PSYC 107 1st Edition Lecture 31 Psychological Disorders Outline of Last Lecture I Psychopathology a Phobia an intense irrational fear of an object activity or situation b Specific c Social d Agoraphobia II Panic Disorders a Panic attack i Intense heart palpitations chest pains and dizziness and faintness III OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder a IV Mood Disorders a Depressive i Dysthymia b Bipolar Disorders Outline of Current Lecture I Somatoform a Psychological conditions that take on a physical form no physical cause i Appear when stressed ii Reduce stress by helping avoid situations II People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w physical condition III Factitious a Faking physical problems to gain attention IV Dissociative disorders a Sudden usually temporary disruption in a person s memory consciousness or identity V Schizophrenia a Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking emotion perception behavior i Positive Undesirable additions to a person s mental life ii Negative undesirable subtractions from a person s mental life iii Cognitive Lecture 31 Notes I Somatoform a Psychological conditions that take on a physical form no physical cause i Appear when stressed ii Reduce stress by helping avoid situations II People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w physical condition i Conversion disorder glove anesthesia becoming paralyzed in one part if their body in order to get out of stressful situations ii Somatization disorder long lasting and ongoing complaints about a pain in the body vague symptoms iii Hypochondriasis convincing the body that there is something wrong with you obsessed that you re are going to get some disease no symptoms or no small symptoms that are blown out of proportion iv Body dysmorphic disorder feeling that something is wrong with your body in some way chest size penis size etc III Factitious a Faking physical problems to get attention IV Dissociative Disorders a Sudden usually temporary disruption in a person s memory consciousness or identity i Dissociative amnesia may forget certain things or details ii Dissociative fugue loss of memory but not semantics or common knowledge iii Dissociative identity disorder DID have multiple identities when you dissociate one and assume another role V Schizophrenia a Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking emotion perception behavior i Severely impaired ability to communicate and relate to others disturbs most other aspects of daily functioning b Positive Undesirable additions to a person s mental life 1 Hallucinations false perceptions 2 Delusions false beliefs 3 Derailment shifting from one subject to another a Loose associations b Word salad c Inappropriate affect showing the wrong emotions d Other Symptoms thought broadcasting thought blocking and withdrawal thought insertion 4 Negative undesirable subtractions from a person s mental life ii iii iv v vi Social withdrawal poor hygiene poor sense of time Flat affect muted emotional expression Avolition reduced motivation Anhedonia lack of feeling pleasure Alogia lack of speech 1 Cognitive a Poor executive control b Problems with focus attention c Problems with working memory
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