PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Rebecca Kirchner

Document Summary

Includes mania (high period) and depression (low period) A period is usually longer than one day. Someone in mania is impulsive, energetic, delusional, sleepless, full of ideas. Biological: high rate of heritability, structural impairment. Psychological: tough life, stressful, personal traits, horrible family environment. Major depressive disorder (mdd) a period of depression for at least two weeks being depressed. Women are more lnerable d e to social roles. Women are more vulnerable due to social roles. Men may hide their depression with alcoholism. Having consequences that are random and uncontrolled that lead to senses of helplessness. Negative thoughts about self, world, and the future. Rumination: concentrating on the fact that one is depressed. Attributions: internal vs external, stable vs unstable, global vs specific (belief about what causes everything) Symptoms can protect someone from socially additional negative interactions. Structural: reduced left frontal lobe activity and increased right frontal activity. Stress and biological predisposition together generate a psychological disorder.