WHAT IS ABNORMAL? PAST-MENTALLY ILL POSSESSED PUT IN HOSPITALS DOROTHY DIX-TREAT SICK LACK OF UNDERSTANDING

MENTAL DISORDER MENTAL DISORDERS NOT SAME AS ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR MENTAL DISORDER – DISRUPTS EVERYDAY BAHAVIOR

CRITERIA FOR DEFINING MENTAL DISORDER VIOLATION OF CULTURAL STANDARDS – CULTURES VARY – TABOOS MALADPTIVE BEHAVIOR – HARMFUL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL OR SOCIETY

DSM DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICALMANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM) 900 PAGES LISTS 300 MENTAL DISORDERS DEFINE AND CATEGORIZE

CRITICISM OF DSM EVERYONE HAS A MENTAL PROBLEM – ADHD-MESSY, RESTLESS, TROUBLE CONCENTRATING – ALL ADHAD ARE BOYS – OVER USING DSM – BOYS BEING BOYS

ANXIETY DISORDERS UNCONTROLABLE FEAR AND WORRY, BROUGHT ON BY EXTERNAL FACTORS – JOB – MARRIAGE – MONEY

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) SUFFER FROM – WAR – RAPE – RELIVE THE EXPERIENCE THROUGH FLASHBACKS PANIC DISORDER (ATTACKS) SUDDEN INTENSE FEAR LAST SEVERAL MINUTES/HOURS DRUGS, DIET, CAUSES

FEARS AND PHOBIAS EXAGGERATED FEAR OF A SPECIFIC SITUATION – ACTIVITY – THING LEARNED THROUGH EARLIER EVENTS IN LIFE – FEAR IS NOT A PHOBIA

TREATMENT OF PHOBIA’S SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION INTRODUCE STIMULI TO RECEIVE NEW RESPONSE – GRADUALLY BECOME FAMILIAR WITH OBJECT

FLOODING PERSON IS SURROUNDED BY CAUSE OF PHOBIA – SNAKES-DUMPED ON IND. – “FEAR FACTOR” T.V. SHOW – DANGEROUS – CAUSE TRAMAU – EVEN DEATH

MODELING LEARN BEHAVIOR BY WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT WATCH OTHER HANDLE SNAKES – SESAME STREET – DENTIST – KIDS T.V.

SOCIAL PHOBIA IND. CAN NOT FUNCTION IN SOCIAL SETTING – SPEAKING IN PUBLIC – MEETING NEW PEOPLE – CROWDS – THERAPY – MEDICATION

PHOBIAS CLAUSTROPHOBIA-SMALL PLACES ACROPHOBIA-HEIGHTS AGORAPHOBIA-BUSY STREETS AROCHNOPHOBIA-SPIDERS PHOBIA FOR ALMOST ANYTHING

OBSESSIONS AND COMPULSIONS OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER-OCD- PERSISTENT THOUGHTS OR IMAGES THAT HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO AVOID DISASTER – HANDWASHING – COUNTING – TOUCHING – CHECKING – NOT A SUPERSTITION

DEPRESSION AND MANIA DEPRESSION-EMOTIONAL & PHYSICAL CHANGES DISRUPT AN INDIVIDUALS USUAL FUNCTIONING EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME

MANIA EXTREME HIGH PUMPED UP OUT OF CONTROL OPPOSITTE OF DEPRESSION

BIPOLAR DISORDER EXPERIENCE EPISODES OF BOTH EXTREME DEPRESSION AND MANIA EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME – NOT MOODY – VIOLENT – THERAPY AND MEDICATION

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY SERIAL KILLER PSYCOPATHS-LACK EMOTIONS THAT LINK HUMANS TOGETHER – LACK SHAME, – REMORESE & GUILT – MIDDLE-AGED WHITE MEN – OFTEN CHARMING

CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY BITING/HITTING BY 4 SHOPLIFING AGE –10 DRUGS - STEALING BY AGE 16 ROBBERY /RAPE BY 22 – NOT INTIMIDATED BY PUNISHMENT VICTIMS OF ABUSE CAUSED BY HEAD INJURIES

DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER MULTIPLE PERSONALITY SEVRAL DISITNCT PERSONALITIES CAUSED BY CHILD ABUSE PSYCHOSYMATIC-NOT REAL “SYBIL” “THREE FACES OF EVE”

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY SELF-IMPORTANCE AND FANTASY ABOUT UNLIMITED SUCCESS BETTER THAN EVERYON ELSE EXPECT CONSTANT PRAISE AND ADMIRATION INCAPABLE FOR CARING FOR ANYONE ELSE

SCHIZOPHRENIA A PSYCHOTIC DISORDER LOOSE TOUCH WITH REALITY DIFICULT TO DIAGNOSE SYMPTONS VARY

SYMPTONS BIZZARE DELUSIONS HULLICINATIONS – VOICES – INNAP. BEHAVIOR – SLURRED SPEECH – SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL

DRUG ABUSE WHAT IS IT? IMPACT IND. IN NEGATIVE WAY LOOSE OF JOB FAMILY FRIENDS ARRESTS AND CONFLICTS

ALCOHOLISM IDENTIFIED AS A DISEASE TREATMENT AVAILABLE IS THERE A CURE

TYPES OF ALCOHOLICS TYPE I. BEGINS IN ADULTHOOD NOT ASSOC. WITH GENETICS TYPE II ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR VIOLENCE/CRIME CAN NOT PROVE THAT IT IS GENETIC

LEARNING MODEL VARY ACCORDING COUNTRY AND UPBRINGING EUROPE ACCEPTED AMERICA-PROBLEM

A.A. BILL W. 12 STEP PROGRAM DRUNKS OPENLY SPEAK SUPPORT 24/7/365 DAYS A YEAR

ALWAYS AN ADDICT? CAN FORMER ADDICTS OR ALCOHOLICS DRINK SOCIALLY? AA-50% DROPOUT TEACH DRINK RESPONSIBLY

CHILDHOOD DISORDERS ATTENTION- DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER CHILD -LACK FOCUS AND ATTENTION MAJORITY BOYS FIDGETY AND IMPULSIVE SCHOOL DIFICULT DRUGS-HELP CHILD FOCUS

AUTISM DISTANT FROM PARENTS OWN WORLD AWKWARD SPEECH REPEAT WORDS INCONCLUSIVE CAUSE – IMMUNIZATIONS – HEREDITY

INSANITY DEFENSE IS IT JUST TO PUNISH MENTALLY INSANE – INSANE-PROLONGED ILLNESS – NOT AWARE OF ACTIONS AT TIME – CAN THEY STAND TRIAL – WHO DECIDES IF THEY ARE INSANE?