PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sigmund Freud, Agoraphobia, Dysthymia
19 Nov 2015
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The ice on top of the water"s surface = everything you actively think and feel. The ice below the water"s surface = your subconscious. If you"ve got problems, there is a root cause in your deep dark past that causes you to be the way you are. The expansion of his idea of talk therapy . Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ssri) - drugs. Blocks serotonin from being reabsorbed; keeps serotonin in the synapse. Self-monitoring ---> modification ---> consequence ---> repeat cycle. What we think affects how we act/feel. What we feel affects what we think/do. What we do affects how we think/feel. If my wife doesn"t tell me she loves me all the time, she must hate me. A disorder is something that gets in the way of you living your life. Major depressive episode must last @ least 2 weeks to be diagnosed as. One can function, but dysthymia still gets in the way of living life.
