PSY 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Group Psychotherapy, Exposure Therapy, Systematic Desensitization
13 Sep 2016
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Lecture notes: abbreviations to know, dx: disorder/diagnosis, tx: treatment, bx: behavior, cx: client, hx: history, px: patient, one dimensional models of mental disorder, model. Attempts to describe a phenomenon that cannot be directly observed a. i. a. ii. Models are intrinsically limited and cannot explain every aspect of a disorder a. ii. 1. Human behaviors are complex: models of psychopathology b. i. biological , physical, social and sociocultural, models that incorporate multiple theories, biopsychosocial model a. i. Forebrain- higher level mental processes and decision making. Cerebral cortex- outer layer: dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex may result in difficulty, executive functioning- decision making, organization and evaluating incoming stimuli c. Impulse control and forethought: limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus c. i. Involved in formation, organization and storing of memories: amygdala d. i. Physiological reactivity and emotional memories: brain composed of neurons and are facilitated by neurotransmitters, other biological contributions, genes (heredity) e. i. Science increasingly rejects idea of one gene for one disease: e. i. 1.
