PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

The highest rate of mental disorders is in the usa. 9. 5% of americans reported a mood disorder in past year; 1. 0% of americans reported obsessive compulsive disorder in past year. 26. 2% of americans reported some mental disorder in the past year. That is, knowing somebody was diagnosed with a disorder can bias someone towards perceiving that individual a certain way (recall expectations can play a role in our attitudes and behaviours). Questions: can the sane be distinguished from the insane. Hypothesis: when someone who is not (cid:862)abnormal(cid:863) is admitted to a psychiatric institution context, their (cid:862)sanity(cid:863), that is their mental health, will be missed. Method: eight pseudopatients (e. g. , grad student, 3 psychologists, psychiatrist, house painter, etc ) reported (cid:862)i am hearing three words in my head: empty, hollow and thud. Aside from changing their names and reporting hearing voices, they told the truth about significant events in their lives.