Abnormal Psychology (W18)
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- Abnormal Psychology
- Psycho dynamic : ID, EGO, Superego
- Approaches
- Humantistic: mental issues arise where people feel inadequate to others and strive to meet requirements.
- Medical Perspective: hippocrates- black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm lead to emotional problems. The Medical Model: Abnormalitiesare defects in the brain and nervous system.
- Diathesis stress approach: genetics and early learning yields a predisposition
- Approaches
- Medical Perspective: hippocrates- black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm lead to emotional problems. The Medical Model: Abnormalitiesare defects in the brain and nervous system.
- Humantistic: mental issues arise where people feel inadequate to others and strive to meet requirements.
- Diathesis stress approach: genetics and early learning yields a predisposition
- DSM 5: classifies abnormality via strict criteria
- Treatment
- Ancient: trephining - a hole in the skull to release evil.
- Tranquilising chair: Torture to drive out evil spirits.
- Current treatments
- Eclectic approach: therapist using theoretical operation per client not per issue.
- Psychoanalysis: Free association / talking therapy / hypnosis
- Client Centred therapy (humanistic) allows for free speech
- Gestalt Therapy: unity of the mind and body - sensation and emotion.
- Systematic desensitisation : remove the unpleasant emotional response.
- Aversion Therapy: Introduce negative stimulus to change a perception.
- Behaviour modification: operant conditioning
- Token Economy: rewards
- Modelling: Lead by example
- Social Skills Training
- CBT (different views and perceptions of situations)
- Token Economy: rewards
- Eclectic approach: therapist using theoretical operation per client not per issue.
- Group, family, couples therapy.
- Ancient: trephining - a hole in the skull to release evil.
- Biological Treatments
- ECT Electroconvulsive therapies
- Cingulotomy:Cutting the cingulum bundle connecting the prefrontal cortex with the limbic system - OCD
- Drugs: Antidepressant, antipsychotic, anti anxiety, antimanic
- Anxiety Disorders (apprehension disorder)
- OCD (obsessions and compulsions)
- Conversion Disorder (physical complaints that resemble neurological disorders but have no neurological basis)
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Paraphillia (sexual content disorder)
- Seasional affective disorder
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Mood Disorders
- Mania
- Depression
- Conversion Disorder (physical complaints that resemble neurological disorders but have no neurological basis)
- Schizophrenic Disorders (Split mind)
- OCD (obsessions and compulsions)
- Panic Disorder (fear of fear, unpresidented lack of regulation)
- PTSD (Traumatic anxiety disorder)
- Dissociative disorders (disruption of consciousness)
- Personality disorders
- Dissociative disorders (disruption of consciousness)
- PTSD (Traumatic anxiety disorder)
- Phobic Disorders (irrational fears)
- Somatisation Disorder (physical ailments with no biological basis)
- Psycho dynamic : ID, EGO, Superego
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