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Mental Illness
Abnormal Psychology
What is Normal
Turn to a partner. For two minutes discuss:
-What is normal?
-How do you tell if someone is normal or not?
-Is what is considered to be normal in North
America normal in other parts of the world?
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What is abnormal?
Largely a social construction
Abnormal behaviour: personally distressful,
personally dysfunctional, and/or culturally
deviant behaviour
History of Mental Illness
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Trends show a steady increase in the diagnosis of
mental illness.
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WHY? Discuss with partner
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Historical Perspective:
Many individuals throughout history have
suffered from mental illness
Instead viewed as:
the work of demons, physiological disorders,
maladaptive behaviors
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Demonological View: caused by supernatural
forces
Biological View: caused by physical malady
Freud: Unresolved conflicts from childhood
Current: Vulnerability-stress model
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Vulnerability
-Genetic
-Learning
-Biological
Stressor
-Economic
-Environment
-Personal
Psychological Disorder
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At any given time, 22% of the population suffers
from a diagnosable mental disorder
Nearly half of North Americans between the ages
of 15 and 54 will experience a diagnosable mental
disorder
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Anxiety Disorders:
Examples of anxiety disorders
Phobias
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Anxiety Disorders:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessions: Recurrent, persistent thoughts
Compulsions: Repetitive behaviors or mental
acts
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OCD manifests itself in several different ways:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIS47NP7
Wo8&feature=channel
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Occurrence
No link between male and female
About 1-3% of the population
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Mood (Affective Disorders)
Examples
Depression
Bipolar
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Mood (Affective)
Disorder:
Bipolar Disorder
Alternates
between periods
of mania and
depression
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Occurrence
Occurs is about 1% of the population
Onset of full symptoms usually occurs in early
adolescents
Vincent Van Gogh, Axl Rose, Ben Stiller,
Mozart
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Dissociative Disorders
Psychogenic amnesia
Dissociative identity disorder
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Multiple personality disorder
Each have distinct memories or behaviors
May or may not be aware of others existence
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Does DID really exist?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXuG2zI39y
A&feature=related
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Personality Disorders
Psychopathic personality: disregard for the
rights and well beings of others
May be caused by disturbance of brain
function.
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Schizophrenic Disorders
Distortion of reality, social
withdrawal and disturbances
Delusions: False beliefs
Apathetic: No interest in
emotion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo7y4oe9Nqw&feature=
PlayList&p=0655A5F779E91DED&index=0&playnext=1
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Causes:
Genetic?
Prenatal?
Substance Abuse?