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Psychopathology

Psychopathology. It is the study of mental illness, mental distress and abnormal, maladaptive behavior. What is Psychopathology ?. Medical - Psychopathology is the disease of the brain, no different than any other disease of the body. Learning - Psychopathology is learned or acquired.

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Psychopathology

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  1. Psychopathology

  2. It is the study of mental illness, mental distress and abnormal, maladaptive behavior. What is Psychopathology?

  3. Medical- Psychopathology is the disease of the brain, no different than any other disease of the body. • Learning- Psychopathology is learned or acquired. • Psychoanalytical- The result of childhood fixations during psychosexual development 3 Models for Psychopathology

  4. There are 250 different disorders recognized by the APA. All of these fit into 11 different categories. Types of Psychopathology

  5. 1. Disorders diagnosed before adolescence (ADHD) • 2. Organic disorders (dementia). Can include Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Gun shot wound to head, drug abuse. • 3. Substance related disorders (sex addiction) Categories

  6. 4. Psychotic disorders (schizophrenia) • 5. Mood disorders ( bipolar, depression) • 6. Anxiety disorders (OCD, panic, phobia) • 7. Somatoform disorders (people think they are blind, but they aren’t) • 8. Disassociative disorders (Multiple Personality disorder) *Most know they have the disorder. Categories

  7. 9. Sexual disorders (fetishes, impairments, identity disorders). • 10. Eating disorders (Bulimia, anorexia). • 11. Personality disorders (Paranoia) Categories

  8. Any type of disorder: 30-35% • Anxiety disorder: 15-20% • Substance Abuse: 15-20% • Mood disorders: 5-10% • Psychotic disorders: 1-2% Statistics

  9. Abraham Lincoln (depression/possible Bipolar) • Kurt Cobain (ADD & Bipolar) • Michael Phelps (ADHD) • Howard Hughes (OCD) • Winston Churchill (depression) • Elton John (Bulimia) • John Forbes Nash (Beautiful Mind) Famous People with Disorders

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