Transcript Psychological Disorders - getpsyched: AP Psychology

Food for Thought:
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that
Faith is his twin brother.
---Anon.
Dissociative Disorders
Introduction to Disorders
Psychological Disorder – a harmful
dysfunction in which behaviors are:
 Maladaptive – Destruction to oneself
or others; normal life
 Unjustified – No rational basis
 Disturbing – Troublesome to others
 Atypical – violation of the norm
---Must be all four, consistent
behaviors over time
History
 4000
years ago
 Treatment – experimentation
 Religious – demonic possessions
 Mentally ill
 Philippe Pinel
 Dorothea Dix (US)
Medical Model
 Mental
illness has physical causes
and symptoms can be treated
 Medicines
 Example: Depressed? Take Antidepressants
Bio-Psycho-Social Model
 Biological
 Psychological
 Social
 Nature
Causes
and Nurture approach
 Example: How do you handle a
break-up?
DSM-IV-TR
 DSM
– Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders
 IV - Fourth
 TR – Text Revised
---- Book of Psychological Disorders
• 17 major categories
• Descriptions and estimates
Psychological Disorder Facts
 We
all have symptoms!
 Remember, M U D A.
 Don’t overreact.
 “Psychology Student’s Disease”
Essential Questions
 Can
you identify different
psychological disorders and their
symptoms?
 What are the major types of
disorders?
 What are the biological and socialcognitive factors of disorders?
Psychological Disorder Activity
 Anxiety
Disorders (5)
 Mood Disorders (3)
 Dissociative Disorders (3)
 Somatoform Disorders (3)
 Schizophrenia Disorders (4)
 Personality Disorders (6)
Review
 What
does DSM-IV-TR stand for?
 MUDA is a mnemonic device for
_____?
 Historically, what happened to
mental patients?
 What are Phillipe Pinel and Dorothea
Dix most noted for?
Document Analysis
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ADHD – Page 641
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DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to
answer A-E.)
A. List three things the author said that you think are
important:
B. Why do you think this document was written?
C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was
written? Quote from the document.
D. List two things the document tells you about life in the
United States at the time it was written:
E. Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by
the document:
Anxiety Disorders
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Anxiety – a vague feeling of
apprehension and nervousness
Generalized anxiety disorder: Apprehension
and tenseness
Panic disorder: Anxiety creates sudden, intense panic
Phobia: Anxiety becomes irrational fear
Repetitive
Obsessive-compulsive disorder:and compulsive thoughts
Posttraumatic stress disorder:
Reliving a traumatic event
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Mood Disorders
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Disturbances of emotions
Mania and depression
Depressed mood
2 or more
Major depressive disorder: lasting
weeks
Dysthymic disorder:Less severe and shorter time
Bipolar disorder:Alternating periods of mania and
depression
Dissociative Disorders
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2.
3.
Inability to make connections
Broken away from sense of self
Rare; result of overwhelming stress
loss of a traumatic
Dissociative amnesia:Memory
event
Dissociative fugue:Loss of identity in a new location
Dissociative identity disorder:2 or more
personalities
Somatoform Disorders
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2.
3.
Physical problems occur for
psychological reasons
Hypochondriasis: Imagined illness
Anxiety produces a loss of
Conversion disorder: physical function
Psychophysiological disorder:
Medical condition produced by psychological factors
such as stress
Homework
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Schizophrenia Paranoid:
Catatonic:
Disorganized:
Undifferentiated:
Personality Avoidant personality disorder:
Dependent personality disorder:
Paranoid personality disorder:
Schizoid personality disorder:
Borderline personality disorder:
Antisocial personality disorder:
Pages 669-679
Schizophrenia Disorders
Most frightening and misunderstood
disorder
 Not one disorder; series of related
disorders
 4 symptoms: Delusions, Hallucinations,
Inappropriate emotions, Inappropriate
behavior
 Not split personality
 1% of the population
 Late adolescence or early adulthood
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Types of Schizophrenia
 Paranoid:
Delusions of persecution
 Catatonic:
Excitement and stupor phases
 Disorganized: Bizarre behavior, delusions, hallucinations
 Undifferentiated: Various symptoms
Personality Disorders
 Lasting,
rigid patterns of behavior
that impairs social functioning
Personal relationships are difficult; rejection
 Avoidant:
Related to Anxiety
Clingy, submissive behavior
 Dependent:
Deep distrust of people
 Paranoid:
Odd Behaviors
Detached from social events; loners
 Schizoid:
Instable emotions, self-image, behavior
 Borderline:
Dramatic/Impulsive
 Antisocial:
Behaviors
Psychopathic/Sociopathic; total disregard
of others
Causes of Disorders
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Biological Factors
Genetic predisposition
Heredity
Brain functions –Amygdala (phobias) and
Dopamine (Schizophrenia)
Social-Cognitive Factors
Learned helplessness
Attributions
Conditioning and Reinforcement
Fairy Tales
 Due
10/16/09 and 10/19
 Typed – 1 inch margins, 12 pt. Font,
Times New Roman
 Choose a Fairy Tale (first come/first
serve) and give the main character a
psychological disorder discussed in
class/text.
 Keep it PG rated.
 Skit – 3 to 5 minutes.