Introduction to Psychology Class 19 Psychological Disorders and their Treatment Myers 469 486 507 516 August 1st 2006 Psychological Disorders Definition A harmful dysfunction in which behavior is judged to be atypical disturbing maladaptive and unjustifiable Perspectives Middle Ages Possession by demons Medical Diagnosis of symptoms therapy and treatment for cure Bio psycho social Genes Physiology Environment Social Factors Cultural Factors Generalized Anxiety Disorder GAD Continual autonomic nervous system arousal Source of free floating anxiety is inexplicable Women Men Symptoms tense jittery anticipating bad things muscular tension agitation sleeplessness trembling perspiration fidgeting difficulty concentrating Panic Disorder AD Minute long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences what seems like a heart attack Palpitating heart shortness of breath choking trembling dizziness chest pain Smokers Non smokers Often associated with Agoraphobia Movie clip Phobias AD Persistent irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation Movie clips TYPES OF PHOBIAS 1 Social phobias 2 Animal 3 Natural Environment 4 Blood Injury Injection 5 Situational Obsessive Compulsive Disorder AD Characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts obsessions and or actions designed to reduce the obsessions compulsions Young Old Common obsessions dirt germs toxins disaster exactness symmetry Common compulsions hand washing grooming in out of or checking doors car brakes homework Movie clip Explaining Anxiety Disorders Good ol learning theory Classical conditioning Stimulus generalization Reinforcement Observational learning Biological Natural selection Genes Physiological Frontal lobe OCD Amygdala and fear learning circuits GAD Dissociative Identity Disorder A rare disorder in which a person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternate personalities Conscious awareness becomes separated from previous thoughts memories and feelings Also called Multiple Personality Disorder Iatrogenic Movie clip Personality Disorders Characterized by inflexible and enduring patterns that impair social vocational and interpersonal functioning Axis II disorders DSM IV Schizoid PD Paranoid PD Borderline PD Histrionic PD Narcissistic PD Antisocial PD movie clip
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