HPR 162 Lecture 2: Mental Illness
10 Feb 2019
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Biological causes: genetics, ocd- sapap 4 (isolated gene, in utero injuries, traumatic brain injuries that can be linked, complicated deliveries, prenatal substance use. Teratogenic drugs cause birth defects: alcohol, poor nutrition, infections, physical/emotional trauma, can cause parts of the brain to physically change, hippocampus- memory-- distinguishing past from present, shrinks when you are exposed to trauma, amigdale: from trauma, psycho-therapy. Disfunction: affect, diagnostic tool- are the nervous, monotone, agitated etc, lethargy- have a hard time staying motivated, expansive and energetic, disinhibited- do something that they don"t usually do, something inappropriate, perception and cognition, motivation and behavior, interpersonal functioning. Mental illness wasn"t seen as a real problem, until the late 1990"s. Freud: psychoanalytic: ego, who we are, should be the largest park, id, pleasure seeker, super ego, internalized parent. Cognitive- behavior therapy: thinking, behaving, alliance, between patient and therapist. Therapist is actively involved in patient"s lives: self development, rarely therapeutic. Psychoanalysis- therapist is like a mirror: very silent, behind patient.
