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Abnormal Psychology
The study of the aspects of psychology which includes the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and personality disorders and abnormal thinking and behavior
DSM IVTR
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Disorders, fourth edition. Most recent major classification of mental disorders, Mental disorders dictionary
Delusion
an incorrect belief maintained despite clear evidence to the contrary
Hallucination
sensory perception in the absence of the external stimuli or hearing, seeing, feeling things that are not really there
Anxiety
Generalized feelings of fear, worry and apprehension. 5 major classes: Generalized, Panic disorder, Phobic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress,
Phobia
an anxiety disorder characterized by an irrational, overwhelming, persistent fear of a particular object or situation; commonly called a “phobia”
Abnormal
1) Infrequent (statistical Definition)
2) Deviant (social definition)
3) Maladaptive (mental Health definition)
4) Personal Distress (personal discomfort definition)
Medical- Cause and Cure
Medical/Chemical Imbalance

Treatment, drugs
Psychodynami “Freud”- Cause and Cure
Suppressed memories, “subconscious”

Dream analysis, uncovering conscious & subconscious thought
Behavioral- Cause and Cure
Environment, everything post-genetic

Change behavior
Cognitive- Cause and Cure
Bad/irrational thoughts

Change thoughts
Humanistic- Cause and Cure
Unrealized blocks and potential in reaching self-actualization

Remove blocks
Relational- Cause and Cure
Relationships/relational issues

Relational support
Christian- Cause and Cure
Sin is the indirect cause

Use holistic approach
Compare and Contrast Organic and Functional Mental Disorders
Brain dysfunction of known origin etiology: Physical in origin. Such as genetic, enzyme, nutritional, medical, physical, chemical, or drug related.

Functional Mental Disorders- No known origin
Examples of organic disorders
Retardation, Alzheimer’s, Downs Syndrome, Amnesia
Examples of Functional Mental Disorders
Anything not organic. Anxiety, Depression and Mood disorders.
Organic Mental Disorders
Anything that has organic in it
Anxiety Disorders
Generalized anxiety, Panic, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome), OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), Phobias
Somatoform Disorders
Hyphochrondraisis, Conversion (Stigmata), Factitious
Dissociative Disorders
DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue,
Somnambulism, Depersonalization
Mood (or Affective) Disorders
Major Depression, Mania, Bipolar (Manic-Depressive)
Schizophrenic Disorders
Disorganized, Catatonic, Paranoid, Residual, Undifferentiated
4 A’s of Schizophrenia: Inappropriate Affect, Loose Association, Autistic, Ambiguous Language