PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Double Standard, Agoraphobia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
30 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Social support: receiving and giving social support is good for mental health, tend to befriend (taylor) Optimism the power of positive thinking : expectation that good rather than bad things will happen is associated with good mental health outcome. Internalizing disorders in girls: depression, anxiety, social withdrawal are more common in girls and women, it is also hard to detect. Externalizing disorders in girls: aggression, conduct disorder, antisocial behaviours, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, rarely studied because externalizing disorders thought to be male problems. Girls tend to internalize and boys tend to externalize. Anorexia nervosa: refusal to maintain a minimum normal body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, distorted body image, amenorrhea. Girls and women account for more than 95% of cases. Bulimia nervosa: recurrent episodes of uncontrolled binge eating, followed by purging activities aimed at controlling body weight. Girls and women account for over 90% of cases. Binge eating disorder: recurrent binge eating in absence of compensatory weight- control efforts.
