Drugs and Substance Abuse on the DSM 1 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Diagnosis: 1. Substance-induced disorder (effect) 2. Substance-related disorder (cause) ... dependence and abuse 2 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Why drugs? “Life as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it, we cannot dispense with palliative measures... there are perhaps three such measures: powerful deflection, which causes to make light our misery; substantive satisfactions, which diminish it; and intoxication, which makes us insensitive to it.” - Freud 3 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Stress: Task-oriented, problem solving vs. Defense oriented, emotion-focused response 4 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM 1. Powerful deflection, which causes to make light our misery; 2. Substantive satisfactions, which diminish it; 3. Intoxication, which makes us insensitive to it 5 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Forms of intoxication: 1. Sedation: alcohol, barbituates, benzodiazepines... 2. Stimulation: caffeine, nicotine, amphetamine, cocaine... 3. Fantasy: psychedelics, hallucinogenics, cannabis... 4. Narcotics: opium, morphine, heroin... 6 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Alcohol: BR: 6 8 10%+ LTR: 12 18 20%+ Genetics: concordance and adoption studies (“modelling is a factor”) 7 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Alcohol, biologically: 1. Increase in some neural activity (e.g. monoamine and endorphin) 2. Decrease in other neural activity (e.g. GABA and glutamate) 8 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Alcohol, psychologically: 1. Elevation of positive emotionality 2. Reduction of negative emotionality 9 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM The conditioning perspective: “Alcohol is consumed because it is reinforcing...” 1. Positive reinforcement 2. Negative reinforcement 10 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM “Types” of alcoholism: 1. Type I - binge type 2. Type II – persistent type 11 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Treatment: • Recovery and relapse rates • AA and relapse prevention • “apparently irrelevant decisions” • “abstinence violation effect” • controlled drinking 12 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Comorbidity: 1. Drug as primary (“primary alcoholism”) 2. Drug as secondary (“dual diagnosis”) 13 Drug and Substance Abuse on the DSM Related organic disorder: 1. Alcohol amnestic disorder • • “Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome” Vitamin B1 (thiamin) 2. Alcohol withdrawal delirium • “Delirium tremens” 3. Fetal alcohol syndrome • • 14 “Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder” BR and other issues Sex on the DSM IV 15 Sex and the DSM IV I. Sexual dysfunctions: II. Variants and deviations: 16 desire arousal orgasm pain paraphilias gender identity disorders (and sexual orientation) Sex and the DSM IV History: Reverend Sylvester Graham Dr. John Harvey Kellogg 17 Sex and the DSM IV History: 18 Kinsey Masters & Johnson Sex and the DSM IV History: The old “Barbie Doll” approach... and the newer evolutionary one: mental and physical aspects John Money 19 Sex and the DSM IV Understanding our sexuality: Back to basics : Why sex? 20 What is different about sexual motivation, in evolutionary history? The adaptive functions of sex: reproduction and beyond Sex and the DSM IV Understanding our sexuality: The design of sexual systems: 21 “Releasers” (cues and rituals) “Boundary conditions” (internal and external) Sex and the DSM IV Understanding our sexuality: The process: a. b. c. d. partner location elicit desire pretactile sexual interaction maintain arousal tactile sexual interaction “acception” intercourse “conception” The problem: The invocation and maintenance of motivation (“proception”) 22 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction I. Sexual Dysfunction Base rates: Men: 31% Women 43% 23 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction 1. Desire: hypoactive sexual desire and sexual aversion (diagnosis) BR