Name (s) ________________________________________________________ Hour
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Psychological Disorders and Treatment:
Directions: Prepare a multimedia presentation on the topic selected (see rubric)
You may work individually on a specific disorder or in a group on a category of
disorders.
Two groups (categories) will present per day.
Presentations begin the week of January_____, 20__
Topic: ________________________________________
Content:
Diagnostic Criteria –one slide of major criteria
Causes of the Disorder related to all perspectives that apply:
1. Psychoanalytic
2. Humanistic
3. Behavioral/Learning
4. Cognitive
5. Biological/Somatic
Treatments of Disorder related to all perspectives that apply
1. Psychoanalysis/ Psychodynamic Therapy
2. Humanistic Therapy
3. Behavioral Therapy
4. Cognitive Therapy
5. Bio Medical Therapy
List of Topic(s):
ANXIETY DISORDERS
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Phobias
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS:
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Dissociative Identity Disorder
MOOD DISORDERS
Major Depressive Disorder
Dysthemia
Bipolar Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
PERSONALITY DISORDERS:
Anti Social Personality Disorder
Other Personality Disorders (select THREE OR FOUR)
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Paranoid
Disorganized
Catatonic
Undifferentiated
Residual
SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
Somatization Disorder
Conversion Disorder
Hypochondria
SLEEP DISORDERS:
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Sleep Apnea
Night Terrors
SUBSTANCE DISORDERS:
Alcoholism
Other Substance disorders (select THREE)
Questions to guide your research:
Causes:
1. What are the theories as to cause(s) for this disorder?
a. Psychoanalytic
- Are there any unconscious forces at work?
- How did early childhood experience contribute to unconscious conflicts?
- Discuss role of Id, Ego and Superego
- What about fixation(s) that result from faulty stage resolution- oral, anal, phallic? (
Psychosexual Theory)
- Oedipal issues?
- Involvement of Defense mechanisms ( Repression, Rationalization etc)
b. Humanistic
- How does Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs apply?
- Carl Rogers Theory of self and ideal self
- Can the search for unconditional positive regard impact this disorder?
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d.
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- Is your acceptance of conditions of worth impacting this disorder?
- Is your personal (subjective) experience influencing your behavior?
Behavioral/Learning
- Is this disorder influenced by conditioning?( classical or operant conditioning)
- Does modeling impact the disorders development? ( Bandura and Bobo)
- Are there other environmental factors that contribute to the disorder?
(These can be physical also)
Cognitive ( Can also be referenced as CB –Cognitive Behavioral or Social-Cognitive)
- How do your internal mental processes influence this disorder?
- Is the disorder influenced by negative moods? Thoughts?
- Are these thoughts maladaptive? Can they lead to negative actions?
Biological /Somatic
- How do neurochemical imbalances in the brain contribute to this disorder?
- What specific NT’s are involved? ( i.e. serotonin, dopamine, nor epinephrine etc)
- Explain Specific NT action involved
- Is any other body system implicated? ( Endocrine Glands, Autonomic systems)
- Are there any specific brain structures involved? (i.e. cortical areas, sub cortical
structures)
- What are the genetic factors that may contribute to this disorder?
 Does the disorder” run in families” ?
 What is the prevalence rate among grandparents/parents//children/siblings/ identical
twins?
Treatment:
1. How do we treat those that suffer from these psychological conditions?
a. Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Therapies
- How do we discover repressed thoughts that underlie current conscious problems?
- Techniques of free association-resistances, interpretations & insights
- Techniques of dream interpretations (manifest & latent content)
- Involvement of Self disclosure and transference
b. Humanistic Therapies
- How can we as individuals fulfill potential by growing in our own self-awareness and
self-acceptance?
- Carl Rogers’s person-centered therapy
*Active Listening
- Gestalt Therapy (Fritz Perls)
c. Behavioral / Learning Therapies
-How can we employ conditioning techniques to help those with psychological conditions?
- Classical Conditioning Techniques
* Counter conditioning
* Systematic Desennization
* Aversive Conditioning
- Operant Conditioning
* Token Economy
d. Cognitive Therapies (also called cognitive-behavior therapy)
- How do we change automatic negative thought patterns that influence behavior?
* Aaron Beck –Rational Emotive Therapy
- Overgeneralization, polarized thinking and selective attention
- Group and family therapies
e. Biomedical Therapies
- How can we alter the brain’s chemical functioning to improve mental states?
- Psychopharmacology
- Types of medications used to treat disorders (i.e. specific names or classifications)
- How do these drugs work to alter neuron chemical function at the synapse? Describe the process
in detail
- Are the drug used agonists or antagonists? Why?
-Are any other biomedical therapies employed?
* Electroconvulsive therapy
* Biofeedback
* Cranial stimulation etc
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