Clinical Psychology

Abnormal vs normal behaviors (DP)

Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Study of why people act abnormal

Medical Model

Abnormal behavior explanation, physical causes that can be diagnosed

Psychoanalytic

Abnormal behavior explanation, Unconscious drives

Humanistic

Abnormal behavior explanation, mental illness vs self-actualization

Cognitive

Abnormal behavior explanation, learned helplessness, stress and trauma

Biological

Abnormal behavior explanation, genetic, evolution, brain structure

DSM-V classification system

System for classifying psychological disorders, it’s a manual for the diagnosis

anxiety disorders

Fear of the worst happening, and loss of control

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

When a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal (nervous system always fired up)

Panic disorder

Recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly

Phobia

Intense and irrational fear

OCD

Persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of unwanted thought and urges to engage in senseless rituals

PTSD

Haunting memories, social withdraw, and other symptoms due to a traumatic event

Dissociative disorders

mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity

Somatic symptom and related disorders

Symptoms of a physical disorder are present without a physical cause

Illness anxiety disorder

A person interprets normal health as a symptom of disease (always thinking they’re sick)

Factitious disorder

Pretending to have a mental disorder to gain sympathy or attention

Conversation disorder

When a person displays blindness, deafness or hearing loss without a physical cause

Depressive disorders

Disorders where a person experiences extreme moods, such as depression or mania

Schizophrenia

Delusions, hallucinations, and/or diminished emotional expression

Delusional disorder

Presence of one or more delusions for at least one month (can’t tell what’s real and what’s imagined)

Catatonia

When someone is unresponsive to something going on, even if they’re awake

Personality disorders

Inflexible ways of behaving that create a variety of problems

Personality Disorders: Cluster A

Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal

Personality Disorders: Cluster B

Histrionic, Narcissistic, BPD, psychopath, sociopath

Personality Disorders: Cluster C

Dependent, OCD, Avoidant

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Persistent deflects in social communication and interaction

ADHD

Persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity that interferes with development

Neurocognitive disorders

Affect memory, attention, perception and social cognition. (Alzheimers, brain injury, etc)

Feeding and Eating disorders

Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, Pica (eating things that aren’t food)