Abnormal Psych

·        Generalized anxiety disorder (not triggered in specific situations)

·        Phobias

·        Panic disorder (recurring attacks not tied to specific attacks, accompanied by increased heart rate, sweating)

·        Agoraphobia (fear of public places)

·        Obsessive-compulsive disorder (persistent obtrusive thoughts & need to engage in unnecessary rituals) most common ? fear of contamination which leads to obsessive hand washing

·        Post-traumatic stress disorder (often war vets or rape victims) months/years after traumatic event

?          Genetics: link higher for identical twins than fraternal twins

?          Neurochemicals: decreases in GABA and serotonin

?          Classical & operant conditioning: especially phobias (formed through classical, kept by operant)

?          Cognitive: negative interpretation (people with anxiety disorders are more likely to interpret a sentence in a threatening way)

?          Personality: neuroticism

?          Stress

?          As Good as it Gets ? good example of anxiety disorder

?          Somatization disorder (soma means body)

?        History of physical complaints OF DIVERSE SYMPTOMS with no physical basis

?        Many different doctors in short period of time

?        Really believe they have symptoms

?        ?Why have you been to so many doctors?? ?They?re all bad, I can?t find a good doctor?

?          Conversion disorder

?        Paralysis

?        Tied to suppression (sexual)

?          Hypochondriasis

?        Excessive preoccupation convinced they have symptoms of serious illness

?        Fixed on one illness

·        Personality: Histrionic, neurotic

·        Cognitive: excessive attention to physical process

·        Sick Role: Deprived of attention

Dissociative Amnesia

·        Loss of memory for information tied to a SPECIFIC EVENT

Dissociative Fugue

·        Loss of memory for all IDENTIFYING INFO (name/family/where you live)

·        Still remember how to do job/skills

·        Multiple personality disorder: seeming coexistence of multiple personalities within a person, other personalities usually have their own name/personality traits/physical mannerisms/genders/MEMORIES

·        Media makes this seem more common than it is, calls it schizophrenia

·        The Three Faces of Eve (best movie that shows this), scripted from psychologist?s notes from Eve White without embellishment

Usually, over time, people get their memories back within a year or 2

Major Depressive Disorder

·        Persistent sadness, loss of interest in things that were once pleasurable, lethargic

Bipolar Disorder

·        Mania

·        Reckless, impulsive behavior ? messes up life the most

·        Risky physical behavior (walk over plank on a roof), sexual behaviors, impulsive spending

·        Increased self-esteem

·        Decreased need for sleep

·        Grandiose planning

·        Mr. Jones

?          Neurotransmitters: increases in neuroprenepherin and seratonin

?          Genetics

?          Cognitive (increased negative thoughts, self talk), rumination

?          Social skills: poorer social skills

?          Stress

?          ?Night Mother

?        Young woman decides to commit suicide and tells her mom about it so she can prepare her mom for it

?          Symptoms

?        Delusions: false beliefs that are clearly out of touch with reality

?        Bizarre behavior:

?        Hallucinations: distorted perceptions that occur in absence of real stimulus, do not know that they are hallucinations, most common: hearing voices

?        Disturbed emotions: show no emotions (flat affect) or very volatile emotions or inappropriate emotions

?        VERY DIFFICULT TO TREAT USING MEDICATION

·        Subtypes

?        Paranoid: delusions of grandeur persecution (God, aliens, gov?t), frequent auditory hallucinations

?        Disordered: disordered behavior and affect (emotions), tend to talk with disorganized speech

?        Catatonic: motor disturbances, can be paralyzed or have purposeless movements (Indian in One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest)

?        Undifferentiated: mixture of symptoms

?        New Proposed Classification

?        Positive: adding something to psyche

?        Negative: taking something away from psyche

?          Genetics: there is a genetic component, but not high chance of getting it from parents (less that 50% even if both parents have it)

?          Neurochemicals: excessive dopamine activity

?          Brain structure: CT scans suggest that schizo is related to enlarge ventricles in brain (that pump spinal fluid)

?          Expressed Emotions environment: highly critical, negative judgment, overprotective and overconcerned

?          Stress: onset is usually in teens or early 20?s when there is a lot of stress

?          Insanity defense: person cannot be held responsible for actions if they are a result of a mental illness, in order to get defense you must prove it has been long-term, you will be confined for same amount of time but not same place

?          Involuntary commitment: must be a danger to themselves/others (idea of being a danger to yourself = controversial: should you be able to harm yourself/take your own life if you want to?)

?          Deinstitutionalization: movement in 1960?s to not commit people for life but to try to focus on treatment rather than just keeping them alive, so they could ultimately return to the world

?          Camille: student of Rodans (master sculptor), he had an affair with her, extremely talented, she was in love with him and he broke up with her so she locked herself up in her studio. When it flooded, she drowned in the studio, would rather lose her life and sculptures then leave the city so they involuntarily committed her