PSYC 107 1nd Edition Lecture 29 Outline of Last Lecture I MMPI II Big Five III Employment uses IV Social Cognitive Perspective V Bandura s Reciprocal Determinism VI Learned Helplessness Outline of Current Lecture I Psychological Disorders Facts II Perspectives Types III What is a Disorder IV Historical Concepts V Modern Concepts VI Neurosis vs Psychosis VII Causes VIII DSM V Current Lecture I II Psychological Disorders Facts About of Americans will suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder this year Nearly 50 of Americans will suffer from a disorder in their life Leading cause of disability Meds used to treat anxiety or depression are the most frequently prescribed med in U S Perspectives Types Defining Psychology Understanding the Disorder Classifying the Disorder 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 Labeling Disorders Types Anxiety Mood Dissociative Personality Schizophrenia III What is a Disorder Must have Statistical Rarity Exception Excessive Creativity Depression Subjective Distress Mania Impairment Laziness Societal Disapproval Homosexuality Biological Dysfunction Phobia because it is a learned response Having one criteria does not mean something is an illness Mental health workers usually define an illness by having persistently harmful thoughts or actions Disorders can change over time Drapetomania a disorder than infect slaves and caused them to flee slavery Homosexuality included in DMS until 1970s Can change over cultures Koro Asian males falsely believe their testicles and penis are receding into their abdomen Bulimia Nervosa Mainly in western culture Mainly in females Likely genetic with sociocultural expectations has triggers Can be culturally universal Schizophrenia Alcoholism Psychopathic personality depression IV Historical Concepts Demonic Model Evil spirits invested the body Ancient treatment in the middle ages Medical model Mental illness was due to a physical problem Popular during renaissance Examples of treatments bloodletting snake pits asylums 1800s Syphilis is the first physical problem known to cause a disorder V Modern Concepts Approach mental illness with dignity kindness respect Deinstitutionalization 1960s to 1970s Government initiative focused on releasing patients and closing hospitals VI Neurosis vs Psychosis Neurosis distress or anxiety but not hallucinations or delusions Came from Freud Someone who is anxious and scared of everything Psychosis losing touch with reality hallucinations and delusions Thorzane helped reduces psychosis Schizophrenia More severe than neurosis VII Causes Biological Psychological Sociocultural Everyone has a vulnerability for a disorder VIII DSM V Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Contains criteria for mental disorders Provides symptoms and how many must be met in order to qualify Biopsychosocial Approach
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