Psyc 111 1st Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I Trait Theories II Mental Disorders Outline of Current Lecture I Mood Disorders II Somatoform Disorders III Schizophrenia Personality Disorders Current Lecture I Mood Disorders Mood disorders are usually associated with Unipolar Depression and have 8 defining factors These include dysthymia and cyclothamia and bipolar disporders Depression is the oncoming of depressed moods and Symptoms include loss of appetite sleep disturbance psychomotor retardation or agitation loss of energy feelings of worthlessness or helplessness and difficulties in thinking A main symptom is the loss of interest and pleasure from activities Bipolar disorder is the deviated or irritable mood switch between two different personalities Symptoms include sleepiness inflated self esteem flight of ideas distractibility and fearless behavior II Somatoform Disorders Somatoform disorders are mainly an over concern with bodily flaws They can cause people to get plastic surgery and are also associated with social phobias and depression Hypochondriasis is the extreme fear of disease It is the pathological conviction that one is about to become sick and that they aren t faking symptoms It is also associated with anxiety and depression and different from OCD fears of contamination Somatization disorder is when one has numerous recurrent physical complaints and begins around the age of 30 It is different from hypochondriasis in that it has many varies vague dramatic symptoms These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Conversion disorder is something that affects the voluntary motor or sensory functioning in a person It is a suggestive state of a neurological or other general medical condition It is not intentionally produced and cannot be explained by a general medical condition III Schizophrenia Personality Disorders Schizophrenia is a term originated with the scientist Blueler and was previously referred to as Dementia Paradox Symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations delusions thought disorders paranoia disorganization delusions and catatonic states Schizophrenia can cause people to believe that people are attacking them when they aren t and can often cause violent outbursts and attacks on innocent people Schizophrenics think differently then other people and often live in a delusional state of mind Personality disorders are defined by the DSM IV as an enduring pattern or experience and behavior that deviates from the expectations of culture They are pervasive and inflexible and onset in adolescence or early adulthood They can lead to distress or impairment The 10 types include paranoid schizotypal avoidant dependent borderline histronic narcissistic obsessive compulsive and antisocial