PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Psych, Bipolar Disorder, Hypervigilance
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What us abnormal behavior: deviance, maladaptive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, the lengths people go to enact this behavior, personal distress. Understanding psych disorders: physical component, evil spirits, medical model, mental illness needs to be diagnosed based on symptoms, led to more humane treatment, does it convert moral/social issues into medical issues, very controversial. Biopsychosocial approach: usually not just one factor, it"s a mix of all three influences. Insanity plea used much less than public perceives. Its not used often and not used effectively. Self-injury: nonsuicidal self-injury (nssi, cutting, burning, hitting oneself, pulling out hair, inserting objects under nails or skin, self-administered tattooing, most likely happen to females and the age range of 15-30. Anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder, free-floating anxiety . Obsession compulsive disorder (ocd: obsessions, thoughts, images, impulses that cause anxiety, compulsions, repetitive purposeful acts that reduce anxiety or the obsessions. Posttraumatic stress disorder: traumatic event, symptoms .
