Psychological Disorders
• What Is Abnormal?
• Schizophrenia
• Mood Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
• Other Psychological Disorders
Abnormal Behavior
Biological Factors
Brain function, genetic predispositions,
disease-producing microorganisms,
Physical and chemical aspects of
The external environment
Psychological Factors
Early family life, learning
experiences, cognitive factors
Sociocultural Factors
Cultural views about “normal” and
“abnormal” behavior, social roles,
expectations
Abnormal Behavior
Perspectives on
Psychological Disorders
Psychodynamic or psychoanalytic
Learning
Cognitive
Humanist
Biological and Biopsychosocial
DSM-5 Categories of Mental Disorders
DSM-5 Category
Symptoms
Examples
Schizophrenia and other
psychotic disorders
Characterized by the presence of psychotic symptoms including
hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, bizarre behavior,
or loss of contact with reality.
Schizophrenia paranoid type, Schizophrenia
disorganized type, Schizophrenia catatonic type,
Delusional disorder, Jealous type.
Mood Disorders
Characterized by periods of extreme or prolonged depression or
mania or both.
Major depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder.
Anxiety Disorders
Characterized by anxiety and avoidance behavior.
Panic disorder, Social phobia, Obsessive
Compulsive disorder, Posttraumatic stress
disorder.
Somatoform disorders
Physical symptoms are present that are psychological in origin
rather than due to a medical condition.
Hypochondriasis, Conversion disorder.
Dissociative Disorders
One handles stress or conflict by forgetting personal information
or one's whole identity, or by compartment-alizing the trauma or
conflict into a split-off alter personality.
Dissociative amnesia, Dissociative fugue,
Dissociative identity disorder.
Personality Disorders
Characterized by long-standing, inflexible, maladaptive patterns
of behavior beginning early in life and causing personal distress
or problems in social and occupational functioning.
Antisocial personality disorder, Histrionic
personality disorder, Narcissistic personality
disorder, Borderline personality disorder.
Substance Related
Disorders
Undesirable behavioral changes result from substance abuse,
dependence, or intoxication.
Alcohol abuse, Cocaine abuse
Disorders Usually First
Diagnosed In Infancy,
Childhood, Or Adolescence
Include mental retardation, learning disorders, communication
disorders, developmental disorders, attention-deficit and
disruptive behavior disorders, tics, and elimination disorders.
Conduct disorder, Autistic disorder, Tourette's
Syndrome, Stuttering.
Eating Disorders
Characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior.
Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa.
Schizophrenia
 Positive Symptoms
 Negative Symptoms
 Schizophrenia and the brain
 Types
 Causes
Mood Disorders: Depression
 Overwhelming sadness
 Despair
 Hopelessness
 Inability to experience pleasure
 Effects work and personal life
Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder
Manic Behavior
Depressive Behavior
Elation, euphoria,
extreme sociability,
expansiveness, impatience
Gloominess, hopelessness
Social withdrawal,
Irritability
indecisiveness
Cognitive
Characteristics
Distractibility, desire for
action, impulsiveness,
talkativeness, grandiosity,
inflated self-esteem
Slowness of thought,
Obsessive worrying about
death, negative self-image,
delusions of guilt,
difficulty in concentrating
Motor
Characteristics
Hyperactivity,
increased need for sleep,
sexual indiscretion,
fluctuating appetite
Decreased motor activity,
fatigue, difficulty in sleeping,
decreased sex drive,
decreased appetite
Emotional
Characteristics
List of famous bipolar sufferers
Mood Disorders: Suicide
30-31 thousand reported each year in U.S.
More often with family history
White and Native American have highest rate
More women attempt, more men succeed
About 90% leave clues that they are going to kill
themselves
Anxiety Disorders
 Normal vs. Abnormal
 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
 Panic Disorder
 Phobias: Phobia listing
 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
 Test Anxiety
Somatoform Disorders
Hypocondriasis
Conversion disorder
Munchausen disorder or ficticious dease
disorder
Munchausen disorder by proxy
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative fugue
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or
Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
Personality Disorders
Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilias
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Male erectile disorder
Female orgasmic disorder
Voyeurism/Exhibitionism
Fetishism
Sexual masochism
Sexual sadism
Pedophilia
Sexual/Gender Identity Dysmorphia
Transsexualism and transvestitism