PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Overdiagnosis, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vincent Van Gogh

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

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After working through this lesson"s material, you should be able to: Describe the characteristics of substance-related disorders: describe the four sets of criteria for a substance use disorder, differentiate between substance use and substance-induced disorders. Describe the characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia: apply the diathesis-stress model to schizophrenia, identifying possible diatheses, describe the biological basis. Identify the positive and negative symptoms and age of onset. Describe the characteristics of mood disorders: describe the symptoms of bipolar disorder and major depression, describe research on the genetic and neurobiological causes of mood disorders, describe research on the cognitive and environmental causes of mood disorders. The lessons this week will cover three major groups of psychiatric disorders: substance-related disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, and mood disorders. For each disorder, you first will read a case study and be asked to respond to a question about whether or not the individual has a disorder.