Abnormal Psychology

Subject Name: Health Psychology Course code: BSOTHP 301 Units: 2 (2-0) Credits Semester: 3rd.

Abnormal Psychology. Psychological Disorders. Sadia Saleem Lecturer Occupational Therapy DRS, UOL.

Objectives. Students will be able to learn the theories of abnormal psychology. Students will be able to discuss the classification of in DSM-5..

Who does what?. Psychologist: studies patients, tests disorders, talks and counsels.

Early Theories. Abnormal behavior was evil spirits trying to get out. Trephining was often used..

The Middle Ages & Mental Illness. Causes of mental illness included: Supernatural causes such as demons and demonic possession. Witchcraft and sorcery. Mass hysteria. Melancholy and stress. Treatments for mental illness included: Exorcism. Shaving the pattern of a cross in the head-hair. Believe that those suffering from mental illness could benefit from hearing mass. Drinking ice-cold water..

Literally All Of Us Would Have Been Sent To An Insane Asylum.

Perspectives and Disorders. Psychological School/Perspective Cause of the Disorder Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Internal, unconscious drives.

DSM V. Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: the big book of disorders. DSM will classify disorders and describe the symptoms. DSM will NOT explain the causes or possible cures..

Two Major Classifications in the DSM. Neurotic Disorders Distressing, but one can still function in society and act rationally..

Anxiety Disorders. •. A group of conditions. where the primary symptoms are anxiety or defenses against anxiety..

Phobias. A person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread. Must be an irrational fear. Phobia List.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). •. An anxiety disorder in which a person is continuously tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. The patient is constantly tense and worried, feels inadequate, is oversensitive, can’t concentrate and suffers from insomnia..

Panic Disorder. An anxiety disorder Marked by a minutes- long episode of intense dread Person experiences: – terror and accompanying chest pain, choking and other frightening sensations..

Obsessive-compulsive disorder. •. •. Persistent unwanted thoughts (obsessions) cause someone to feel the need (compulsion) to engage in a particular action. Obsession about dirt and germs may lead to compulsive hand washing..

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. a.k.a. PTSD Flashbacks or nightmares following a person’s involvement in/or observation of an extremely stressful event. Memories of the event cause anxiety..

Somatoform Disorders. Occur when a person manifests a psychological problem through a physical symptom. Two types…….

Hypochondriasis. Has frequent physical complaints for which medical doctors are unable to locate the cause. They usually believe that the minor issues (headache, upset stomach) are indicative are more severe illnesses..

Conversion Disorder. Report the existence of severe physical problems with no biological reason. Like blindness or para.

Example: Conversion Disorder. • •. Pol Pot of Cambodia In one village his soldiers entered and took all the children out of their huts and in front of their mothers butchered them Later on it was reported that every mother in that village became blind..

Dissociative Disorders. These disorders involve a disruption in the conscious process. Three types…..

Psychogenic Amnesia. •. • • •. A person cannot remember things with no physical basis for the disruption in memory. Retrograde Amnesia NOT organic amnesia. Organic amnesia can be retrograde or antrograde..

Dissociative Fugue. People with psychogenic amnesia that find themselves in an unfamiliar environment..

Dissociative Identity Disorder. Used to be known as Multiple Personality Disorder. A person has several rather than one integrated personality. People with DID commonly have a history of childhood abuse or trauma..

Mood Disorders. Experience extreme or inappropriate emotion..

Major Depression. A.K.A. unipolar depression Unhappy for at least two weeks with no apparent cause. Depression is the common cold of psychological disorders..

Seasonal Affective Disorder. Experience depression during the winter months. Based not on temperature, but on amount of sunlight. Treated with light therapy..

Bipolar Disorder. • •. Formally manic depression. Involves periods of depression and manic episodes. Manic episodes involve feelings of high energy (but they tend to differ a lot… some get confident and some get irritable). Engage in risky behavior during the manic episode..

Personality Disorders. Well-established, maladaptive ways of behaving that negatively affect people’s ability to function. Dominates their personality..

Antisocial Personality Disorder. Lack of empathy. Little regard for other’s feelings. View the world as hostile and look out for themselves..

Dependent Personality Disorder. Rely too much on the attention and help of others..

Histrionic Personality Disorder. Needs to be the center of attention. Whether acting silly or dressing provocatively..