1. Abnormal Psychology & Treatment
Units 12 and 13

2. Bell Ringer
What behaviors are considered abnormal? Why?

3. Objectives Discuss the difference between normality and a disorder.
Describe how clinicians classify psychological disorders.
Identify different disorder, their symptoms and treatments.
Discuss the goals of various therapy techniques.

4. Defining Disorders What is abnormal? Considerations Criteria
Interference with every day life
Considerations
Subjective discomfort
Social nonconformity
Statistical abnormality
Situational context
Cultural relativity
Criteria
Maladaptive
Impair functioning
Atypical
Medical model vs. Biopsychosocial approach
The DSM-5
Diagnoses and treatments

5. Nature or Nurture?

6. Anxiety Disorders Generalized Anxiety Panic Disorder Phobias OCD PTSD
Pathological worry
Panic Disorder
Intense fear
Phobias
Irrational fearavoidance
OCD
Thoughts and behaviors
PTSD
Haunting memories
Disorders Explained
Learning: stimulus generalization and reinforcement
Biological

7. Mood Disorders Major Depressive Disorder Bipolar Disorder
Five signs of depression lasting more than 2 weeks
Bipolar Disorder
Bouncing from manic to depressive states

8. Schizophrenia “Split mind” – not in personality but in reality
Disorganized thoughts
Diminished emotions
Chronic (slow) vs. Acute (rapid)
Oversupply of dopamine , fetal virus infections,

9. Other Disorders Somatic symptom disorder Illness anxiety disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Eating Disorders
Personality Disorders

10. Therapy and Strategies
Psychoanalysis
Reduce through insight
Humanistic therapy
Enable growth via UPR
Behavior therapy
Conditioning adaptive behaviors
Cognitive therapy
Promote healthier thinking
Group therapy
Heal relationships