NORC Dx Men: 5 16% (0 - 3%) Women: 2233% (10% ) Dx issues: 24 “dysfunction” vs. problem medical factors Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction 2. Arousal: SADF and SADM (diagnosis) BR NORC Dx Men: 5 10% (0 - 5%) Women: 1419% (6%) Dx issues: 25 “erectile insufficiency” for men vaginal lubrication for women the relevance of negative emotional states (anxiety) the relevance of the autonomic nervous system. (PNS/SNS) Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction 3. Orgasmic: orgasmic dysfunction and “premature ejaculation” (diagnosis) BR NORC Dx Men: 0 8% (0 - 3%) Women: 7 25% (10%) Dx issues: the ejaculation for men the “satisfaction” for women 26 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction “Premature ejaculation” (diagnosis) BR Men: Women: NORC Dx 21 30% (5%) ? (?) Dx issues: comparative and personal criteria 27 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction 4. Pain: dyspareunia and vaginismus (diagnosis) BR Men: Women: NORC Dx 03% (0%) ? 15% (3%+?) Also: “Sexual dysfunction NOS” 28 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction Sexual Dysfunction Summary: the problematic nature of the human sexual response and its ramifications in society 29 Sex and the DSM IV 30 Sex and the DSM IV 31 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Dysfunction Therapies: Masters & Johnson, and beyond Tx issues: o success and spontaneous remission o relationships and individualized assessment 32 Sex and the DSM IV II. Variants and Deviations A. Paraphilias and their relation to “sexual” offenses B. Gender identity and its disorders C. Sexual orientation and the controversy over diagnosis The concept of the “lovemap” 33 Sex and the DSM IV : Variants and Deviations A. Paraphilia: Definition: “. . . reiteratively responsive to and dependent on atypical or forbidden stimulus imagery, in fantasy or practice, for the initiation and maintenance of erotosexual arousal and achievement or facilitation of orgasm.” Note: paraphilias and phobias, as opposed to “fetishes” and “irrational fears” 34 Sex and the DSM IV : Paraphilias Examples: 35 voyeurism exhibitionism fetishes fetishistic transvestism pedophilia zoophilia frotteurism sexual sadism and masochism and others . . . Sex and the DSM IV : Paraphilias Theories: (and what is wrong with them) 1. 2. 36 Psychodynamic Theory management of impulses Learning Theory A. Classical conditioning: stimulus association problems: extinction and real life? B. Operant conditioning: reinforcement problems: extinction and real life? C. Cognition: “arousal transference/misattribution” problems: self-correction and real life? Sex and the DSM IV : Paraphilias What is wrong with learning theories for paraphilias? e.g. retrospective observations of paraphillics prospective observations of the rest of us Asking the right question: “the vandalized lovemap” 37 Sex and the DSM IV : Paraphilias The limitations of behavior therapies e.g. aversion Tx, punishment, condemnation Modern approaches to treatment e.g. retraining, restructuring, relapse Notes: preadaptation and multiplicity Factors that “scramble lovemaps” psychological and biological 38 Summary and review Aphrodisiacs and anti-androgens Sex and the DSM IV Beyond the paraphilias: sexual offences in society 1. Rape: 39 reported rape ... and all the rest convicted cases ... and all the rest power, anger, pain ... and “narcissistic reactance” the social problem, here, today Sex and the DSM IV : Beyond the paraphilias 2. Child molestation and incest: 40 Reported rates Why child molestation? convicted cases and the context the case of incest Notes: issue of child testimony and “recovered memories” how harmful is childhood sexual abuse? Sex and the DSM IV : Beyond the paraphilias 3. Sexual sadism and masochism: 41 “sex is seldom just about sex” modern diagnostic practice Sex and the DSM IV : Variants and Deviations B. Gender Identity Disorder (GID) Your sex and your gender Development of the “gendermap”: “the relay race” 1. genes 2. prenatal hormones 3. physical appearance 4. learning 42 Sex and the DSM IV : Gender Identity Unusual results: “intersexual syndromes” A. Adrenogenital syndrome (XX) B. Androgen insensitivity syndrome (XY) 43 Prenatal hormonal variations and “biasing the brain” Cross-species comparisions and “hermaphrodites” Culture and the “transgendered” population Sex and the DSM IV : Gender Identity Disorders Child GID Diagnosis: discordance, distress and the desire to change Prognosis: e.g. “the sissy boy syndrome” 44 gender sexual orientation Sex and the DSM IV : Gender Identity Disorders Adult GID Diagnosis: discordance, distress and the desire for change A. Women FTM, masculinity and gynephilia “Gender atypicality” among women B. Men MTF, femininity and androphilia “Gender atypicality” among men Note: “autogynephilia” 45 i.e “Classic / Homosexual TS” i.e “Non-classic / Heterosexual TS” Sex and the DSM IV : Gender Identity Disorders Therapy: ... three possibilities 1. Body mind ... the transsexual surgical solution ... and the debate 2. Mind body ... modifying gender identity ... and the debate 3. The alternative ... reduce the distress ... and the debate 46 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation C. Sexual Orientation and the DSM What is “sexual orientation”? “Erotosexual attraction only to someone who has the same external body morphology as your own” - John Money 47 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation Sexual behavior, desire and romantic attraction e.g. the Sambians and the rest of us cross-cultural comparisons cross-species considerations 48 same sex sexual behavior same sex sexual relationships Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation The surveys: Kinsey and beyond 1. same-sex sexual behavior? 37%, 13% 20%? 2. same-sex sexual desire? 50%, 28% about 40%? 3. same-sex romantic attraction? males: 3 - 4% females: 1 – 2 % 49 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation The modern results: 1. behavior? 9%, 4% maybe 10%? (not 20%) 2. desire? 8%, 8% maybe 10%? (not 40%) 3. attraction? males: 2.8% females: 1.4 % 50 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation Development of Sexual Orientation: A. Psychodynamic Theory ... and its problems B. Learning Theory ... and its problems C. Biology (e.g. prenatal androgenization) ... and its problems 51 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation What is wrong with any sexual orientation? 1. Theoretical criterion (disease, defect) and DSM I 2. Social criterion (difference, deviance) and DSM II 3. Personal criterion (distress, dysphoria) and 4. DSM III Maladaptation (dysfunction, disorder) and DSM IV 52 Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation The Diagnosis: “Sexual disorder NOS” 53 discordance distress and the desire for change Sex and the DSM IV : Sexual Orientation Therapy: three possibilities 1. Sex life sexual orientation 2. “Conversion” and “reparative” therapy 3. The alternative ... reducing the distress ... and the debate 54 Sleep disorders and the DSM IV Dyssomnias: 55 insomnia hypersomnia, narcolepsy breathing (e.g. apnea) circadian Sleep disorders and the DSM IV Parasomnias: nightmares sleep terrors sleepwalking 56 Schizophrenia 57 History The confusion and the DSM 58 Kraepelin Bleuler “dementia praecox” “schizophrenia” Descriptive features Differential Diagnosis: Psychotic disorder due to general medical condition Substance-induced psychotic disorder Delusional psychoses Also: schizophreniform disorder brief psychotic disorder 59 Descriptive features Positive symptoms: delusions, hallucinations Negative symptoms: cognitive, emotional, volitional, behavioral Type I (“positive”) and Type II (“deficit”) Prevalence and incidence rates Treatment and remission rates 60 Research A. Biology 1. Concordance, then and now (“pair-wise” and probandwise figures) Discordant twins: what’s different and what’s not – – 61 biology: hypofrontality psychology: life experiences Research A. Biology 2. Adoption, then and now Prospective research: Heston and beyond Retrospective research: Kety and beyond Longitudinal research: Mednick “high risk” study Israel “kibbutz” study Finland “adoption” study “Cross-fostering” results 62 The Genains Nora Iris Myra