Psychological Disorders

Norm(al) vs. Abnormal vs. Mental Disorder

1. violation of cultural standards
2. maladaptive
3. emotional distress
4. legal definitions

Measuring Mental Disorders:

 Normative: “odd” vs. global, adaptive vs. maladaptive

Alan Turing

Extreme shyness

Degree (intensity), level (frequency)

DSM-IV—–> DSM V

Mental Illnesses, DSM IV

Inventories

• Beck (depression)
• Taylor (Manifest Anxiety)
• Hare (psychopathy)
• MMPI (personality)
• Others

Diagnosis: art or science

Disorders for case studies:

1. Schizophrenia
2. “Psychosis”
3. Autism Spectrum
4. Psychopathy
5. Other Personality Disorders: Borderline, Narcissism, Dependence
6. Anxiety Disorders- fight or flight
7. OCD— binding anxiety
8. Eating disorders
9. Addiction
10. Phobias
11. Panic
12. Depression and Mania
13. Major Depression
14. Bi polar

Causes:

Biology— norepinephine and serotonin

Social explanation

Attachment

Cognitive

Learned helplessness

Eclectic

Vulnerability-stress

Evolution