PSYC 1013 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Thought Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Psychopathology
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There are five major perspectives we can use to view any disorder. These are broad, theoretical approaches to the problem. As with any theory, no one approach is right or correct . All of them are useful ways to look at the problem. Note that each perspective has implications for treatment a topic that we will look at in the next chapter. The biological perspective suggests that a disorder results from brain damage or chemical imbalance. Typically, the imbalance will be in a neurotransmitter. As such, treatment would involve surgery to correct the problem and/or a drug treatment to correct the imbalance. The psychodynamic perspective is based on the work of sigmund freud. A disorder would be viewed as an internal battle among the aspects of personality: (id, ego, and superego). The learning perspective suggests that any disorder results from a failure in learning (inappropriate connections, improper reinforcement, etc: treatment would revolve around trying to unlearn these connections and.
