psychopathology ch. 1
- psychopathology- field devoted to the study of abnormal behavior to describe, predict, explain, etc. abnormal patterns
- treatment- therapy consists of a helper, sufferer, and points of connection between the two
- anxiety is “best” treated, psycho is worst
- ancient societies believed mental illness was caused by evil spirits/sins
- rise of asylums in the 1500s- became “prisons” due to overcrowding
- invention of psychotropic medications in the 1950s- lead to deinstitutionalization
- percentage of adults/ children with MI- 30% and 20% respectively
- percentage of people believing MI is the person’s fault- 43%
- percentage believing MI are a result of sins- 30%
- case study- detailed description of one specific case
- survey- self-reporting, tends to be biased
- samples- looking at some of the whole population, allows for inferences, overrepresentation of WEIRD
- WEIRD- white, educated, industrial (society), rich, democratic
- correlational study- relationship between two variables/ phenomena
- experiments- controlled test of a hypothesis, manipulating one variable to see effect of another
- meta-analysis- “study of studies” putting results of many studies together
- trephination- cutting holes into the skull to “let out demons”
- somatogenic view- MI is the result of physical causes
- psychogenic view- MI is the result of psychological causes
- utica crib- restraining device used in the mid 1800s
- psychoanalysis- theory or treatment of abnormal mental functioning as a result of unconscious forces