AP PSYCH DMA In which disorder do people alternate

between states of lethargic hopelessness and wild overexcitement?

What are psychotic disorders? Give one example.

Please turn in your Chap. 15 test review/reflection

Please write the questions and leave room for your answers.

TODAY’S AGENDA•DMA/turn in test review•AP Seminar Reminders•Chapter 16• Criteria for abnormal

behavior• Anxiety Disorders

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Chap. 16 & 17 notes due Monday, Mar. 19th

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CRITERIA FOR ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

CONTEXT OF THE BEHAVIOR

This is a subjective judgmentbut you know that some behaviors

are clearly bizarre in a given situation. Examples?

PERSISTENCE OF BEHAVIOR

We all have our “crazy” moments. A person may exhibit abnormal behavior on

occasion without necessarily demonstrating the presence of mental illness.

SOCIAL DEVIANCE When a person’s behavior radically violates

expectations and norms…it may meet criteria for social deviance.

SUBJECTIVE DISTRESSFrequently we are aware of our own

psychological difficulties suffering they are causing us.

PSYCHOLOGICAL HANDICAP When a person has great difficulty being

satisfied with life due to psychological problemsthis is considered to be a psychological

handicap.

EFFECT ON FUNCTIONING The extent to which the behaviors in

question interfere with a person’s ability to live the life that he or she desires, and that society will accept,

may be the most important factor in diagnosing psychological problems.

A behavior could be bizarre and persistent, but if it does not impair your ability to function in life, pathology may NOT need to be indicated.

AND NOW FOR THE DISORDERS…

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Neurotic Disorder usually distressing but that allows

one to think rationally and function socially

Psychotic Disorder person loses contact with reality experiences irrational ideas and

distorted perceptions

ANXIETY DISORDERS Anxiety Disorders

distressing, persistent anxiety maladaptive behaviors that reduce

anxiety

Generalized Anxiety Disorder person is tense, apprehensive, and in a

state of autonomic nervous system arousal Social Anxiety Disorder - clip

ANXIETY DISORDERS Panic Disorder

minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensation

ANXIETY DISORDERS Phobia

persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation Could be afraid of situations or items What are you phobic of? Media’s impression - clip

ANXIETY DISORDERS Common and uncommon fears

ANXIETY DISORDERS Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) Rituals, fear of germs, trying to maintain control.

Clip Clip

ANXIETY DISORDERS

ANXIETY DISORDERS

PET Scan of brain of person with Obsessive/ Compulsive disorder

High metabolic activity (red) in frontal lobe areas involved with directing attention

WHAT DOES “MOOD” MEAN?Discuss with a neighbor…

MOOD DISORDERS Mood Disorders

characterized by emotional extremes

Major Depressive Disorder a mood disorder in which a person, for

no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

MOOD DISORDERS Manic Episode

a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

Bipolar Disorder a mood disorder in which the person

alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania

formerly called manic-depressive disorder

MOOD DISORDERS-DEPRESSION

MOOD DISORDERS-DEPRESSION Canadian depression rates

MOOD DISORDERS- SUICIDE

MOOD DISORDERS-BIPOLAR PET scans show that brain energy

consumption rises and falls with emotional switches

Depressed state Manic state Depressed state

MOOD DISORDERS-DEPRESSION

Altering any one component of the chemistry-cognition-mood circuit can alter the others

MOOD DISORDERS-DEPRESSION

The vicious cycle of depression can be broken at any point