PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Document Summary
Psychological disorders: psychopathology scientific study of the origins, symptoms, and development of psychological disorders, what is abnormal, unusual (how rare) and maladaptive, cultural deviance (violate social norms, emotional distress, loss of normal functioning (e. g. occupation) Excessive and disproportionate to the situation: social phobias intense fear of being humiliated or embarrassed in social situations, obsessive compulsive disorder an anxiety disorder in which the symptoms of anxiety are triggered by intrusive, repetitive thoughts and urges to perform certain ritualistic actions, post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) anxiety symptoms that develop through exposure to a traumatic event. Genetics of schizophrenia: the genain sisters: quadruplets with schizophrenia, diathesis stress model: an approach which takes into account both the biological (nature) and environmental (nurture) components of developing schizophrenia, diathesis: medical term that reflect the biological predispositions of the disorder, stress: the impact of significant and traumatic life events on triggering the disorder.
