PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: American Psychiatric Association, Fugue State, Panic Attack

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Kim O' Neil

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Psychological disorder myths and criteria: epidemiology the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in the population, prevalence the percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specified time period. Schizophrenia is a breakdown of transmission of info: due to not enough white matter, neurodevelopmental [figure 15. 21] Imbalance of dopamine: expressed emotion, there"s a li(cid:374)k (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) stress a(cid:374)d the i(cid:373)(cid:271)ala(cid:374)(cid:272)e of e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s. Personality disorders: cluster, anti-social personality disorder and causes. Defined as extreme trait that interferes with day functioning. Names of 3 clusters, not the stuff underneath: these 3 only happen in adults. Dramatic-impulsive cluster: anxious-fearful cluster, dramatic-impulsive cluster, psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, manipulative, dangerous, disregard social norms lack empathy (emotional deficits, odd-eccentric cluster, conduct disorder. 3: etiology, the cause is antisocial disorder. Bruno batelheim: used pairs of children, case study approach, concluded that the cause of autism was cold and ineffective parenting (cid:894)espe(cid:272)iall(cid:455) (cid:272)old (cid:373)others, that"s (cid:449)h(cid:455) the(cid:455)"re said to (cid:271)e refrigerator mothers)