disorders Flashcards
medical model says
mental illness is treatable
DSM-5
manual that creates a flowchart for how we treat these disorders, may clump disorders together
chronic schizophrenia
recovery is doubtful, slowly develops, negative symptoms
acute schizophrenia
recovery is much more likely, positive symptoms, respond to drug therapy
conversion disorder
anxiety is converted into a physical symptom, a patient might lose sensation in a part of their body that makes no sense but when pricked with needles they feel nothing
illness anxiety disorder:
people with normal sensations (headache, cramps) interpret them as symptoms of a disease
antisocial personality disorder
may start off lying, stealing, fighting, unrestrained sexual behavior, disruptive, lower emotional intelligence when it comes to ability to understand and perceive emotions
avoidant
avoids intimate and social contact with other people, not chaotic they just don’t want to deal with society
psychoanalytical approach
understand how your brain is working, all cognitive issues that someone has must be tied to childhood and is unknown to individual