PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Philippe Pinel, Moral Treatment, Psychopathology
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Intro with instructions for use: diagnostic criteria for all disorders, guide for future research. Impact production levels of neurotransmitters: affect size of brain structures and their connectivity, environmental factors, thoughts and emotions shaped by the environment can influence behavior, doesn"t need to be a traumatic event. Irritability: falling asleep and staying asleep is difficult, asn is overactive: sweating, dry mouth, high pulse, shallow breathing, Less than 6% of americans experience gad: panic disorder, sudden overwhelming attacks of terror and worry about having additional panic attacks. Lasts for several minutes: symptoms: short of breath, chest pain, dizzy, tingling or numbness in hands and feet. Leading risk factor for suicide: persistent depressive disorder, mild or moderate in severity. Interpersonal relationships- interpersonal loss- multiple negative events: cognitive component, people with depression think negatively about, themselves, their situation, their future, cognitive triad. Less extreme manic episodes aka hypomania: creativity and productivity requires a major depressive episode: dissociative disorders.
