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Chapter 17 Psychological Disorders Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Psychological Disorders n Abnormal psychology or psychopathology – is the study of disorders of mind, mood, and behavior • Symptoms • Syndrome • Comorbidity • Dual diagnosis • Prognosis n Diagnosing psychological disorders Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

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Psychological Disorders n n Labeling psychological disorders Cultural variations • Cultural relativity • Culture-bound syndromes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

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Psychological Disorders n Historical perspective of psychological disorders • Medical model • Contemporary views of psychopathology Biological approach n Psychoanalytic approach n Behavioral approach n Cognitive approach n Biopsychosocial approach n Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Possible Causes of Psychological Disorders n n Brain damage Multiplicity of causes • Predisposing causes • Precipitating causes • Perpetuating causes n Gender differences Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Possible Causes of Psychological Disorders Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Anxiety Disorders n n Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) Phobias • Specific phobias • Social phobias n Panic disorder • Agoraphobia n n Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Post-traumatic stress disorder Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Mood Disorders n Depressive disorders • Major depressive disorder (MDD) • Dysthymia • Double depression • Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) n Bipolar disorder • Mania • Hypomania • Rapid cycling Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Mood Disorders n Explaining mood disorders • Cognitive theories of depression n Negative cognitive styles Attributional-style questionnaires Learned helplessness • The depressed brain • Evolutionary bases of depression • Biological causes of depression and bipolar disorders Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Schizophrenia n Schizophrenia • Delusions • Hallucinations • Positive symptoms • Negative symptoms n Explaining schizophrenia • Cognitive and neural abnormalities • Genetics and environment n Diathesis-stress hypothesis Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Schizophrenia Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Personality Disorders n Personality disorders • Odd/eccentric personality disorders Schizotypal n Paranoid n Schizoid n • Dramatic/erratic personality disorders Borderline n Antisocial n Histrionic n Narcissistic n Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Personality Disorders n Personality disorders • Anxious/inhibited personality disorders Avoidant n Dependent n Obsessive-compulsive n Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Dissociative Disorders n Dissociative disorders • Dissociative amnesia fugue identity disorder Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Somatoform Disorders n Somatoform disorders • Somatization disorder • Conversion disorder Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

Childhood Disorders n n n Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Autism Asperger syndrome (ASD) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.