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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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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. • Psychoanalytical- The result of childhood fixations during psychosexual development 3 Models for Psychopathology
There are 250 different disorders recognized by the APA. All of these fit into 11 different categories. Types of Psychopathology
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
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
9. Sexual disorders (fetishes, impairments, identity disorders). • 10. Eating disorders (Bulimia, anorexia). • 11. Personality disorders (Paranoia) Categories
Any type of disorder: 30-35% • Anxiety disorder: 15-20% • Substance Abuse: 15-20% • Mood disorders: 5-10% • Psychotic disorders: 1-2% Statistics
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