medical model/application to abnormal behavior/psychological disorders are mental illnesses that need to diagnosed based on their symptoms
critics/what about the deep internal problems
interaction between genetic and psychological factors
criteria/abnormal behavior (arbitrary line between normal/abnormal)
stereotypes/psychological disorders
psychodiagnosis/classification of disorders
DSM IV/describes disorders and prevalence without presuming to explain causes
what is the affect of these labels?/communication and research, but do these labels create preconceptions that bias our perceptions of people’s past and present behavior and unfairly stigmatize these individuals
prevalence of psychological disorders
anxiety disorders
generalized anxiety disorder
phobic disorder
panic disorder/agoraphobia
obsessive-compulsive disorder
etiology of anxiety disorders
learning perspective/fear is product of conditioning/reinforcement/observational learning
biological perspective/evolutionary, genetic, and/or physiological influences
somatoform disorders
somatization disorder
conversion disorder
hypochondriasis
etiology of somatoform disorders
dissociative disorders
dissociative amnesia and fugue/sudden loss of memory or change in identity
dissociative identity disorder/(multiple personality)/two or more distinct personalities
explanations
etiology of dissociative disorders
mood disorders
major depressive disorder/extended period of time (two months) exhibit feelings of unhappiness, lethargy, and feelings of worthlessness with symptoms of poor appetite, insomnia, loss of interest in pleasurable activities
bipolar disorder
etiology of mood disorders
biological/emphasis on genetic and biochemical influences
scarcity of norepinephrine and serotonin in depressed individuals
social cognitive/stressful events
mood disorders/does negative thinking cause depression?
schizophrenic disorders
general symptoms
hallucinations
delusions
inappropriate emotions
gradual development
subtypes, course and outcome
acute
catatonic
paranoid
personality disorders
psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
diagnostic problems
subtypes/personality disorders
antisocial personality disorder
borderline
narcissistic
paranoid
psychological disorders and the law
insanity
involuntary commitment
culture and pathology
are equivalent disorders found around the world?
are symptom patterns culturally invariant?
personal application/eating disorders
anorexia nervosa
bulimia nervosa
history/prevalence/course
etiology of eating disorders