GOOD MORNING Please sit down quietly Take out

GOOD MORNING!! • Please sit down quietly • Take out a piece of paper 25 • Yes we are taking notes but it won’t take long • Then you are doing a vocab chart thing • Then you are done

Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders MODULE 27: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

What do you think? • Page 518 • Do you think that these are disorders… or just abnormal?

• Psychological Disorder Defining Disorder – A “harmful dysfunction” associated with distress or impairment and a reaction that isn’t culturally expected…behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing, and atypical

MUDA • A mnemonic device used to remember the four attributes of a psychological disorder – Maladaptive – Unjustifiable – Disturbing – Atypical

Maladaptive • An exaggeration of normal, acceptable behaviors • Destructive to oneself or others Unjustifiable • A behavior which does not have a rational basis

Disturbing • A behavior which is troublesome to other people Atypical • A behavior so different from other people’s behavior that it violates a norm • Norms vary from culture to culture

Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders UNDERSTANDING DISORDERS

GOOD MORNING!! • Sit in your assigned seat • Take out your notes from yesterday (bookwork) • We are going to finish going over the “Intro to Psych Disorders” • Then do notes on Anxiety Disorders • Then watch a video

Early Views of Mental Illness • In ancient times, mental illness was usually explained through a supernatural model; the person was possessed or a sinner • During the Middle Ages treatment https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=y. Qa_sg 4 z. N 88 methods were inhumane and cruel

Philippe Pinel (1745 -1826) • French physician who worked to reform the treatment of people with mental disorders • Encouraged more humane treatment – No more electro-shock therapy or torture

Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders UNDERSTANDING DISORDERS: THE MEDICAL MODEL

The Medical Model • Abnormal behavior is the result of physical problems and can be treated medically • Diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured. (Like a broken arm) • Psychological disorders are similar to a physical illness.

Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders UNDERSTANDING DISORDERS: THE BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL

Bio-Psycho-Social Model • Perspective of mental illness which assumes that biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors combine and interact to produce psychological disorders…any one factor is not sufficient.

Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective

Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders CLASSIFYING DISORDERS

Classifying Disorders: DSM 5 • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fifth Addition • Published by the American Psychiatric Association • Lists and describes all the currently accepted categories of mental disorders

DSM 5 • Divides mental disorders into 18 major categories • Includes the symptoms but not the causes of each disease • Has changed significantly since the first edition

Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders LABELING DISORDERS

Labeling Stigmas • Studies show a clear bias against people diagnosed with mental disorders.