1. Abnormal Psychology
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2. Social Anxiety Disorder
Fear of public embarrassment

3. Dissociative Disorders *controversial
Epidemiology: 10%
Etiology
Childhood Trauma
Psychoanalytic
Extreme trauma has been repressed=split in consciousness
Behavioral
Not thinking about the trauma is rewarding=amnesia
Personality Traits
Role playing
Extreme Stress

4. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders *Reduction in DSM-5
Epidemiology: 3% (Rare)
Etiology
Psychoanalytic
Outward manifestations of internal conflict
Behavioral
Patients are being reinforced with attention

5. Somatic Symptom &Related Disorder
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Formerly hypochondriasis
Frequent complaints without cause, OR minor issues become major
Main concern in symptoms
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Use this diagnosis if the focus is on the FEAR of a disease

6. Major Depressive Disorders
Characterized by extreme or inappropriate emotions
Epidemiology: 13-14%
Etiology
Biological
Serotonin imbalance
Genetic vulnerability
Cognitive
Learned helplessness
Stress

7. What is Mania? Characterized by Euphoria Increased self-esteem
Flight of ideas
Impulsiveness
Risk taking behavior

8. Seasonal Affective Disorder
Mood disorder (depression) that occurs during the winter
Treated with light therapy

9. Schizophrenia Epidemiology: 1%
Most severe and debilitating disorder-only 20% make a full recovery!
Expensive: $63 billion/year
1/3 of homeless population

10. Personality Disorders
Epidemiology: 9%
Etiology
Modeling (dysfunctional family)
Strong genetic predisposition (67%)

11. Sociopath
Psychopath
Charming, manipulative, well educated, planned crimes
Cause? Nature (genetics, amygdala)
Exs: Bundy, Gacy, BTK
Volatile, uneducated, disorganized crimes
Cause? Nurture (trauma, childhood)
Ex: Charles Manson?

12. Let’s talk about suicide
10th leading cause of death
90% of suicides are committed by people who suffer from some type of psychological disorder

13. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-eating Disorder
Psychosexual Disorders
Substance-related and Addictive Disorders
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Attention Deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Neurocognitive Disorders
Alzheimer’s Disease