Psychological Disorders
Objectives:
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Identify the criteria for judging whether behavior is psychologically disordered.
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Describe the major medical model of psychological disorders, and discuss the bio-psycho-social perspective offered by critics to this model.
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Describe the aims of DSM-IV, and discuss the potential dangers associated with the use of diagnostic labels.
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Describe the prevalence of various disorders and the timing of their onset.
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Describe the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Explain the development of anxiety disorders from both a learning and biological perspective.
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Describe the characteristics ad possible causes of Dissociative identity disorder.
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Describe the nature of personality disorder, focusing on the characteristics of the antisocial personality disorder.
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Describe major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
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Explain the development of mood disorders, paying special attention to the biological and social-cognitive perspectives.
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Describe the various symptoms and types of schizophrenia.
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Discuss research on the causes of schizophrenia.
Vocabulary: psychological disorder, medical model, bio-psycho-social perspective, DSM-IV, neurotic disorder, psychotic disorder, anxiety disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, dissociative disorders, dissociative identity disorder, personality disorders, antisocial personality disorder, mood disorders, major depressive disorder, manic episode, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, delusions, hallucinations, Paranoid/Disorganized/Catatonic/Undifferentiated/Residual schizophrenia.
