PSYCH 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Mental Disorder, Schizophrenia, Conversion Disorder
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Degree of irrationality in a person"s thinking: 1. No sharp division between abnormal and normal misery; between mental disorders and normal psychological disturbances: 2. Combined type: increased diagnosis may re ect culture"s emphasis on school performance and reduced opportunities for vigorous play. Causes of mental disorders: the brain is involved in all mental disorders, irreversible mental disorders derive from irreversible characteristics of the. Differences in stressful experiences: women more likely to experience poverty, discrimination, sexual/ physical abuse, 4. Differences in ways of responding to stressful situations: women tend to internalize their discomfort. (dwell mentally, men tend to externalize their discomfort. (look for causes outside themselves) Mood disorders: involve intense, prolonged moods that can disrupt or threaten life, two categories, depressive disorders: prolonged or extreme depression, bipolar disorders: alternating episodes of mania and depression, prolonged sadness, self-blame, sense of worthlessness, two classes, depression, 1. Major depression: very severe symptoms that last essentially without remission for at lease.