Hester 63 Theory The Dopamine Hypotheses Drugs and early antidepressants & antipsychotics Factors: genes, age and congenital possibilities Theory, revised: 1. “High mesolimbic activity”: dopamine hypersensitivity 2. “Hypofrontality” and “denervation supersensitivity” 64 Theory Theory, revised, part two: “Fewer inhibitory interneurons”: glutamate Result: “a neurodevelopmental disorder” Some neurophysiological findings SPEM eye flutter OR habituation pain threshold 65 Treatment Antipsychotics: First generation: e.g. phenothiazines “Side” effects: pseudoParkinsonism extrapyramidal effects tardive dyskinesia “neuroleptic malignancy syndrome” 66 Treatment Antipsychotics: Second generation: e.g. atypical antipsychotics 67 Clozapine Risperidol Zyprexa, Abilify, et al Recent developments Schizophrenia B. Psychological and Sociocultural factors Cause, course and content Theory: then and now 68 Treatment: 3 observations on the course of schizophrenia 1. Hospital wards: 69 psychoanalysis and milieu therapy token economy units Treatment: 3 observations on the course of schizophrenia 2. The world: 70 prevalence and incidence relapse and remission Treatment: 3 observations on the course of schizophrenia 3. The family: 71 expressed emotionality family therapy Schizophrenia Comprehensive Health Care: compliance and “sociotherapy” “We’ve been slow to realize the limitations of an exclusively pharmacological approach” -text 72 Schizophrenia Long-term Community Care: costs and benefits “A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running -Groucho Marx 73 Schizophrenia Types: 74 paranoid (e.g. Type I) disorganized (“hebephrenic”) catatonic (“waxy flexibility”) undifferentiated residual (not remission) Schizophrenia Summary: The biology and psychology of schizophrenia: Perceptual overload and “aberrant salience” 75 The Delusional Psychoses 76 The Delusional Psychoses Delusions Why chaos and confusion? 77 it’s physical it’s mental The Delusional Psychoses Theory Conflict, interpersonal and otherwise Risk factors Isolation, real and imagined Personality, diagnosable and premorbid 78 The Delusional Psychoses Types: 79 persecutory erotomania grandiose jealous somatic, etc. The Delusional Psychoses Treatment: “crashing through” “end around” minimizing risk Two problems: 80 What level of risk is ok? Afterwards, what to do? Contemporary Issues 81 Contemporary Issues Legal issues: 1. Criminal proceedings Competence to stand trial B. Insanity / “Not Criminally Responsible” A. 82 The knowledge test (M’Naghten Rule) “the elbow rule” (Irresistible Impulse Rule) The “product” test (Durham Rule) “substantial capacity” test (American Law Institute Rule) Contemporary Issues Legal issues: 1. Criminal proceedings The American experience The Canadian comparison (e.g. Bill C-30) 83 flexibility successfulness “capping provisions” Contemporary Issues 2. Civil commitment A. Involuntary Hospitalization: “Certification” The Alberta Mental Health Act 84 emergency hospitalization commitment: 2 physicians + 24 hours “the police power of the state” “parens patriae” & community treatment orders appeal process Contemporary Issues 2. Civil commitment B. Patient rights Voluntary and involuntary patients in Canada 85 Contemporary Issues 3. The rights of the public A. Predicting dangerousness 86 False positives and negatives... Which is worse? Base rates in prediction e.g. the Baxstrom case in the U.S. Overprediction e. g. sex offenders in Canada Contemporary Issues B. Protecting confidentiality 87 Duty to warn Duty to protect Contemporary Issues 88 Ethics of confidentiality e.g. the Tarasoff case in the U.S. Contemporary Issues 89 Professional Code of Ethics e.g. child abuse in Canada Contemporary Issues Hospitalization, Community Care and Prevention From traditional mental hospitals to modern deinstitutionalization and community care 90 Contemporary Issues Costs and prevention: Primary: universal and selective interventions Secondary: “indicated” interventions Tertiary: relapse prevention 91 Contemporary Issues Organized efforts for mental health Public awareness and mutual concern 92 The End! Essays Final Exam 93