PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hand Washing, Psychosurgery, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 101
• Professor: Wendy Quinton

Document Summary

How common are psychological disorders? over course of a lifeime, 33~55% of americans will sufer from a psy disorder in one year period, 28% sufer psy distress, 19% sufer serious disorders. Ex: excessive hand washing: behavior that is maladapive (against) Ex: hand washing interferes with other aciviies: personal distress. Ex: person reports sufering as result of hand washing. # disorder oten diagnosed if one criterion present. Dsm (diagnosic and staisical manual of mental disorders) --comprehensive list and diagnosic criteria for over 200 mental disorders. --we all experience anxiety (doesn"t mean to have disorders) --constant worry over something ($, work, family, illness) --sudden, intense, recurrent atacks of anxiety that occur without apparent reason. -fear of panic atack may lead to agoraphobia (unwilling leaving home) --intense, irraional fear of speciic object or situaion. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd: persistent intrusions of unwanted thoughts (obsessions) thoughts, need to perform senseless ritual (compulsions) behavior. -oten aware habits are crazy but can"t stop ex: the aviator.