PSY 750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Describe some criteria that might be used to define "abnormal," discussing why each one alone is insufficient. Describe some of the problems associated with labeling mental illness, and given an example of a study that demonstrated these problems. Classifying psychological disorders: the dsm-tv and selected clinical syndromes. Describe briefly each of the five axes of the dsm-iv. Describe generalized anxiety disorder and its symptoms, including ftee-floating anxiety. Describe obsessive-compulsive disorder, explaining the difference between an obsession and a compulsion. Relate this to the notion of biological preparedness . Describe hypochondriasis and somatization disorder and distinguish between the two. Describe the general characteristics of a dissociative disorder, and define dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue. Describe the general characteristics of mood disorders, and name the two major types. Name some of the criteria used to diagnose a depressive disorder. Describe the general characteristics of schizophrenia, outlining its major symptoms. Give some examples with a brief description of each.
