INTRO TO MENTAL ILLNESSES

Take Out a Sheet of PaperLabel Each Category And Follow the Directions

Brainstorm

Write Down 4-5 Things You Asscociate with Mental Illness (5 min)

Discussion (DON’T WRITE) : Why do we associate these things? Are there stereotypes involved? (5 min)

Experiences(10 min)

A. Do you know anyone who suffers from a mental illness? What challenges do they face?

B. Are schools and/or the government doing enough to address mental illness is this country? Why or why Not?

In The News(15 min)

Find TWO stories related to someone with a mental illness (can be depression, schizophrenia, etc) and answer these questions: What happened in the story? How did the media address mental illness

in the story? Very negatively? Was there bias?

Listen to the Track(30 min)

For EACH Song Answer These Questions Write Name of Song Write the TONE of the Song (HOW does it sound?) Write a Lyric Related to a Possible Mental Illness/Issue What do you think the MESSAGE of the song is related

to mental illnesses?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0EW0s1fN-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9G36aevSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDlcx3HWAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYfnBsaTVEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z-EGRbtxlw

Defining Mental Illness(25 min)

Look Up 4 of these terms and define them in YOUR OWN TERMS Delusions Bipolar Disorder Anxiety Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Phobia Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder Schizophrenia

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Unit IV

Part IPsychological Disorders

Defined

Harmful dysfunction that is destructive to self/others, unjustifiable, disturbing, or not typical

Examples Depression OCD Deviation

Medical Model of PDs

Perspectives on how to treat have changed over time, with past actions often considered “inhumane”

Eventually believed that physical causes of disorders can be used to help address the mental issues (use of drugs to help) Does NOT address past history or

environment

Bio-Psycho-Social Approach

Studies both the nature & nurture aspects of disorders

Psycho Internal Thoughts & Disorders

Bio Genetic Causes of Mental Issues

Social Cultural & social impact on behavior

DSM

The DSM is used by psychologists to classify & predict disorders through their symptoms The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

Disorders

Categories include: Adjustment Mood Anxiety Developmental Cognitive

Issues with DSM

Problem: Discrimination & stereotyping of people which can stick for longer than necessary

Benefit: Allows psychologists to better understand & communicate about disorders

Portrayal of Personality Disorders

With This List of 20 Personality Disorders; Take 7 of Them and Discuss What makes it most interesting to you and why?

http://listverse.com/2007/10/13/top-10-bizarre-mental-disorders/

http://listverse.com/2008/05/09/another-10-bizarre-mental-disorders/

Choose 3 Studies Tell Me Whether they Are Ethical or Unethical and

Why? http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-stu

dies-vote-now.php

Killer Debrief

What was your motivation in these games? What was your role?

How did the games differ?

How did the differences in the games (i.e. one is more “public” or “social”) affect how people played?

When choosing the killers, did the detectives seem to have a bias? Why or why not?

Why are we so fascinated with games involving those with disorders or serial killers? What does that say about our society?

Part II

Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Generalized: Feeling of nervousness

Panic: Intense, unexplained

Phobia: Irrational Fear

OCD: Unwanted Repetitve Actions

PTSD: Reliving Severe Events

Factors of Anxiety Disorders Biological

Heredity, Brain Function, Natural Selection

Learning Associating Fear through Conditioning;

Observational or Reinforcement of fear

Mood Disorders

Disturbance of emotions leading to magnifications of normal moods

Depression Little interest, sleep/appetite changes;

fatigue; suicidal thoughts etc

Bipolar Alternate between hopelessness and

unreasonable overexcitement

Factors of Mood Disorders

Biological Heredity & brain function

Social/Cognitive The way we think & the situations we find

ourselves in

The Commonality of FEAR

Each person has been given a card with a question on it

A) Write your question on your paper and answer it at least 2 complete sentences

B) Speak to at LEAST 3 other people in the room asking each other your questions. Write down their name and summarize their response to your question in 2-3 bullet points

C) Afterwards, answer these questions: Did you have any common fears or experiences with someone? What? Would speaking out loud/more openly about your fear and relating it

with someone else make it easier to cope with? Why or Why not? Does fear have a strong control over your actions & decisions? How or

How Not?

