PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Mental Disorder, Catatonia, Projective Test
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How to define abnormal behavior: statistical criteria, cultural norms, developmental norms, frequency intensity, duration. We are looking for the behaviors that interfere with the daily functions. Etiology: is a study of the causes and prevalent of abnormal behaviors. Etiological models of abnormal behavior: medical-disease models. In current/modern psychopathology, people tend to use medical disease models to treat disorders. Schizophrenia is the only disorder that"s proved medicines would help (biological origin). You cannot treat schizophrenia with only psychotherapist since it was a brain disorder. (too much dopamine=schizophrenia) # we use twins study (identical twins), when one twin has schizophrenia; the chance for another one to develop the disorder is 50% # stress is a big factor of developments of psychopathology. # depression does not always response well to the same drug to each person; schizophrenia does. # these drugs are manipulating neurotransmitters. (depression = too little serotonin) # freud: mental disorder is because of the intro psychic conflict eternally: social/environmental models.
