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Psychological Disorders

Psychological Disorders. Chapter 18. A Disorder is…. Behavior or mental process personal suffering interferes with your ability . Ask yourself…. Is it typical? Is it maladaptive ? Is it emotionally uncomfortable? Is it socially unacceptable? . Normal vs abnormal?.

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Psychological Disorders

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  1. Psychological Disorders Chapter 18

  2. A Disorder is… • Behavior or mental process • personal suffering • interferes with your ability

  3. Ask yourself… • Is it typical? • Is it maladaptive? • Is it emotionally uncomfortable? • Is it socially unacceptable?

  4. Normal vs abnormal? • “average” majority • Everybody’s expectation • culturally biased

  5. Homeostasis • Avoid unpleasantness • Seek homeostasis, equilibrium • Usually works

  6. DSM-IV

  7. SomatoformDisorders Mood Disorders DissociativeDisorders Schizophrenia DSM-IV-TR Anxiety Disorders Personality Disorders common to identify with one or more… relax

  8. only for professionals to diagnose!!!

  9. Anxiety Disorders • Generalized * • Social Anxiety * • claustrophobia • hydrophobia • agoraphobia • panic attack • OCD • PSD

  10. Dissociative Disorders • Amnesia * • Dissociative Fugue • Dissociative Identity Disorder • Depersonalization *

  11. Somatoform Disorders • Hypochondriasis • Conversion Disorder * • Munchausen Syndrome (proxy)

  12. Mood Disorders • Depression • Bi-polar Disorder

  13. Schizophrenia • Paranoid Schizophrenic * • Disorganized Schizophrenic • Catatonic Schizophrenic, catatonic stupor

  14. Personality Disorders

  15. Narcissistic PD • Attention-seeking behaviors • Needs admiration • Lack of empathy • Grandiose • Self-centered

  16. Antisocial PD • disregard for and violation of the rights of others • Age 15/Age 18 • Aggressiveness • Lack of remorse • Conning, deceptive

  17. Dependent PD • View others as better • Seek others to survive • Sacrifice self to maintain bonds or relationships • Insecure attachment

  18. Avoidant PD • Avoids social interaction • Fear of ridicule • Sensitive to negative reactions • Mistrust • Social distancing • Linked with bullying

  19. Histrionic PD • Successful • Dramatize and exaggerate difficulties • Pride of own personality • Rapidly shifting emotions • Exhibitionist or seductive

  20. Obsessive-Compulsive PD (OCD) • Obsessive need for cleanliness, order • Perfectionism • Compulsion to make lists • excessive pedantry, rigidness • Ritualistic acts

  21. Some Causes • Death of a loved one • Divorce/separation • Natural disaster • Moving • Bullying • Start/end of school • “Stress of Life Changes”

  22. Enough for now?

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