Abnormal Psychology Notes PDF

INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 AGENDA ▸ What is abnormal? ▸ Anxiety Disorders ▸ Dissociative Disorders ▸ Mood Disorders ▸ Schizophrenic Disorders ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 5 DISCUSSION ▸ What is abnormal? ▸ When does quirky, odd,...

INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 AGENDA ▸ What is abnormal? ▸ Anxiety Disorders ▸ Dissociative Disorders ▸ Mood Disorders ▸ Schizophrenic Disorders ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 5 DISCUSSION ▸ What is abnormal? ▸ When does quirky, odd, or unusual behavior deserve to be labeled “disordered” behavior? ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 6 ABOUT ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY ▸ 26% of Americans will exhibit some form of mental illness in their lives. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 7 WHAT IS ABNORMAL? ▸ Deviance ▸ Distress ▸ Dysfunction ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 8 VIEWS OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR ▸ 18th century ▸ Demons, witches, and the devil ▸ Chants, rituals, exorcism ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 9 MEDICAL MODEL OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR ▸ Medical model encouraged a scientific view, better treatment and care for the mentally ill ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 10 BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR ▸ Biology + Psychology + Society ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 11 PSYCHODIAGNOSIS ▸ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) ANXIETY DISORDERS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 13 ANXIETY DISORDERS ▸ Generalized Anxiety Disorder ▸ Phobic Disorder ▸ Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia ▸ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ▸ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 14 ANXIETY ▸ Fear: emotional response ▸ Panic: sudden overwhelming terror ▸ Anxiety: mood state ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 15 GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER ▸ Chronic, high anxiety not tied to specific threat ▸ Muscle tension, dizziness, sweating ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 16 PHOBIC DISORDER ▸ Persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that has no realistic danger ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 17 LESS COMMON PHOBIAS ▸ Alliumphobia: Fear of garlic ▸ Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity ▸ Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth ▸ Consecotaleophobia: Fear of chopsticks ▸ Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers ▸ Lutraphobia: Fear of otters ▸ Gerontophobia: Fear of old people ▸ Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 18 PANIC DISORDER AND AGORAPHOBIA ▸ Recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety ▸ Agoraphobia: fear of going out to public places ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 19 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER ▸ Obsessions center on inflicting harm, failures, suicide, or sexual acts ▸ Compulsions are stereotyped rituals that temporarily relieve obsessions ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 20 POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS ▸ Enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 22 DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS ▸ Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue ▸ Dissociative Identity Disorder ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 23 DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS ▸ Lose contact with portions of consciousness or memory, disruptions in sense of identity ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 24 DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA ▸ Sudden loss of memory for a single traumatic event ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 25 DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE ▸ Loss of memory for one’s entire life along with their personal identity ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 26 DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER ▸ 2+ largely complete and different personalities MOOD DISORDERS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 28 MOOD DISORDERS ▸ Major Depressive Disorder ▸ Bipolar Disorder ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 29 MOOD DISORDERS ▸ Emotional disturbances that disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 30 MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ▸ Persistent feelings of sadness and despair ▸ Loss of interest in previous sources of pleasure ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 31 BIPOLAR DISORDER ▸ Experiences of depressed and manic periods SCHIZOPHRENIC DISORDERS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 33 SCHIZOPHRENIC DISORDERS ▸ Delusions ▸ Distorted perceptions (i.e., hallucinations) ▸ Disturbed emotion ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 34 SCHIZOPHRENIC DISORDERS ▸ Significant genetic vulnerability ▸ Onset in adolescence/early adulthood ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 35 NEURODEVELOPMENTAL HYPOTHESIS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 36 PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA ▸ Delusions of persecution and grandeur ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 37 CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA ▸ Striking motor disturbances ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 38 DISORGANIZED SCHIZOPHRENIA ▸ Severe deterioration of adaptive behavior ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 39 UNDIFFERENTIATED SCHIZOPHRENIA ▸ Schizophrenic but don’t fit the other types ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 40 POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 41 RECAP ▸ What is abnormal? ▸ Anxiety Disorders ▸ Dissociative Disorders ▸ Mood Disorders ▸ Schizophrenic Disorders