PSY 1018 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Genetic Predisposition, Hallucination, Schizophrenia

• School: St. John's University
• Department: PSY - PSYCHOLOGY
• Course: PSY 1018
• Professor: Farbman

Document Summary

Psychological disorders: some are harm to themselves and others, but not all are dangerous, dangerous: pedophiles, violence. Must have all three ^ to be considered abnormal. Some people are so biological susceptible, that they tend to be more abnormal, and it is genetic. Genetic pre-disposition to abnormal behavior: biochemical. Axis 1 axis 5: to have certain factors to have anxiety. When anxiety dominates your life it becomes a disorder. Feeling all these feelings but doesn"t know where these feelings are coming from. Compulsion irresistible urge to carry out some act that is strange and unreasonable. Certain chemical deficiencies, that may account for ptsd. Bipolar very severe disorder: a person alternates through euphoric feeling to deep sadness, biochemical & genetic reasons, it"s a chemical imbalance. Schizophrenia: delusion, paranoia, very delusional, can be dangerous, hear voices in their head, hallucination, seeing/feeling things that are not there. Narcissist: is egotistic, love themselves: self importance.