PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Talking Cure, Moral Treatment, Clinical Psychology
30 Nov 2017
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Abnormal psychology is possession by evil spirits ( demonological) Talking cure. ( talking about problem will heal it) Deinstitutionalization: with medication will help the people who are sick. Dsm-5 is used by clinical psychologist to diagnose, describe, and treatment. Critics: not valid, not scientific, two disorder together( comorbidity) Capgras syndrome: you think your friend is misplaced by someone else ( imposters) Disconnect between emotional and facial recognition systems. Erotomania: delusional beliefs that someone is in love with someone. Usually high social status ( artist, actors) They think that the person secretly love them and communicate through song. Insanity defense: people not held responsible for their action if they were not stable while perform it. Munchausen syndrome: fake to be sick for sympathy or attention. Munchausen syndrome by proxy: caregiver fakes or induces an illness in a person whom they are caring for. Conversion disorder: when you thought you are sick, but you are not.
