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patterns of thought, emotion or behavior that are distruptive either for the person affected or others
psychopathology
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attributes psychoological disorders to the combo and interaction of biological factors, psychological processes and socialcultural contexts
biopsychosocial model
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what book classifies disorders?
DSM-IV: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
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the book includes 5 axises:
- -RECORDS major mental disordrs
- -NOTES disorders and mental retardation
- -REFELCTS any revelant physical conditions
- -RECORDS any psychosocial or environmental problem
- -RATEing of curretn level functioning
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phobia
strong inrrational fear of an object or situation that may not be dangerous
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phobia that involves fear of specific situation or thing
specific
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social phobia
chronic anxiety over others negative evaluations or acting in a way tahts embarrasing
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agoraphobia
strong fear of being seperated form a safe place
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generalized anxiety disorder
excessive and long lasting anxiety thats not focused on any particular object or situation
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panic disorder
panic attacks, heart palpitations, sweating
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OCD;
often upsetting thoughts that may produce urges to perfrom reptitive behaviors
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somatoform
involves system of a somatic or phsyical disorder w/ a physical cause
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conversion
1 appears to be blind, deaf, paralyzed that cant be explained medically
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hypochondriasis
strong fear of coming down w. a specific illness
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somatization
recurring, multipile dramatic n clinical complaints of pain
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pain disorder
complaints of severe constant pain with no physical cause
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dissociative
intense disruptions in memory, identity and consciousness
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in fugue state; you
lose all autobiographical memory temporary to a new identity
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sudden memory loss that is caused by psychological stress but 1 doenst create new identity
dissociative amnesia
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more than 1 identity of each may speak, act differently
dissociative identity
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disorder of feeling sad or hopeless for long periods of time, loses all interests in activives
major depressive disorder
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characterisitics of MDD:
guilt, worthlesness, eating habits
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severly disturbed thoughts, emotion, n behavior
shcizophrenia
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when ppl have schizophrenia:
- -they have delusions of persecution (false beliefs)
- -delusions of grandeaur
- -ideas of reference
- -thought broadcasting
- -thought blocking
- -hallucinations
- -flat effect
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3 types of schizophrenia:
- -paranoid (delisions of persecutions or grandear. anger, anxiety and jealousy)
- -disorganized (jumbled delusions, hallucinations, etc)
- -catatonic (effects movement, alternates btw total immobitilty and wild excitment)
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personality disorders are grouped into 3 clusters:
- -odd centric (paranoid)
- -anxious fearful (OCD, dependent personality)
- -dramatic-erractic (narcissistic, antisocial)
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committment process-2 rationales:
- -parens patrae: state to act as parent n protect a disabled person
- -state protects other ppl
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2 kinds of committment:
emergency and long term
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committment process in general:
- -petiton for committment must be initialized,
- -exam can take anywhere,
- -emergeny = 72 hrs and person is realzed unless court ask for longterm
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shizophrenia was described by
emil kraepelin, german psychologist
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shizoprenia was described as
most tragic n mysterious of all mental illnesses
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beautiful mind movie -
about john nash's bio. his illness was a classic case of paranoid shizo. didnt believe he was sick, learned to ignore his voices
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