CH 14 Psychological Disorders cont 20 Males alcohol dependence vs 21 Females Depression Lithium carbonate prescribed to help Rodney w depression Bipolar depression more difficult than unipolar depression Bipolar Disorder o Uncontrollable cycles btwn depression mania don t know when start stop o Difference mood changes in bipolar but not in depression o Mania state of hyperactivity wild optimism Early Later mania stages enjoyable energy creativity optimism exhilaration confidence lose contact w reality think they are more important than they actually are Financial social sexual trouble mania stages destructive sleeplessness distraction delusions of grandeur o Mania stops depression starts HARD o Causes strongly genetic identical twins 72 chance one will get it if other has it have parents w mood disorders also stress trigger o Treatment lithium most common mood stabilizer Sometimes people forgo b c want to enjoy life somewhat normally Anxiety Disorders first 5 conditions in graph Start of 2nd lecture PPT notes o Panic Disorder 1 3 Mostly females Sympathetic nervous system kicks in Symptoms heart racing breathing fast fainting No reason at all Feel helpless afraid of going crazy losing control dying Develop after 1st attack Fear of fear fear of having another panic attack Agoraphobia fear of going outside Causes 1st attack after stressful event illness miscarriage Treatment relaxation training meditation breathing exercises guided no drugs needed if can get rid of fear therapy imagery exposure therapy experience symptoms accept relax cognitive behavioral therapy o Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms constant arousal no reason excessive worry sensitive to GAD 4 criticism difficulty making decisions Causes frequent childhood traumatic negative life experiences after stressful experience o Specific Phobic Disorders Treatment tranquilizers Xanax Valium Librium dangerous w alcohol Phobias persistent irrational fear avoidance of specific object situation 8 listed on PPT 400 total ophidiophobia acrophobia aerophobia claustrophobia arachnophobia brontophobia monophobia 10 Celebrity Examples Madden planes Berry horses Causes Actual experiences Evolution Treatment bad witness observe another s fear of same thing genetic fear of darkness heights snakes Often no need for drugs Therapy behavioral techniques o Flooding o Systematic desensitization start small go bigger o Virtual reality systematic desensitization gradually expose to fear closer to confronting fears
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