PS280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Demonology, Psychology, Anxiety Disorder
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Violates social norms: fits for some areas of psychopathology (i. e. antisocial personality), not for others (i. e, fits for some areas of psychopathology (i. e. antisocial personality), not for others (i. e. anxiety disorder, too inclusive (i. e. prostitution) Personal suffering: creates personal distress, not one size ts all. Disability or dysfunction: impairment in an important area of life as a result of this abnormality. Unexpectedness: distress and disability are unexpected responses to environmental stimuli. Early demonology: devil is controlling the mind and/or body. Hippocrates: separated medicine from religion, magic, and superstition. Dark ages and demonology: mentally ill are witches. Horrible conditions (electrocuting, abusing, etc: us- benjamin rush. General paresis and syphilis: correlation between mental disease and syphilis. All mental illness came from disease: pasteurs germ theory of disease . Have ppl recall their symptoms, and by reliving/recalling it they would releases themselves from it. Desire to keep psychological disorders a secret. Many ppl who need help don"t get it.
