Mental Disorders-Week 10

Somatogenic Hypothesis

Mental disorders have physiological causes

Psychogenuc Hypothesis

Symptoms are caused by psychological processes

Diathesis-Stress Model

Diathesis - the predisposition toward a disorder

Stress - the trigger that sparks the disorder

Mental Disorder

Dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that interfere with daily life.

DSM-5

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Panic Disorder

Agoraphobia

Social Anxiety Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Phobias

Psychotherapy

helps individuals change their thoughts, behaviors, and emotions 1 on 1, in groups, or as a family.

Cognitive Therapy

mainly focuses on how feelings, thoughts and behaviors are all connected.

Treatment Manual

A manual that tells a therapist how they should proceed during their studies

Meta-analysis

Combining results across multiple trials to see whether the treatment works or not.