01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Jung, Operant Conditioning, Electroconvulsive Therapy
31 Jan 2017
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What can we consider what is abnormal and what isn"t. (we shouldn"t label them as crazy ) This woman danced for four days non-stop, then had 30 people join her, then 400 people join in. They were serious (some people died from heart attacks and exhaustion) This was considered what we call now mass hysteria . Pseudocyesis: they actually believe that they are pregnant. ( ) woman usually had a baby miscarried. The person"s brain releases oxytocin, and other hormones that make the belly bloat, have labor, but no baby. Behavioral, psychological or biological dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with present distress and impairment in functioning, or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or impairment. Book that sets specific criteria for each psychological diagnosis; the categorical approach. The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5) lists possible diagnoses and the criteria for identifying each of them.
