behaviors are caused by physiological malfunctions – IE.

a failure of the central nervous system, an improperly working endocrine system, an abnormal flow of a specific hormone, genetic factors, brain damage

Psychoanalytical Model

Abnormal behaviors are symbolic expressions of unconscious, internal conflicts, often associated with early childhood – IE. A fear of open water due to almost drowning as a child, obsessions with women who remind you of the mother who abandoned you, serial violence against homosexuals based on your own internal orientation conflicts

Behavioral Model

Abnormal behavior is the result of learned behavior – IE. you are a psychopathic killer because you watched violent programming on tv….you obsessively clean the house because Mom obsessively cleaned the house

Diathesis-Stress Model ( Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective )

Abnormal behavior is caused when prone individuals who otherwise may not exhibit symptoms are put into stressful situations and then exhibit symptoms

IE.

You may occasionally be stressed, or drink a bit or a have trouble sleeping, but then your house burns down, your ID is stolen online, your bank accounts are emptied, your wife leaves you……thus you “snap”. An anxiety disorder emerges, a substance abuse disorder emerges, a sleep disorder emerges….

Categories of Psychological Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Separation Anxiety Disorder Selective Mutism Specific Phobia Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) Panic Disorder Panic Attack (Specifier) Agoraphobia Generalized Anxiety Disorder Substance/Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder Anxiety Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition Other Specified Anxiety Disorder Unspecified Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety Disorders

 Disorders characterized by an intensely distressing, persistent stress, or maladaptive behaviors that reduce stress.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

 A person is

continually

tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic system arousal

       

Dizziness Sweaty Palms Heart Palpitations Ringing in the Ears Edgy and Shaky Unfocused and Out-of-Control Negative Feelings Worried constantly about bad things that may happen Twitchiness and/or trembling

Panic Disorder

Sufferers have acute episodes of intense anxiety without any apparent provocation

Phobias

Marked by persistent, irrational fears and avoidance of a specific object or situation

Some phobias are so intense that they are incapacitating

Agoraphobia is a fear or avoidance of situations where one feels a loss of control and panic

Social-Anxiety Disorder

 It’s the extreme fear of being scrutinized and judged by others in social or performance situations. People with social anxiety disorder feel powerless against their anxiety. They are terrified they will humiliate or embarrass themselves.

 The anxiety can interfere significantly with daily routines, occupational performance, or social life, making it difficult to complete school, interview and get a job, and have friendships and romantic relationships.

Bipolar Disorder

 Bipolar Disorder  A person’s mood alternates between

mania

(expanded self-esteem, reduced need of sleep, talks more often and talks longer, ideas flit in quick succession, thoughts race and preoccupy the person, over indulgence in enjoyable behaviors with high risk of a negative outcome (e.g., extravagant shopping, sexual adventures or improbable commercial schemes) and

depression

(characterized by a pervasive and persistent low mood that is accompanied by low self-esteem and by a loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities)

Depressive Disorders

Depressive Disorders

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder Major Depressive Disorder, Single and Recurrent Episodes Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Substance/Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition Other Specified Depressive Disorder Unspecified Depressive Disorder

 Major Depressive Disorder  Symptoms may include feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness, as well as complaints of physical pain and changes in appetite, sleep patterns, and energy level.  Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)  A serious state of chronic depression, which persists for at least 2 years (1 year for children and adolescents); it is less acute and severe than major depressive disorder .

Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Disorders

 Involve disturbances in a person’s consciousness, memories, identity, and perception of the environment

Dissociative Identity Disorder  A person has two or more distinct personalities that alternate in their control of the person’s behavior

Amnesia

 Loss or impairment of memory.

