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Perspectives: What causes abnormal behavior?

Perspectives: What causes abnormal behavior?. No one is wholly correct; rather a combination of aspects from the perspectives. Psychoanalytic . Internal conflicts, repression of ideas and feelings that result in abnormal symptoms. Humanistic. Failure to strive to one’s full potential.

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Perspectives: What causes abnormal behavior?

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  1. Perspectives: What causes abnormal behavior? No one is wholly correct; rather a combination of aspects from the perspectives

  2. Psychoanalytic • Internal conflicts, repression of ideas and feelings that result in abnormal symptoms.

  3. Humanistic • Failure to strive to one’s full potential. • Conscious objection of ones’ own nature.

  4. Cognitive • Misperceptions and misinterpretations lead to Abnormal Behavior.

  5. Behavioral • All observable actions are learned. • Irrational thought and behaviors are reinforced.

  6. Socio-Cultural • Dysfunctional society • Society and culture define what is normal behavior.

  7. Biomedical • Abnormal brain function. • Chemical imbalance.

  8. Anxiety Disorders …a person is unexplainably and continuously tense and uneasy.

  9. Anxiety Disorders • http://www.webmd.com/balance/video/farrell-anxiety-disorder-family • Take a quiz • http://www.healthyplace.com/psychological-tests/gad-test-generalized-anxiety-disorder/

  10. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: • Engages our anticipation of future events. • Hard to identify what is causing anxiety • Anxiety feels like: • Jitters, muscle tension; sleeplessness • Freud- free floating.

  11. Panic Disorder: • Takes anxiety to the extreme. • May escalate into a “panic attack”. • Inability to breathe, hear palpitations, trembling, choking sensation… • Why- people fear the fear. • Video

  12. Phobias: • …are focused anxiety on a specific object, activity or situation. • …are irrational fears that disrupt behavior. • Phobia List Online

  13. Anxiety Disorders • Common and uncommon fears

  14. OCD: • …so persistant that they interfere with the way we live. • 2-3% of population suffer • Usually begins in late teens.

  15. Dissociate Disorders • Dissociative Disorders • conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings • Article • Video • Take a test • http://www.healthyplace.com/psychological-tests/dissociative-experiences-scale/

  16. Personality Disorders • Personality Disorders • disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning • usually without anxiety, depression, or delusions • http://www.videojug.com/interview/paranoid-personality-disorder • Take a test • http://www.healthyplace.com/psychological-tests/borderline-personality-disorder-test/

  17. Mood Disorders • emotional extremes • Major Depressive • Bipolar • http://www.webmd.com/video/seasonal-affective-disorder-one-womans-struggle • Take a test • http://www.healthyplace.com/psychological-tests/mood-disorder-questionnaire-mdq/

  18. Schizophrenia • Schizophrenia • literal translation “split mind” • a group of severe disorders characterized by: • disorganized and delusional thinking • disturbed perceptions • inappropriate emotions and actions

  19. Schizophrenic Disorder • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkB2CGL769o • Take a test • http://www.healthyplace.com/psychological-tests/schizophrenia-screening-test/ • Video 14 minutes

  20. Somatoform Disorders • mental illnesses that cause bodily symptoms, including pain. The symptoms can't be traced back to any physical cause. And they are not the result of substance abuse or another mental illness. • Sometimes referred to as Conversion Disorder • Video link

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