Overview of Abnormal Psych

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Overview of Abnormal Psych

• Lesson 1

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Objectives

• Define abnormality.
• Review historical approaches to abnormality.
• Compare how different schools explain abnormal
  behavior.
• Identify how disorders are classified and
  problems with system.
• Discuss how society views mental illness.

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What is normal?

• Standard
• Socially acceptable behavior w/in a culture
• Deviation from normality
• Distressful
• Dysfunctional

• Normal
• Abnormal

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Review History of Abnormal Behaviors

• Earliest Explanation?
• Evil Spirits Trephining
• Ancient World
• Greeks (Humors) Natural not supernatural forces
• Middle Ages
• Demonic possession
• Renaissance
• Scientific approach mind can be sick
• American Reform
• Benjamin Rush Dorothea Dix humane treatment,
  asylums
• Scientific Advances
• Biological Basis, Imaging Genetics,
  Psychopharmacology

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TPS Perspectives of Disorders
Illness is the result of. Can be treated by
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Cognitive
Neurobiology
Biopsychosocial
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Perspectives of Disorders
Illness is the result of. Can be treated by
Psychoanalytic Unconscious conflicts over aggressive sexual impulses. Psychotherapy (talking cure)
Behavioral
Cognitive
Neurobiology
Biopsychosocial
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Perspectives of Disorders
Illness is the result of. Can be treated by
Psychoanalytic Unconscious conflicts over aggressive sexual impulses. Psychotherapy (talking cure)
Behavioral Reinforcement of inappropriate or extinction of appropriate behaviors. Behavior Therapy Apply principles of learning to change/modify behavior
Cognitive
Neurobiology
Biopsychosocial
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Perspectives of Disorders
Illness is the result of. Can be treated by
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral Reinforcement of inappropriate or extinction of appropriate behaviors. Behavior Therapy Apply principles of learning to change/modify behavior
Cognitive Irrational or maladaptive thought processes Cognitive Therapy Change thought processes
Neurobiology
Biopsychosocial
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Perspectives of Disorders
Illness is the result of. Can be treated by
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Cognitive Irrational or maladaptive thought processes Cognitive Therapy Change thought processes
Neurobiology Genetic abnormalities in brain structure biochemistry. Medication
Biopsychosocial Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Medication, Behavioral , Cognitive Therapies
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Perspectives of Disorders
Illness is the result of. Can be treated by
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Cognitive
Neurobiology Genetic abnormalities in brain structure biochemistry. Medication
Biopsychosocial Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Medication, Behavioral , Cognitive Therapies
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Conceptual Models

• Medical Model Diagnose, treat, and cure mental
  illness.
• Diagnosis distinguish among disorders
• Etiology cause/origin of disorder
• Prognosis course outcome of disorder

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Diagnosing Mental Illness

• Objective Projective Tests
• Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental
  Disorders
• Classification system
• Psychologists Psychiatrists

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DSM

• DSM-I (1952) 60 mental disorders
• DSM-II (1968) Used Freudian terms psychoses
  (severe) neuroses (mild)
• DSM-III (1980) Disorders caused by underlying
  psychological diseases. Intro 5 axes
• DSM-IV (1994) 300 disorders, eliminated others
  (ex homosexuality)
• DSM-IV-TR (2000)
• DSM5 (2013) 300 disorders, eliminated
  multiaxial system, added some (hoarding)
  eliminated others

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Major DSM 5 Disorders

• Anxiety
• Mood
• Somatic Symptom
• Schizophrenia Spectrum
• Dissociative
• Personality
• Impulse Control Conduct

• Feeding Eating
• Substance-Related
• Sleep-Wake Disorders
• Sexual Gender Identity Disorders
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Neurocognitive Disorders

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Criticisms of DSM

• Over diagnosis
• Huge spectrum
• Labels harmful
• Lacks reliability
• Controversial disorders
• NIMH rejected new version wont fund research

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Mental Illness vs. Insanity

• Sane and Insane are legal terms
• Insanity inability of defendant to distinguish
  right from wrong at time of crime
• TPS - Should the insanity plea be allowed or not?

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Why Study Abnormal Psych?

• Prevalence
• Stigma / Misconceptions

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vWUaXFlANojQ

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Organizations Goals

• APA
• NIMH

• Educate public
• Confront discrimination
• Challenge negative stereotypes
• Emphasize treatment works
• Achieve parity w/physical diseases

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Closure

• What steps can high school students take to
  lessen the stigma often associated with
  psychological disorders?