Chapter 12 - Abnormal Psychology 2017

4. What is the DSM-V important ? Why is it so important? Describe the multiaxial approachThe latest version is DSM -V see review book

5. What important changes has been made to the DSM since its first publication in 1952?

Part II pp. 493-497, Review Book pp.223-224

Depressive / Mood Disorders are considered affective disorders. There are two major types Major Depression and Bi-Polar Disorder

1. How does major depression differ from dysthymia?

2. Martin Seligman refers to depression as "the common cold" of psychological problems. How do the statistics validate this assessment?

3. What do cross-cultural studies reveal about the high and low risk of depression?

4. What are some of the causes of depression?

5. Explain Martin Seligman's assessment of the cause of depression.

6. Who becomes depressed? Why does Seligman believe depression is increasing?

7. How does a bi-polar disorder differ from a major depression?

FYI

Part III- 497-501, Review Book pp. 221

Anxiety Based Disorders - Anxiety / apprehension / fear is even more common than depression . It is estimated that 15% of the population has had at one point in their life an anxiety disorder recognized by the DSM

1. Identify and explain the general characteristics of General Anxiety aka GAD.

2. Describe what happens to a person with a panic disorder including the brain

3. Why does agoraphobia complicate panic attacks?

4. Describe phobia. How do researchers explain the development of phobias?

5. Describe the two key components of OCD.

6. Why do psychologists believe that OCD may be biological? How does the environment contribute to OCD?

Part IV- 501- 502, Review Book pp. 222

Somatoform Disorders - These disorders are characterized by bodily symptoms or physical complaints

1. Explain what a patient with a conversion disorder (hysteria) may experience.

2. What is glove anethesia? Why is it psychogenic not physical?

3. How did Freud explain conversion disorders?

3. Describe SSD Somatic Symptom Disorder.

4. What is Illness Anxiety Disorder formerly known as hypochondriasis?

Part V: pp.502- 505, Review Book pp. 223

Dissociative Disorders is when a person becomes detached from themselves or others

1. Describe dissociative amnesia. What factors may contribute to dissociative amnesia?

2. What is a dissociative fugue? What factors may contribute to a dissociative fugue?

3. What is a depersonalization disorder?

4. Describe dissociative identity disorder.What factors may contribute to a dissociative identity disorder?

Part VI: pp. 506- 510, Review Book pp. 225

Schizophrenia is the most severe and debilitating of the psychological disorders. It tends to strike people as they enter into young adulthood.

40% of all admissions into public mental hospitals are a result of schizophrenia

1. How is schizophrenia defined? A common feature of schizophrenia is what as referred to as word salad. Explain what that means.

2.Identify and explain the key features of each of the following types of schizophrenia.

• Paranoid Type
• Catatonia Type

3. How do biological psychologists explain this disorder?

4. The concordance rate of schizophrenia in identical twins is 50% - How does information influence researchers' explanations for schizophrenia?

5. What is the diathesis -stress hypothesis?

6. Why is schizophrenia not a split personality?

Part VII: Read pp. 510-511, Review Book pp. 226

Personality Disorders are chronic maladaptive ways of behaving and thinking that negatively affect a person's ability to function. These are generally less serious

than the other mental disorders covered in this chapter.

1. Identify and describe the major maladjustment a person with a Narcissistic personality disorder display.

2. Identify and describe the major maladjustment a person with a Antisocial personality disorder display.

3. Identify and describe the major maladjustment a person with a Borderline personality disorder display.

Part VIII: Read pp. 511- 513, Review Book pp. 227

Neuro-developmental Disorders deal with deviations from typical cognitive and social development. They can appear at any age but more often than not they appear in childhood first. The most common are Autism, Dyslexia, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

1. What are three primary symptoms of autism spectrum disorder?

2. How are autistic children different from "normal" children?

3. 20% of children experience dyslexia in some degree. Explain what dyslexia is.

4. Why are speakers of English more likely to experience dyslexia than other languages?

5. Nearly 10% of teens are diagnosed with ADHD. What are some of the key features of this disorder?

6. What are the three subtypes of ADHD?

7. Why is ADHD a controversial diagnosis?

8. Why is shyness not labeled as a disorder? How is it defined?

9. Identify the characteristics of two common neuro-cognitive disorders: Alzheimer's Disease and Delirium

Part IX: Read pp. 514-517

1. Why is psychological labeling damaging and may have serious long lasting consequences for individuals?

2. Why does Thomas Szasz claim mental illness is a myth?

3. Describe the ecological model approach to mental illness.

4. The plea of insanity goes back to the 1843 case of Daniel M'Naughten. Explain what is meant by NGBRI? (Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity)

5. The term insanity is only used in the courts it is not found in the DSM. What does the term include?

6. What are the two elements of a crime? How does that allow for the plea of insanity?

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The ppt is a review for you on the main ideas of Mental Illness and Therapy