  Anterograde Amnesia create new memories – Cannot Retrograde Amnesia – Cannot access old memories  Amnesia with a physical cause is called

organic amnesia

is called , whereas amnesia of psychological origin

functional amnesia

Elimination Disorders

 Enuresis  An inability to control urination  Encopresis  The repeated passage of feces into inappropriate places (e.g., clothing or floor) whether voluntary or unintentional, at least one such event a month for at least 3 months, and at or beyond the chronological age of at least 4 years

Feeding and Eating Disorders

 Anorexia is essentially a form of self starvation in order to lose weight, Bulimics partake in binge and purge behaviors in order to maintain body weight

 Pica  Characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive, such as ice, clay, chalk, glass, hair, urine, dirt, or sand.

 Binge Eating Disorder  An eating disorder characterized by binge eating without subsequent purging episodes

Gender Dysphoria

 Gender Dysphoria or Gender Identity Disorder is a formal diagnosis to describe people who experience significant dysphoria (discontent) with the sex they were assigned at birth and/or the gender roles associated with that sex.

Impulse-Control, Conduct and Disruptive Disorders

  Kleptomania Pyromania – compulsive stealing – setting fires  Trichotillomania  The compulsive urge to pull out one's own hair leading to noticeable hair loss, distress, and social or functional impairment.

Neurocognitive Disorders

 Dementia  A serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging. It reduces the ability to learn, reason, retain or recall past experience and there is also loss of patterns of thoughts, feelings and activities.

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

 Intellectual Disorders  Intellectual Development Disorder  Communication Disorders  Child Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)  Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorders  AD/HD  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Motor Disorders Tourette’s Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Body Dysmorphic Disorder Hoarding Disorder Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder) Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder Substance/Medication-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition Other Specified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder Unspecified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

 

Characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) or actions (compulsions) Checking to see if a door is locked is normal. Doing it 30 times or “I will die” is not. Washing your hands is normal. Washing them until your hands are raw so that “all of the germs are gone” is not.

 Body-Dysmorphic Disorder  A preoccupation with an imagined or minor defect in appearance which causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

Paraphilic Disorders

PARAPHILIAS INCLUDE FANTASIES, BEHAVIORS, OR SEXUAL URGES FOCUSING ON UNUSUAL OBJECTS, ACTIVITIES, OR SITUATIONS

 EXHIBITIONISM SEXUALLY EXPOSING ONESELF (GENITALS) TO OTHERS  FETISHISM SEXUAL URGES AND BEHAVIORS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH NON-LIVING OBJECTS

Specific Fetishes  Agriozoophilia – wild animals  Alektorophilia – chickens  Anthophilia – flowers  Autodysomophilia – bad smells  Bibliophilia – books  Chaetophilia – hair  Coimetrophilia – cemeteries  Coprophilia – feces

Specific Fetishes          Daimonophilia – ghosts Didaskaleinophilia – school Dontophilia – teeth Ecclesiophilia – church Emetophilia – vomit Epistaxiophilia – nosebleeds Geniophilia – chins Gerontophilia – old people Heliophilia – sun

Specific Fetishes  Hoplophilia – guns  Ichthyophilia – fish  Lachanophilia – vegetables  Leprophilia – leprosy  Lutraphilia – otters  Melophilia – music  Necrophilia – dead  Nephophilia – clouds

Specific Fetishes  Nosophilia – terminal illness  Ombrophilia – rain  Ophidiophilia – snakes  Peladophilia – baldness  Pogophilia – beards  Thassophilia – sitting  Urophilia – urine

FROTTEURISM  SEXUAL URGES RELATED TO TOUCHING OR RUBBING AGAINST UN-SUSPECTING, NON-CONSENTING, AND UNFAMILIAR PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX

 SADISM SEXUAL PLEASURE DERIVED FROM MISTREATING OTHERS  MASOCHISM SEXUAL PLEASURE DERIVED FROM BEING HURT OR HUMILIATED VERBALLY AND/OR PHYSICALLY 

 TRANSVESTITISM CROSS-DRESSING  VOYEURISM SEXUAL PLEASURE IS DERIVED FROM SECRETLY OBSERVING OTHERS

Personality Disorders

Personality Disorders

Maladaptive ways of behaving that negatively affect a person’s ability to function in society.

