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Psychopathology: the thin line that separates sanity from madnessLecture 204/28/04I. Historical Rootsa. Caused by evil spiritsi. Solution: opening to escapeb. Caused by witchcraft, supernatural forces…i. Solution: Exorcism…c. Today: Biological and psychological causesII. Debate of origina. Biological perspectiveb. Psychological perspectivec. Cultural Influencesi. Pibloktoqd. Synthesis: Diathesis Stress ModelIII. Diagnosis: A necessary (and controversial) next stepa. DSM-IV disorders (discussed in class)i. Anxiety Disorders- marked by intense anxiety as major symptom1. Examples:ii. Somatoform Disorders- physiological symptoms with psychological origin1. Examples:iii. Dissociative Disorders- Experience detached from consciousness1. Examples:iv. Mood Disorders- Severe mood disturbances (either positive or negative)1. Examples:v. Schizophrenic disorders- psychotic disorders characterized by loss of contact with reality1. Examples:vi. Personality Disorders- long-terms, inflexible, maladaptive patterns1. Examples:IV. Rosenhahn, 1973: On being sane in insane placesa. 8 Pseudopatients…b. Resultsi. Role of Expectationsii. Situational effectsiii. Sanity detected?iv. Diagnoses often unreliable…c. How do Mental Health professionals determine “normality”?V. Detailed Examples (Also, look on: http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/class/Psy301/Niederhoffer/movies/Disorders/ for movie clips of various disorders)a. Anxiety: OCD i. Definitionii. Examples iii. Common obsessions and ritualsb. Somatoform: Hypochondriasisi. Definitionii. Example (Darwin)iii. Empirical Studyc. Dissociative: DIDi. Remember continuum of normalityii. Definitioniii. Factsiv. Controversyd. Mood: Depressioni. Prevalenceii. Symptomsiii. Possible cause1. Seligman’s Learned Helplessness (1967)2. Explanatory style (internal, global, stable)e. Schizophreniai. Definitionii.


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