Part II

Abnormal Disorders

Dissociative Disorder

Causes a person to lose sense of self and separate from memories/feelings Can be caused by stress

Traumatic events can cause dissociative amnesia and/or loss of identity

Identity Disorder causes the creation of two or more personalities RARE & VERY CONTROVERSIAL Formerly, Multiple Personality Disorder

Schizophrenia

Leads to delusions, hallucinations, & inappropriate emotions/behaviors

Categorize into Paranoid, Disorganized, Catatonic, & Undifferentiated

Factors of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia can be genetic and passed on or can also be caused by a viral infection

The Brain of a person with schizophrenia operates differently than one without the disorder Seen through PET scans

Personality Disorders

Anxiety Extreme sensitivity to personal rejection or

clingy/submissive behaviors

Eccentric Paranoia/distrust or schizoid/detachment from

others

Dramatic Borderline with unstable emotions or antisocial

behavior

Part IV

Psycho Therapy

Psychotherapy

Emotional & confident interaction between a therapist & patient

Use of Psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavioral, cognitive, & biomedical

Group Therapy is also often used

Psychoanalytic (Frued)

Attributes thoughts/actions to the unconscious mind

Use childhood memories, dreams, & transference of emotions to analyze

Criticism Assumes repression, is expensive, and

claims its irrefutable

Humanistic (Carl Rogers)

Promotes self-fulfillment by increasing self-acceptance/awareness

Rogers used client-centered, accepting, and active listening therapy How do you do active listening?

Behavioral

Using learned operant and classical conditioning for therapy

Associating a pleasant/relaxed state with something that causes anxiety (or vice versa) Also using rewards for desired behavior

Cognitive

Teaches NEW, adaptive ways of thinking

Use constructive things to remove negative thoughts & vice versa

Cognitive & Behavioral can be combined

Biomedical

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), prescribed drugs, or surgery

Controversy: disruption of memory, drug addiction, & lobotomies very sensitive

Active Listening

Telephone

Stand in a Circle, Whisper the message to the person next to you until it gets all the way around to the speaker

Answer These Questions What specifically was different about the

original message & the current one? What issues prevented someone from

listening well?

The List

On the same paper, I am going to recite a list of things and after I am done, write down everything said from the list

Answer these questions: Why did you forget some items? Did you

add items not listed? Why would someone do that?

How does selective listening affect our accuracy?

VHI Storytellers

I will begin to tell a story. Each person must tell a logical next sentence to the story, until it comes back to me

Answer This Were there errors in the storytelling? Did

some things make no sense? Why?

YOU ARE the Psychologist

Psychologists practice active listening skills in order to help patients, but we do not do that in every day life

Groups of 3; 2 Talkers and 1 Observer: Each talker must have a conversation with the other to

describe yesterday in detail from waking up to going to sleep After the talker is done, the listener should write a summery of

what they were told and explain why or why not they were listening well

The Observer must make two separate check lists as to if each listener is practicing good listening skills Then the Observer should write a brief critique of each listener

Active Listening Techniques Focus on the speaker. Watch for non-verbal cues. These may be more important than what is said. Listen to how something is said. Inflection, intonation and strength of the

speaker’s voice may communicate more than words alone. Eliminate distractions. Give encouraging non-verbal cues. Nodding and leaning toward the

speaker show interest. Encourage the speaker by using words such as, “Yes,” “I see,” and “go on”. Ask questions to clarify what is said. Check your understanding by repeating or paraphrasing what you think you

heard. Respond when appropriate. Control emotional responses. Listen to the entire point without interrupting. Give the speaker time to think as well as talk. Summarize what was said.

Checklist

Try it one more time with the talkers describing their goals in life (location, type of family, ideal job, money etc)

This time the Observer must check off again if they are practicing active listening skills

The Listener should write down whether like they felt like they listened better/understood the person more