PSYC1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: American Psychiatric Association, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Disorder
19 May 2018
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Chapter 15 ‘Psychological Disorders’ (pages 554-602) in: Passer M. W., Smith R. E. and David (2015). Psychology: the
science of mind and behaviour. Australian Edition. • Read sections associated with topics covered in the lecture • Read
the section on schizophrenia in preparation for the tutorial
scientific study of behaviour, emotion and cognition
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Understand and explain why we behave, think and feel the way we do
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Psychology
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Scientific study of abnormal behaviour, emotion , cognition
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Explanation of abnormal behaviour = psychological disorders and mental disorders
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Classification and diagnosis
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Description
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Biological, psychological, social
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Causation (bio-psycho-social)
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effectiveness
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Treatment
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Use of empirical method
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Abnormal psyc
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What is abnormal psyc
What is abnormal
Hard to define, does not have one necessary/sufficient characteristic
e.g. fetishism
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BUT can have positively valued deviations e.g. tall, beautiful, eccentric
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Deviant - rare, unusual, unexpected
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e.g. depression, anxiety
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BUT normal distress, bipolar disorder (manic episodes)
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Distressing - to person or others
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e.g. ADHD
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BUT pathological independence, psychopathy
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Dysfunctional - maladaptive, interferes with life goals
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3 Ds
None of these characteristics are necessary/sufficient to determine whether a certain behaviour, feeling or
thinking style is abnormal
Presence of psychological abnormality (mental disorder) is not as readily definable as a physical illness
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Psychological abnormality exists on a continuum with normality
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Definitions of psychological abnormality reflect cultural values and social norms
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"Mental disorder is whatever is included in the DSM"
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Published by APA American psychiatric association
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Changes in definitions or disorders, so there is new and removed
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Reflects biological/medical model of mental illness
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The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM)
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Models of abnormality/mental disorders
Approach
Cause
Treatment
Supernatural
Spirit, stars, moon, past lives
Exorcism, prayer
Psychological
Beliefs, perceptions, values, goals, motivations ->
psyc dysfunction
Talking therapy
Psychotherapy
sociocultural
Poverty, prejudice, cultural norms
Social work to fix social ills
Biological/medical
Internal physical problems -> biological dysfunction
Bleeding, diet, celibacy, exercise, rest,
medication
Approaches to mental illness/abnormality
Dominant in psychiatry, underlying model of DSM-5
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Diagnosed similar to physical illness
Assumes psychological disorders can be
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Medical/biological model of mental disorders
Czech lady - A/Prof ILona Juraskova
L1 - defining abnormal behaviour and psychological
models
Thursday, 16 November 2017
2:25 PM
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Document Summary
L1 - defining abnormal behaviour and psychological models. Chapter 1(cid:1009) (cid:858)psychological disorders(cid:859) (pages (cid:1009)(cid:1009)(cid:1008)-602) in: passer m. w. , smith r. e. and david (2015). Australian edition: read sections associated (cid:449)ith topics co(cid:448)ered in the lecture read the section on schizophrenia in preparation for the tutorial. Psychology scientific study of behaviour, emotion and cognition. Understand and explain why we behave, think and feel the way we do. Scientific study of abnormal behaviour, emotion , cognition. Explanation of abnormal behaviour = psychological disorders and mental disorders. Hard to define, does not have one necessary/sufficient characteristic. But can have positively valued deviations e. g. tall, beautiful, eccentric. Distressing - to person or others e. g. depression, anxiety. Dysfunctional - maladaptive, interferes with life goals e. g. adhd. None of these characteristics are necessary/sufficient to determine whether a certain behaviour, feeling or thinking style is abnormal. Presence of psychological abnormality (mental disorder) is not as readily definable as a physical illness.
