PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
15 Dec 2013
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Dsm label: axis i: major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, social. Never had a problem with public speaking, can"t speak to people individually (situation dependent: axis ii: borderline personality disorder (difficulty with relationships, controlling emotions), Obsessive compulsive personality disorder: axis iv: job stress; family stress, axis v: 50. Childhood years: difficult infant, couldn"t fit in and adapt to stressors, bullied a lot, saw social worker (not a good fit between therapist and client, went to private psychologist (cbt) and psychiatrist (medication. Against: against -> only describes surface features and not deep reasons, evidence for -> basing judgments completely on emotion ( depression is an emotion, positive psychology: focus mind on positive things take away thoughts on negative things. Life as a patient: saw clinical psychiatrist for a couple months, feels like he wasn"t doing anything with his life, always had thoughts of suicide but never wanted to act on it (3 groups of suicidal people)
