PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anna O., Neurology, Libido

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3140
• Professor: Alexandra Rutherford

Document Summary

30 35 mc, 3 sa (5 points each) First dsm = very psychoanalytic; systematic; by apa; Dsm i and ii very similar; dsm iii = lots of changes/ expands a lot. Psychotropic medications introduced; had psychological effects (1952) Chlorpromazine brand name = thorazine; first one introduced; helped with 50% of cases. Electroconvulsive shock therapy used to treat schizophrenia. 1980s = ssris introduced: act to increase serotonin levels in synaptic cleft, people would use to commit suicide. 1960-70s = deinstitutionalization; people taken out of hospitals and taken into (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455) (cid:272)e(cid:374)tres (cid:271)ut did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)ork. Many leaders of anti-psychiatry movement were psychiatrists. More diagnoses (diagnostic inflation); more categorization; more pharmaceutical inflation; adding more symptoms. Dsm v (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1007)(cid:895) = supposed to (cid:271)e a (cid:858)li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859); (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)t revisions. 5 a(cid:454)is(cid:859)s: axis 2 was mood disorders; axis 3 5 was psychosocial stressors. Dsm iii iv = schizophrenia had 5 subcategories but eventually abandoned.