1st Edition
PSYCH 380: Abnormal Psychology
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst )
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Pages: 4We talked about the many things that therapists have to deal with when treating a person with borderline personality disorder. -
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Pages: 4Bulimia nervosa; anorexia nervosa; disorder; distorted body image; purging; gorging -
Pages: 4Jarrett is addicted to oxycontin. Dr. Halgin helped him through the long road to recovery. -
Pages: 2A professor shared her experience with mental illness through her brother and son. -
Pages: 4We talked about a case study of Sandra, a woman with borderline personality disorder -
Pages: 5We talked about a case study of a boy named Matthew who had antisocial personality disorder. We also watched 2 videos of people with antisocial personality disorder. -
Pages: 5We talked about schizophrenia and a case study about Beverly. We watched 2 videos about other well-known cases of schizophrenia. -
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Pages: 5We talked about a case study of someone with bipolar disorder. We also talked about treatment options and suicide. -
Pages: 4We discussed a case study about a transgender individual named Max. -
Pages: 3We discussed the case study of Don; a man who suffers from paraphilic disorder and stockholm syndrome. -
Pages: 5We discussed a case study about a man named Fred who suffered from dissociative disorder. We also talked about people who took advantage of such a diagnosis in court and for personal success. -
Pages: 5We talked about Erica who suffered from PTSD after being in a traumatic train derailment. We also watched two videos involving war veterans who developed PTSD. -
Pages: 4We talked about a case study of a young man with a phobia of being alone and of blood pressure cuffs. -
Pages: 17This study guide covers the first 6 lectures including what we talked about and videos that were shown. It also defines all of the vocabulary on moodle and some of what we were assigned to read from Taking Sides: Abnormal Psychology. -
Pages: 4We go over Freud's stages of psychosexual development and a case study about a person who is fixated in one of these stages. -
Pages: 5We talked about Ben who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and the various tests performed on him to determine this. -
Pages: 4We look at a case study about Steve, a middle-aged man who's married with 2 kids. He can't stop his urges to masturbate in public. Dr. Halgin looks into the tranference coming from Steve as well as his history. With this case study, Dr. Halgin also goes into the doctor/patient relationship; what is appropriate and what isn't. -
Pages: 3In this lecture we talked about Derrick, a college student who experiences a brief psychotic disorder. We also talked about what is the criteria for a mental disorder. -
Pages: 4In this class we went over case study #1, Andrew. Andrew believed that there were 3 Martians with him at all time. We talked about the biopsychosocial model and the contributing factors. -
Pages: 2In this lecture, the professor introduced topics that will be covered over the course of the semester. He also went over the syllabus. During lecture, we watched a video of a boy who has Tourette's syndrome.