Psychological Disorders

1. Psychological Disorders

2. Defined: • Behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering and/or interfere with the person’s ability to cope with every day life. • Symptoms: • Atypical • Maladaptive • Emotional discomfort • Socially unacceptable behavior • Culture Bound Syndromes • Spirit possession • DSMV – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5 - - lists all classified illnesses.

3. Bell Curve Stress Reactions • AKA “Defense Mechanisms” • Repression - - push it down • Regression - - child-like behaviors • Rationalization - - “excuses” • Displacement - - take it out on someone or something else • Projection - - see your own faults in other people • Reaction Formation - - act opposite of what you feel • Denial - -refuse to accept reality • Sublimation - - channel stress in healthy way • Passive aggression - - covert manipulation of another person

4. Samples • AKA “Defense Mechanisms” • Repression - - “I don’t want to deal with it” • Regression - - Scream and cry like a child • Rationalization - - “Everyone does it” • Displacement - - angry at spouse, yell at child • Projection - - You consider “cheating”….accuse partner of impure thoughts • Reaction Formation - - “I’m fine” • Denial - - “She would never do that to me!” • Sublimation - - Running, Boxing, Writing • Passive aggression - - “Oh, I am sorry, did I forget your birthday?”

5. Disorders: • Major Classifications: • Anxiety • Somatoform • Mood • Dissociation • Schizophrenia • Personality

6. Anxiety • State of dread or uneasiness • Phobic Disorder - - irrational Fear • Phobia list • Panic Disorder - - short period of intense fear / physical symptoms • Agoraphobia • GAD - - excessive and unrealistic worry about life • OCD - - unwanted and repetitive thoughts and ritual behaviors • PTSD - - intense fear triggers following extensive trauma • video 3 min

7. Somatoform • Any expression of distress through a physical symptom:bandits • Conversion disorder • Change in or loss of function in a part of the body with no medical explanation • “False Pregnancy” • Hypochondria • Preoccupation/fear of developing a disease • Headache means brain tumor • BDD • Excessive concern over perceived physical deformity • Addicted to plastic surgery

8. Mood Dep • Depression - -feelings of helplessness, worthlessness, guilt, and great sadness. • Symptoms of major depression: • Depressed mood most of the day • Loss of interest • Weight changes • Sleep changes • Changes in physical and emotional reactions’ • Fatigue • Difficulty concentrating • Contemplation of self-harm • Bipolarity – dramatic ups and downs in mood • Inflated self-esteem, jittery, excessive talking / switching subjects, racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating

9. Dissociation“to separate”Kim-Nobles • Dissociative Amnesia • Sudden loss of memory surround a traumatic event with no biological cause • Dissociative Fugue • Fog like state with amnesia and relocation; common in times of war and natural disasters (shock) • DID • After severe trauma, alter egos are created to channel emotions • Depersonalization Disorder video • Feelings of detachment from thoughts or behaviors; feel like you are observing yourself at a distance

10. Schizophrenia • Most serious of all psychological disorders, characterized by loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, and delusions. • Paranoid - single theme • Disorganized – nonsense • Catatonic – disturbance of movement • Stupor - - no movement • video

11. Personality“Inflexible traits that disrupt life/ distress individual” • Paranoid - - overly suspicious and distrustful • Schizoid – social detachment / eccentricities • Antisocial – disregard for the rights of others • Borderline – instability in personal relationship and self image • Histrionic - - excessive emotionality, need for attention • Narcissistic - -grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy • Avoidant - -Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy • Dependent - - submissive, clingy • OCPD – perfectionist, control