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Monday 4/16

Monday 4/16. Homework: Chapter 16 questions 1-16 are due TOMORROW. 4/17 If you were absent Friday please go online and review the power point intro The AP Review is on the main page of the website, it needs to be printed and brought to class on Monday April 30 th !. Panic Disorders.

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Monday 4/16

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  1. Monday 4/16 • Homework: Chapter 16 questions 1-16 are due TOMORROW. 4/17 • If you were absent Friday please go online and review the power point intro • The AP Review is on the main page of the website, it needs to be printed and brought to class on Monday April 30th!

  2. Panic Disorders • A feeling of sudden, helpless terror • A sense of impending doom or death • Smothering, choking, faintness, difficulty breathing, nausea, chest pain

  3. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder • Obsession: thinking the same thoughts over and over again • Compulsion: performing irrational acts • May have a genetic basis • Example

  4. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • After a traumatic event, severe, long-lasting effects • Flashbacks, night-mares or night terrors, anxiety, insomnia • Combat vets, victims of rape or assault, survivors of disasters • Example

  5. Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders • Psychomatic disorders: involve real, identifiable physical illnesses; caused by stress or anxiety • Somatoform disorders: symptoms appear that are not characteristic of any readily identifiable disease; no organic cause • Two types of somatoform disorders: conversion disorder, hypochondriasis

  6. Conversion Disorder • Conversion of emotional difficulties into the loss of a specific body function • No physical damage • Glove anesthesia • Example

  7. Hypochondriasis • Looks for signs of serious illness • Found most often in young adults • Occurs equally in men and women

  8. Dissociative Disorders • A person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness • Includes amnesia and multiple personalities

  9. Dissociative Amnesia • Memory loss with no biological explanation • Blotting out painful experiences • Total amnesia is very rare

  10. Dissociative Fugue • Amnesia coupled with active flight • May establish a new identity • Repression of past knowledge • May last from days to decades

  11. Dissociative Identity Disorder • Multiple personality (two or more distinct identities, each with their own way of thinking and behaving) • Different personalities in control at different times • Case studies • Example

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