Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Aaron T. Beck
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Surgeon general of us (dec 1999) mental health report summary: 50% na between 15-54 will experience psychological disorder at some time in lives. Loss to na businesses is over billion annually, much because alcoholic"s productivity at job decreases a lot. Stats don"t communicate intense suffering (confusion/terror of schizo, misery of depressed person, suffering from family/friends) Prominent people in history suffered from psychological disorders. Tamerland (14th century mongol conquerer of central asia / europe) built pyramids of human skulls (one had 40,000) Jean-jacques rousseau (18th century french philosoph) = paranoid in later life and obsessed with fears of secret enemies: mozart convinced was being poisoned when writing requium, winston churchill = period severe depression (his black dog ) People notice abnormal behaviour, responded diff at diff times based on values at time. Abnormal bhvr caused by supernatural back to ancient chinese, egyptians, hebrews behaviour = evil spirit trying to escape from body, .
