PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dodgeball, Fluoxetine, Social Anxiety Disorder
10 Jan 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Carl
November 18, 2016
- Mom, dad, brother
- Likes to volunteer when he has time
- Technology & IT
- Likes playing dodgeball
- Honours bachelors at Mac
- Recently graduated from Masters at UofT
Metalessons
- Mental illness does not define a person
- Diagnostic labels have flaws
o Social phobia – has more anxiety sitting in this lecture hall rather than presenting to it
- People suffering with mental illness are not a distinct class of people
- May stereotypes ith etal illess that do’t ilude a true represetatio of hat mental
illness actually is
Does’t thik the DSM lael is releat to hi
- Use to thro tatrus as a kid ad did’t really get alog ith other kids
- Elementary school:
o Difficult to make friends
o Difficult to feel accepted – felt like odd person out
o Wasn’t iited to irthday parties
- Age 6:
o Emotional difficulties
o Started seeing a councilor – did’t go too ell – as’t a really good fit etee hi
and the councilor
▪ Teriated the relatioship eause it as’t really useful
o Transferred over to the hospital and started seeing a psychiatrist
▪ First time in his life he actually started getting help – group therapy
▪ Discussed medications
• Prozac was first medication he was put on
• ????? copy from ibs
- Learned about techniques that were helpful
- 18: no longer a child so had to be transferred to adult care
o Lots of bullying and struggles in high school
o In one of the first sessions with adult care: stopped seeing his councilor?
o Pursued additional care
- University:
o Was’t eig treated, off medication
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