PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Stigma, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Trephining- chipping a hole in a person"s head to allow spirits/ghosts to escape. Asylums- meant to be a place where people who were abnormal were sent to as a quite retreat away from the rest of the world. People were treated inhumanly, they were still trying to get rid of the demons . Psychological disorders- deviant and causes distress or dysfunctional thoughts/ behaviour. Diagnosing- matching a person"s symptoms to pre-established categories of psychological disorders. Diagnostic and statistic manual of mental disorders (dsm-v)- some can be treated in psychological ways, while others require medication, increases reliability in diagnosing. Advantages of diagnosing- selecting a therapy, helps in making a prognosis (what course the disorder will take) Neurotic disorders (anxiety)- anxiety disorders- 3 types: a) generalized anxiety. ), c) social anxiety disorders- issues in public (speaking, eating out in restaurants, going to parties etc. Reaction range (interaction of genetics and environment), theories of emotion,