PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Antipsychotic, Basal Ganglia, Adderall
Document Summary
Lists over 500 major disorders- from depression to sexual disorders, to sleep, to drugs. Signs - what is visible to others - how patient presents self and acts. Symptoms - how patient feels and actually feelings/experiences. Anyone can develop mental disorder - often genetic basis. Mental disorders are wrongly a sign of shame & embarrassment - not sign of weakness/moral failure. Many mental disorders are actually physical disorder - often in brain. Can rarely be cured but can be improved or medicated. Many self medicate with alcohol or drugs to help mental illness - in long run ineffective. Loss of interest in everyday activities and pleasures. Suicidal thoughts and impulses - often they act on these. Usually occurs as episodes that last a few months. Usually no apparent reason why they are depressed - alex. Temporary loss of gray matter - unmyelinated nerve fibers) in neocortex. Reduced levels on neurotransmitters - sero, dopa.
