PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: M O' Brien

Document Summary

Abnormal psychology: harmful dysfunction in which behavior judged to be atypical, disturbing, maladaptive and unjustifiable. Abnormal behavior was evil spirits trying to get out. Humanistic: failure to strive one"s potential or being out of touch with one"s feelings. Cognitive: irrational, dysfunctional thoughts or ways of thinking. Biomedical/neuroscience: organic problems, biochemical imbalances, genetic predisposition. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: 22 major categories containing more than 200 different mental disorders. Provides 22 chapters listing specific criteria must be met for diagnosis for disorders. Provides section devoted to cultural considerations in diagnosis of mental disorders. Group of conditions where primary symptoms are anxiety or defenses against anxiety. Patient fears something awful will happen to them. State of intense apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, or fear. Continuously tense, apprehensive and in state of autonomic nervous system arousal. Constantly tense and worried, feels inadequate, is oversensitive, can"t concentrate and suffers from insomnia.