PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Etiology, Token Economy, Psychopathology
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Dsm: (diagnostic statisical manual )defines psychopathology for us, characterization of every symptom and disorder. Doing something different from the norm, statistical normality so if you fall outside of the average stats of something, different of a typical baseline, Symptoms: emotional: sadness, anxiety ; cognitive: thinking that you want to die, obsessive thought for ocd, delusional though; behavioral: (bulimia) binging or purging, (ocd) hand washing; Physical:(anorexia) not being able to maintain 80% of your body weight, (bulimia) knuckle sore; Borderline personality disorder: looking at the world in black and white, the world is either bad or good, usually the symptoms are suicidal feelings, aggression or anger, self harm. If you can still go to work, you still have your relationships, you don"t drink and drive that"s not a disorder. Behavior therapy: general behavior therapist, focus on beh. Behavioral activation: more for depression, also a technique. Therapy with also looking at thoughts, not just extinction but also look how thoughts affect beh.
