PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Political Correctness, Conceptual Framework, Unobservable
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The role of paradigms: disorders are understood from various paradigms, paradigm, conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works, set of basic assumptions. Implications for diagnosis, treatment, and society: docors can misdiagnose illnesses which can be fatal, what is fact, what is bias, and what is political correctness, trump and fake news. If someone in your family has a certain disorder, there is an increased chance that you may develop symptoms: mixes genotype and phenotype together, ex. Left side: verbal, temporal lobes memory/language/hearing, right side. Left side: parietal lobes visuaospatial/coordination, right side. Left side: occipital lobes vision, subcortical organisation, cerebellum, movment, balance, posture, brainstem, control of autonomic function, hippocampus. Biological approaches to treatment: deep brain stimulation. Psychoactive drugs: anxiolytics, used for anxiety, ex. Lorazepam: ativan, anti-depressants, selective seretonin reuptake inhibitors, ex. Nardil, parnate: antipsychotics reduces dopamine, phenothiazines, thorazine, thioxanthenes, cloxan, second generation antipsychotis, clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, psycho-stimulants, amphetamines, ritalin, aricept. Psychoanalytic paradigm: sigmund freud (1856-1939, strucure of the mind:
