PSYC 1315 1st Edition Lecture 31 Last Lecture Social Psychology Current Lecture Psychological Disorders Abnormal Behavior Behavior that Deviates from what is acceptable in a culture Interferes with a person s ability to function effectively in the world Creates unrelenting distress for a prolonged time Insanity Legal not psychological concept The inability to understand that certain actions are wrong in a legal or moral sense at the time of a crime Claimed less than 1 of trials Successful 26 of the time Medical Model for diagnosis Describes psychological disorders as medical diseases with a biological origin Structural view Abnormalities in the brain Biochemical view Neurotransmitter or hormone imbalances Genetic view Disordered genes Labeling effects Langer Albelson 1974 Professional therapists Watched video of a man describing adjustment problems Told he was a mental patient or a job applicant Rosenhan Study Researchers arrived at different psychiatric facilities Complained of hearing voices to get admitted Stopped the symptoms once admitted Staff continued to treat as patients and view normal actions as symptomatic of the disorder The DSM IV Used for diagnosis and classification Five Axes Clinical Personality Medical Psychosocial Global Assessment of Functioning DSM V Classification System Advantages provides a common basis for communication helps clinicians make predictions naming the disorder can provide comfort Disadvantages stigma shame negative reputation medical terminology implies internal cause focus on weaknesses ignores strengths Anxiety Disorders Psychological disorders that feature motor tension hyperactivity and apprehensive expectations and thoughts Anxiety Related Disorders uncontrollable fears that are disproportionate and disruptive generalized anxiety disorder panic disorder specific phobia social anxiety disorder Anxiety related but not DSM 5 anxiety disorders obsessive compulsive disorder post traumatic stress disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder Free floating anxiety No single attribute causing it Lasts at least 6 months Panic Disorder Panic attacks Recurrent sudden onsets of intense apprehension or terror Pounding heart sweating nausea Agoraphobia A cluster of fears centered on public places Phobic Disorder Highly focused fear of a specific object of situation Irrational not justified by reality Common examples Snake flying heights closed spaces
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