PSYC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
31 Mar 2016
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Initial symptoms: memory loss, impairment of judgment, decrease in motivation & language. Later symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, inappropriate moods, anger & eventually full-blown dementia, seizures, and death. Resulted from syphilis (sti: possible to treat and avoid paresis, clearly showed that the signs of madness could be symptoms of an underlying physical illness. Definition of psychological disorders 4 d"s : deviance. Thoughts and emotions are considered abnormal when they differ from society"s norms. Society"s values may change over time, leading to a new societal view of what is psychologically abnormal: distress. To be considered abnormal; behaviours, ideas, or emotions usually must also create distress or unhappiness that impact your life: dysfunction. Abnormal behaviour also tends to interfere with daily function. When behaviour upsets people so that they cannot take proper care of themselves, interact well with other"s, or work effectively = abnormal: danger. Although danger is often cited as a feature of abnormal psychological.
