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Psychology notes 4-27-18

These notes talk about mental disorders within psychology.
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Psychology (PSYC 101)

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Tommy El Saieh A person with a Mental Disorder has an impairment. What is abnormal? 1. Atypical Behavior: behavior that is compared to the general population 2. Faulty perception of an interpolation of reality 3. Personal Distress: When your upset about something or a trauma or basic stress. 4. behavior: Behavior that you are not functioning that is destroying any potential of future happiness. you 5. Dangerous Behavior: to yourself? To society or others? 6. Socially Unacceptable: Changes with time, sometimes of mental illness: 1. Demons: This was a believed theory back in the Basically it was when people drilled holes in peoples scull to remove a mental illness. 2. Medical Illness: Physical or biological cause a) underlying condition stressful event abdominal following b) adds family and society 3. Diagnosis Diagnostic and Statistical 5th Edition. They have removed Homosexuality from the manual and instead they replaced it with Hoarding (Collecting everything), Contains 297 diagnoses and it does not prescribe the treatment. ¼ of all people will have a diagnosable mental condition in any given year ½ of people get diagnosed in their lifetime. of disorders: I. Anxiety Disorders: Excessive worrying fear of losing control Nervousness, relax. Fight or Flight: Always Phobia Disorder Fear (rational) V Phobia (irrational)? II. Social Anxiety Disorder Fear of embarrassment Panic Disorder: When you are repeatedly getting these panicking feelings Feelings of panic with no obvious trigger or reason to be afraid What is the problem?

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Psychology notes 4-27-18

Course: Psychology (PSYC 101)

109 Documents
Students shared 109 documents in this course

University: Queensborough Community College

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Tommy El Saieh
Psychology-101
4/27/18
A person with a Mental Disorder has an impairment.
What is abnormal?
1. Atypical Behavior: behavior that is compared to the general population
2. Faulty perception of an interpolation of reality
3. Personal Distress: When your upset about something or a trauma or basic stress.
4. Self-defeating behavior: Behavior that you are not functioning that is destroying any
potential of future happiness. “Set you back.”
5. Dangerous Behavior: to yourself? To society or others?
6. Socially Unacceptable: Changes with time, sometimes
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Theories of mental illness:
1. Demons: This was a believed theory back in the 1800’s. Basically it was when people drilled
holes in peoples scull to remove a mental illness.
2. Medical Illness: Physical or biological cause
a) Diathesis-Stress: underlying condition + stressful event = abdominal following
b) Bio-Psych-Social: adds family and society
3. Diagnosis DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Monel- 5th Edition. They have removed
Homosexuality from the manual and instead they replaced it with
Hoarding (Collecting everything),
Contains 297 diagnoses and it does not prescribe the treatment.
¼ of all people will have a diagnosable mental condition in any given year
½ of people get diagnosed in their lifetime.
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Types of disorders:
I. Anxiety Disorders:
Excessive worrying fear of losing control
Nervousness, can’t relax.
Fight or Flight: Always “on”
Phobia Disorder
Fear (rational) V.S Phobia (irrational)?
II. Social Anxiety Disorder
Fear of embarrassment

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