PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Political Correctness, Differential Diagnosis, Humanistic Psychology
25 Feb 2019
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Biological paradigm: based on the medical model; the disease model. Psychoactive drugs: anxiolytics: used to treat anxiety, benzodiazepines, alprazolam (xanax); clonazepam (klonopin); diazepam (valium); Lorazepam (ativan: used to treat anixiety, antidepressants: used to treat depression, can also be used for eating disorder and pain disorders, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris, celexa; prozac; zoloft, tricyclic antidepressants, elavil. Structure of the mind: id, pleasure principle (seeking immediate gratification, primary process thinking (generating images, fantasies of what is desired, ego. If desires are not met, the individual deals with anxiety: reality principle (mediates between the demands of reality and the immediate gratification of desired by the id, secondary thinking (planning and decision making, superego. Freud"s contribution: childhood experiences help shape adult personality, there are unconscious influences on behavior, people use defense mechanisms. Humanistic and existential paradigms: does not say much about the causation of mental illness and psychopathology, focuses mainly treatment and different strategies.
