Abnormal Psychology Flashcards
What is psychopathology
The study of the origin and development and expensive of psychological behaviours disorders
- Aetiology(cUses)
Symptoms(presentation)
Epidogogy ( population)
Mental health problems and disorders
Characterised by abnormal thoughts perceptions emotion.Behabiors and relationships with others
Include depression bipolar schizophrenia dementia
Why do we need psychopathyology
Meantal health problems are a growning mental health concern 1 in 6 people experience common mental problem in the past week
What is abnormal
Early definition - behaviour that impairs daily activities
Defining mental and behavioural disorders
Systems such as DSM-V ICD-11
Handbook used by health care professionals
Common language for clinical practice and research
Defining mental and behavioural disorders - the 4 Ds
Deviance - emotions thoughts and behabiours that vary from society’s appropriate concept of functioning
Distress - personal sense of suffering
Dysfunction interference with everyday functioning
Danger potential for harm
Rely heavily on social norms and values
Diagnoses the process of categorising illness by examining signs and symptoms advantages and disadvantages
Advantages - guide treatments options
Label can help understand symptoms
Can help access services
Healy with research and understanding
Disadvantages
Self fulfilling prophecy
Stigma prejudice
Doesn’t aid process of recovery
Depressive disorders
Mood disorder characterised by Persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest that affects daily functioning
Symptoms - excessively low mood loss of interest changes in aoetitte changes in sleeping habit low energy levels
Reduces self esteem hopelessness
Anxiety disorders
Generalised anxiety disorder panic disorder OCD PTSD
4 common types of anxiety disorders
Specific target stimulus
Heightened anxieties or panic attacks in response to target
Avoidance of target stimulus
Anxiety is chronic
Generalised anxiety disorder unrelisirc anxiety about two or more aspects of life
Phobias pe resistant irrational fear of object or situati9n
Assessing psychopathology
1) clinical interviews -121 setting
2) clinal observation s’more thorough understand of situation self monitoring form people may behave differently when being watxhed
Clinical tests
Tools to gather info about persons mental function
May be questionnairesrating scales neuroimang8nv can be cost efficient
May be more valid than clinical interviews or observations
Some tests require specialist training
Medical model
Abnormal behaviour is viewed as arising from
Biochemical, or structural malfunction of the brain
Chemical imbal cues genetic predisposition
Excess defecit neurotransmitter
Vira, infection
Does not take into account psychological envronmemt and social of,use ces on health
Cognitive behavioural model
Psychological disorder result from combination. Of priblamamtic thinking patterns learned behvaiours mutually influence each other vicious cognitive behaviours emotions are a,so intergral to this cycle
Humanistic and existential model
All people have potential for goodness and growth which can be achieved by accepting their strengths and weaknesses by living by positive values
Psychological disorders happen when basic unconditional positive regard from others isn’t met
Exstie tialosts - psychologists disorders arise to those who fail to confront life and give it meaning
