PSYC 111 Lecture 19: Psychological Disorders

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Zainabdelawalla

Document Summary

Lecture 19 - guest speaker - psychological disorders. Abnormal behavior: violates societal norms, maladaptive, rare, causes distress. Some part of the biological/behavioral system ofa person is not functioning correctly. Threatens to harm somebody either the person with the problem or other people. Allows us to statistically study many similar cases. Includes criteria about how many symptoms must be present in each categories. Obsessions are thoughts are intense, unwanted worries, ideas repeatedly pop up in the. Compulsions are behaviors are repeatedly strong feeling of needing to carry out, even mind. 40% concern with dirt/germs/toxins if they don"t make any sense. Treatment: cognitive processing therapy - educating of their condition and how to get over it. Major depressive disorder (at least 5 symptoms and must include lack of pleasure or feeling depressed) Significant changes in appetite, sleep, energy, concentration. Positive symptoms (indicate a presence of a problematic behavior)