PSYC 3406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Microorganism, Paresis, Syphilis
6 Jun 2018
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Dimensions of the Scientist-Practitioner Model
● Consumer of science
○ Enhancing the practice
● Evaluator of science
○ Determining the effectiveness of the practice
● Creator of science
○ Conducting research that leads to new procedures useful in practice
● Biggest predictor of autism is mothers who are older
● Something about the egg has changed as well
● Not much reason why more prevalent in men
Evidence Based Medicine
● Use data and hard facts to inform clinical practice with an individual patient
Clinical Description of Abnormality
● Present the problem
● Clinical description
○ Aims to distinguish clinically significant dysfunction from common human
experience
● Describe prevalence and incidence of disorders
● Describe course of disorders
○ Episodic, time-limited, or chronic
● Describe onset of disorders
○ Acute or insidious
● Prognosis
○ Good vs. guarded
Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
● Major psych disorders have existed
○ In all cultures
○ Across all periods of time
● Causes and treatment of abnormal behavior varied widely
○ Across cultures
○ Across time periods
○ Depending on prevailing paradigms or worldviews
● Three dominant traditions include
○ Supernatural
○ Biological
○ Psychological
Abnormal Behavior and the Supernatural Tradition
● Deviant behavior as a battle of ‘good’ vs. ‘evil’
○ Causes included demonic possession, witchcraft, sorcery
○ Mass hysteria
○ Treatments included exorcism, torture, beatings, and crude surgeries
● Other worldly causes of deviant behavior
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Document Summary
Conducting research that leads to new procedures useful in practice. Biggest predictor of autism is mothers who are older. Something about the egg has changed as well. Not much reason why more prevalent in men. Use data and hard facts to inform clinical practice with an individual patient. Aims to distinguish clinically significant dysfunction from common human experience. Causes and treatment of abnormal behavior varied widely. Deviant behavior as a battle of good" vs. evil". Treatments included exorcism, torture, beatings, and crude surgeries. Few thought of abnormality as a physical disease. Hippocrates": abnormal behavior as a physical disease. Pasteur discovered the cause - a bacterial microorganism. Led to penicillin as a successful treatment. Bolstered the view that mental illness = physical illness. Not moral in the usual sense of the word. Reasons for the following out of moral therapy. Ego - reality principle, logical and rational. Superego - moral principles, keeps id and ego in balance.
