Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Medical Model, Chlorpromazine, Dementia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: All

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Episodic: a lot of people, you can"t even tell that they have a mental disorder. 25% of the population does: view that abnormal and normal are radically different, people try to distant themselves from people with mental disorder, no clear dividing line, more like a normal distribution with the entire population. In the olden day, they used to brand you (scar) for the crime you committed: people are scared to go and get help. They see it as something you"re ashamed of. A lot of people get abandoned when they go to a psychiatric ward: means your weak willed, you"re not strong enough. You"re exaggerating: exaggerated fear of one"s own susceptibility, when you read about this disorders, you can start thinking you have all of these illnesses and diseases, risk of overreacting and thinking you have something that you don"t.