Lecture Notes
... Genetics - 10% if one parent has it, 40% if both Neurochemical imbalances - especially Dopamine "Dopamine Hypothesis". Serotonin and glutemate also implicated. 1960s Arvid Carlsson Swedish neuropharmacologist and Nobel laureat gets credit for dopamine hypothesis. ...
... Genetics - 10% if one parent has it, 40% if both Neurochemical imbalances - especially Dopamine "Dopamine Hypothesis". Serotonin and glutemate also implicated. 1960s Arvid Carlsson Swedish neuropharmacologist and Nobel laureat gets credit for dopamine hypothesis. ...
Anxiety Disorders
... rape victim with PTSD, for example, might avoid all contact with men and refuse to go out alone at night. Many people with PTSD also develop depression and may at times abuse alcohol or other drugs as "self-medication" to dull their emotional pain and to forget about the trauma. Formal Diagnosis: Al ...
... rape victim with PTSD, for example, might avoid all contact with men and refuse to go out alone at night. Many people with PTSD also develop depression and may at times abuse alcohol or other drugs as "self-medication" to dull their emotional pain and to forget about the trauma. Formal Diagnosis: Al ...
psychological disorders
... Manual IV (DSM-IV) 1952: APA agreed upon a standard system for classifying abnormal behavior It has been revised four times; the most recent version is the ...
... Manual IV (DSM-IV) 1952: APA agreed upon a standard system for classifying abnormal behavior It has been revised four times; the most recent version is the ...
Psychological Disorders
... Essential Features: characteristics that define the disorder Associated Features: additional features that are usually present Differential Diagnosis: how to distinguish this disorder from other disorders which it might be confused Diagnostic Criteria: a list of symptoms taken from the list of ...
... Essential Features: characteristics that define the disorder Associated Features: additional features that are usually present Differential Diagnosis: how to distinguish this disorder from other disorders which it might be confused Diagnostic Criteria: a list of symptoms taken from the list of ...
SOMATIZATION DISORDER
... • Appearance of physical symptoms NOT accounted for by physical pathology or autonomic arousal • Chronic course, often fluctuating • Frequently consult with many different doctors seeking treatment, often with vague, inconsistent and disorganised medial histories. • Has impaired social/work/personal ...
... • Appearance of physical symptoms NOT accounted for by physical pathology or autonomic arousal • Chronic course, often fluctuating • Frequently consult with many different doctors seeking treatment, often with vague, inconsistent and disorganised medial histories. • Has impaired social/work/personal ...
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... which is disturbed in patients with depressive disorders. Sleep as a physiological process can be understood in terms of the sleep ...
... which is disturbed in patients with depressive disorders. Sleep as a physiological process can be understood in terms of the sleep ...
Abnormal Psychology
... • While often lively, interesting and sometimes dramatic, they have difficulty functioning when people aren’t focused exclusively on them. • People with this disorder may be perceived as being shallow and may engage in sexually seductive or provocative behavior to draw attention to themselves. ...
... • While often lively, interesting and sometimes dramatic, they have difficulty functioning when people aren’t focused exclusively on them. • People with this disorder may be perceived as being shallow and may engage in sexually seductive or provocative behavior to draw attention to themselves. ...
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... symptoms might be caused by one of several mental disorders that often present with physical problems (such as depression, generalized anxiety, or panic disorder). The DSM-5 working group reviewed these suggestions and rejected them. Misapplication of these catch-all criteria, especially in harried ...
... symptoms might be caused by one of several mental disorders that often present with physical problems (such as depression, generalized anxiety, or panic disorder). The DSM-5 working group reviewed these suggestions and rejected them. Misapplication of these catch-all criteria, especially in harried ...