Narcissistic Personality

 A grandiose sense of self importance. They seek excessive admiration from others and fantasize about unlimited success or power. They believe they are special, unique, or superior to others.

 Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by irrational suspicions and mistrust of others.

 Avoidant personality disorder is characterized by social inhibitions, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation, and exaggerated emotions.

Antisocial Personality Disorder  Acting in a way that disregards the feelings and rights of other people. Antisocial personalities often break the law, and they may use or exploit other people for their own gain. They may lie repeatedly, act impulsively, and get into physical fights. They may even kill other people.

Schizophrenia

Hallucinations  Perceptions that occur without connection to an appropriate source; hearing voices or seeing objects are the two most common hallucinations.

Delusions  False personal beliefs that are not subject to reason or contradictory evidence  patients suffering from

paranoid-type symptoms

often have

delusions of persecution

, or false and irrational beliefs that they are being cheated, harassed, poisoned, or conspired against.  In addition,

delusions of grandeur

, in which a person may believe he or she is a famous or important figure, may occur in schizophrenia

Disorganized Thinking

 Schizophrenia often affects a persons ability to think straight. Thoughts may come and go rapidly; the person may not be able to concentrate on one thought for very long and may be easily distracted, unable to focus attention.

Inappropriate Effect  Expressing improper emotions, related to the environmental context they are presented in, or  a person with schizophrenia may not show the signs of normal emotion, perhaps may speak in a monotonous voice, have diminished facial expressions, and appear extremely apathetic

Causes of Schizophrenia?

Chromosomes 13 and 6 are suspect.

Abnormally high levels of dopamine in the brain

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Sleep-Wake Disorders

 Affect normal sleep patterns. They may include Insomnia (lack of sleep), Apnea (stop breathing), and Narcolepsy (excessive daytime sleepiness).

Sexual Dysfunctions

Common Male and Female Disorders  Men  Erectile dysfunction refers to the inability of a man to have or maintain an erection. Premature ejaculation occurs when a man is not able to postpone or control his ejaculation. Inhibited male orgasm occurs when a man cannot have an orgasm despite being highly aroused.

 Women  Female Orgasmic Disorder refers to a woman’s delayed or inability to achieve orgasm.

Somatoform Disorders

Somatoform Disorders

 Characterized by the presence of physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a medical condition or another mental illness

  Somatoform disorder is a condition in which the physical pain and symptoms a person feels are related to psychological factors. These symptoms can not be traced to a specific physical cause. Their symptoms are similar to the symptoms of other illnesses and may last for several years. People who have somatoform disorder are not faking their symptoms. The pain that they feel is real.

 Hypochondriasis refers to an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. Hypochondria is often characterized by fears that minor bodily symptoms may indicate a serious illness, constant self-examination and self diagnosis, and a preoccupation with one's body.

Conversion Disorder  Patients present with symptoms such as numbness, paralysis, blindness, etc. The diagnosis of conversion disorder involves three elements - the exclusion of neurological disease, the exclusion of feigning, and the determination of a psychological mechanism.

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

 Addictive substances include alcohol, caffeine, cannabis, hallucinogens, inhalants, opiods, sedatives, stimulants and tobacco…  Non-substance addictions include issues like gambling.

Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Reactive Attachment Disorder Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Acute Stress Disorder Adjustment Disorders Other Specified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder Unspecified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  Usually involves flashbacks or nightmares following a person’s involvement in or observation of an extremely troubling event, such as a war or a natural disaster

Adjustment Disorders  An inability or maladaptive reaction to an identifiable stressful life event/ stressor (divorce, death, a family move, etc.). Symptoms must occur within three months of the event/stressor and persisted for no longer than six months. Usually includes depression, withdrawal, or a rebellion against society, family, or the law.

Other Mental Disorders

 Other Specified Mental Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition  Unspecified Mental Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition