PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
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1,2 or all 3 of: deviant: (from social context, maladaptive: (from conventional functioning, personally distressful: (to individual) Canada: not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. M"naghten rule: unable to distinguish right from wrong. Usa: insanity-inability to appreciate nature, quality, wrongfulness of acts. Russell williams convicted of rape & murder of jessica lloyd and corporal marie comeau. Etiology: genetic predispositions, inadequate socialization in dysfunctional families. Schizotypal: odd, eccentric beliefs, overt hostility , no hallucinations. 55-76% with 1 anxiety disorder experience another anxiety disorder and/or depression. Often unable to specify reasons (free-floating anxiety) Dread decisions, worry about worrying, more females than males. Recurrent, overwhelming , sudden onset of intense apprehension of terror (panic attack) Overwhelming, persistent fear of object/situation that represents no danger. Oedipal conflict in which hans desired his mother & wanted to kill his father. Intense conflict unacceptable so anxiety displaced onto symbol of father-horses. When 4, hans witnessed a horse badly hurt.
