Objectives Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders Pages 584 586 589 610 1 Identify the criteria for judging whether behavior is psychologically disordered o Abnormal behavior that causes significant distress that causes dysfunction impairing one s ability to get along in life 1 Know the goals and content of the DSM 5 o The DSM 5 groups disorders by category and lists symptoms of those disorders It s goal is to provide a checklist of observable symptoms for diagnoses 1 Know the benefits but also the potential dangers of using diagnostic labels o Diagnostic labels guide our perceptions and interpretations allowing a treatment professional a narrower scope of focus in order to properly treat an individual However providing labels also deems someone as having mental problems to which the media is often neither accurate nor kind in its portrayal of psychological disorders 1 Define anxiety disorders and contrast the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder o Anxiety disorder exaggeration of threat sending the person into fight or flight Results in distressing and persistent anxiety Generalized anxiety disorder is defined by a continual feeling of unease even in the absence of an anxiety provoking stimulus Panic disorder is characterized by panic attacks and is an intense fear where one shouldn t necessarily be 1 Understand how a phobia differs from the fears we all experience o Phobias are an intense fear of a particular animal object or situation in an area where fear shouldn t necessarily be People with phobias could look at a picture of something that they have a fear of and have a panic attack 1 Know the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder o OCD Characterized by obsessions recurrent and distress causing thoughts and compulsion Repetitive behaviors driven by the obsession 1 Know the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder o PTSD A condition that follows extremely stressful life events Symptoms include vivid memories feelings and flashbacks The event must be physically dangerous or life threatening to qualify 1 Know the contributions of the learning and biological perspectives to our understanding of the development of anxiety disorders o 1 Know mood disorders and contrast major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder o Mood disorders Exaggerations or distortions of normal mood states o Major depressive disorder is characterized by depressive episodes while bipolar is characterized by alternating episodes of depression and mania 1 Identify explanations for major depressive disorder o Life events like loss depression causing the failure of relationships which causes a lack of social support Beck s cognitive model what we think is what we feel Depression can run in families so there is some sort of genetic influence Cognitive triad negative thoughts about self world and future 1 Know biopsychosocial influences on psychological disorders o Major life events like loss can cause a person to retreat into themselves making their interpersonal relationships suffer On a psychological level what we think affects what we feel and depressing thought stem from negative thoughts about self world and future Maladaptive interpretations are negative schemas or cognitive distortions like problems processing information o Bio Genetics evolution brain structure and chemistry o Psychological stress trauma learned helplessness mood related perceptions and memories o Social roles expectations definitions of the words normality and disorder
View Full Document
Unlocking...