PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Agoraphobia, Operant Conditioning, Palpitations
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History of psychological disorders: trephining/ trepanning, release demons, hippocrates, illnesses = vital fluids. Phlegm, black bile, yellow bile, blood: catholic church, evil spirits, exorcism, renaissance, witch craft. Measuring psychological disorders: today: categories, text dsm iv, now dsm 5, classification system of apa. Anxiety disorders: unrealistic anxiety, vague, general uneasiness, feeling that something bad is about to happen, may be associated with a particular situation or object, or it may be free-floating not associated with anything specific. Social phobia fear of interacting with others, avoid social situations. Agoraphobia like social, more complicated, fear of being in a situation from which escape is difficult or impossible. Specific phobia fear of a specific thing: obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessions: persistent, recurring, involuntary thoughts, images, or impulses that invade consciousness. Common themes: worry about contamination, doubt as to whether a certain act was performed, compulsion: a persistent, irresistible, irrational urge to perform an act or ritual repeatedly.
