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Psychological Disorders
Chapter 18
A Disorder is…
• Behavior or mental process • personal suffering • interferes with your
ability
Ask yourself…
1. Is it typical? 2. Is it maladaptive? 3. Is it emotionally uncomfortable? 4. Is it socially unacceptable?
Normal vs abnormal?
• “average” majority• Everybody’s expectation • culturally biased
Homeostasis • Avoid unpleasantness
• Seek homeostasis, equilibrium• Usually works
DSM-IV
DSM-IV-TR
MoodDisorders
Somatoform Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Schizophrenia
PersonalityDisorders
common to identify with one or more… relax
only for professionals
to diagnose!!!
Anxiety Disorders
• Generalized *• Social Anxiety *• claustrophobia • hydrophobia • agoraphobia • panic attack • OCD• PTSD
Dissociative Disorders
• Amnesia *• Dissociative Fugue • Dissociative Identity Disorder • Depersonalization *
Somatoform Disorders
• Hypochondriasis • Conversion Disorder *• Munchausen Syndrome (proxy)
Mood Disorders
• Depression • Bi-polar Disorder
Schizophrenia
• Paranoid Schizophrenic *• Disorganized Schizophrenic • Catatonic Schizophrenic, catatonic stupor
Personality Disorders
Narcissistic PD
• Attention-seeking behaviors• Needs admiration• Lack of empathy• Grandiose • Self-centered
Antisocial PD
• disregard for and violation of the rights of others
• Age 15/Age 18• Aggressiveness• Lack of remorse• Conning, deceptive
Dependent PD• View others as better• Seek others to survive• Sacrifice self to maintain
bonds or relationships• Insecure attachment
Avoidant PD
• Avoids social interaction• Fear of ridicule • Sensitive to negative
reactions• Mistrust• Social distancing• Linked with bullying
Histrionic PD
• Successful• Dramatize and exaggerate
difficulties• Pride of own personality• Rapidly shifting emotions• Exhibitionist or seductive
Obsessive-Compulsive PD (OCD)
• Obsessive need for cleanliness, order
• Perfectionism• Compulsion to make lists• excessive pedantry,
rigidness • Ritualistic acts
Some Causes
• Death of a loved one• Divorce/separation• Natural disaster• Moving• Bullying• Start/end of school• “Stress of Life Changes”
Enough for now?