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Abnormal Psychology ­ PSY404
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LESSON 1
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
According to William James (1842-1910)" To study the abnormal is the
best way of understanding the normal".
What is Psychology?
Psychology is the science of behavior it deals with prediction and control of behavior. Psychologists use the
methods of science to investigate and study all kinds of behavior and mental processes say for example the
activity of single nerve cell to social conflicts that take place in complex societies or say from the
development of language in childhood to the major adjustments required in old age.
Why study Psychology?
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Know thy self
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To have a clear understanding of your own behavior, personality, attitudes, emotions, cognitions
and many more things about yourself and others.
What is Abnormal Psychology?
It is a branch or field of Psychology which relates to mental disorders or psychopathology. It involves
studying patterns of thinking and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive .These disruptive patterns of
thinking and behaving ultimately effects the individual relationship with others.
You may have heard about a number of mental disorders in television talk shows or in dramas or in the
movies. Most of us are even familiar with the names of these mental disorders, such as Depression, Anxiety
disorder, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia, Post traumatic stress disorder, Obsessive Compulsive disorder and
many more.
Abnormal Psychology studies:
·  The symptoms (what the disorders look like?), about
·  The etiology (what causes these disorders),
·  The assessment (how we can measure the disorders)
·  The diagnosis (how we can classify the disorders)
·  The prognosis (the possible outcome of the disorder)
·  The treatment (how we intervene)
·  Social implications (the effects that disorders have on the individual, their family and on the society
in particular).
Example
A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL in her biology class saw the dissection of a frog, about half way she left
the room but she was bothered by images of the dissection. She began to avoid situations where she might
see blood or injury .she found it difficult to look at raw meat or band aid. She could not stand the sight of
blood. She fainted in her class frequently and she could not stand the people talking about blood, surgery or
injury.
Symptoms sight of blood, injury or band aid or raw meat created fear.
Etiology saw a dissection of frog
Assessment impaired functioning, and DSM-IV-TR
Diagnosis  blood injury Phobia
Prognosis good
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Table of Contents:
  1. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY:PSYCHOSIS, Team approach in psychology
  2. WHAT IS ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR:Dysfunction, Distress, Danger
  3. PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT:Supernatural Model, Biological Model
  4. PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT:Free association, Dream analysis
  5. PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT:Humanistic Model, Classical Conditioning
  6. RESEARCH METHODS:To Read Research, To Evaluate Research, To increase marketability
  7. RESEARCH DESIGNS:Types of Variables, Confounding variables or extraneous
  8. EXPERIMENTAL REASEARCH DESIGNS:Control Groups, Placebo Control Groups
  9. GENETICS:Adoption Studies, Twin Studies, Sequential Design, Follow back studies
  10. RESEARCH ETHICS:Approval for the research project, Risk, Consent
  11. CAUSES OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR:Biological Dimensions
  12. THE STRUCTURE OF BRAIN:Peripheral Nervous System, Psychoanalytic Model
  13. CAUSES OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY:Biomedical Model, Humanistic model
  14. CAUSES OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS OF ABNORMALITY
  15. CLASSIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT:Reliability, Test retest, Split Half
  16. DIAGNOSING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS:The categorical approach, Prototypical approach
  17. EVALUATING SYSTEMS:Basic Issues in Assessment, Interviews
  18. ASSESSMENT of PERSONALITY:Advantages of MMPI-2, Intelligence Tests
  19. ASSESSMENT of PERSONALITY (2):Neuropsychological Tests, Biofeedback
  20. PSYCHOTHERAPY:Global Therapies, Individual therapy, Brief Historical Perspective
  21. PSYCHOTHERAPY:Problem based therapies, Gestalt therapy, Behavioral therapies
  22. PSYCHOTHERAPY:Ego Analysis, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Aversion Therapy
  23. PSYCHOTHERAPY:Humanistic Psychotherapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Gestalt therapy
  24. ANXIETY DISORDERS:THEORIES ABOUT ANXIETY DISORDERS
  25. ANXIETY DISORDERS:Social Phobias, Agoraphobia, Treating Phobias
  26. MOOD DISORDERS:Emotional Symptoms, Cognitive Symptoms, Bipolar Disorders
  27. MOOD DISORDERS:DIAGNOSIS, Further Descriptions and Subtypes, Social Factors
  28. SUICIDE:PRECIPITATING FACTORS IN SUICIDE, VIEWS ON SUICIDE
  29. STRESS:Stress as a Life Event, Coping, Optimism, Health Behavior
  30. STRESS:Psychophysiological Responses to Stress, Health Behavior
  31. ACUTE AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS
  32. DISSOCIATIVE AND SOMATOFORM DISORDERS:DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
  33. DISSOCIATIVE and SOMATOFORM DISORDERS:SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
  34. PERSONALITY DISORDERS:Causes of Personality Disorders, Motive
  35. PERSONALITY DISORDERS:Paranoid Personality, Schizoid Personality, The Diagnosis
  36. ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS:Poly Drug Use
  37. ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS:Integrated Systems
  38. SCHIZOPHRENIA:Prodromal Phase, Residual Phase, Negative symptoms
  39. SCHIZOPHRENIA:Related Psychotic Disorders, Causes of Schizophrenia
  40. DEMENTIA DELIRIUM AND AMNESTIC DISORDERS:DELIRIUM, Causes of Delirium
  41. DEMENTIA DELIRIUM AND AMNESTIC DISORDERS:Amnesia
  42. MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
  43. MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
  44. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDHOOD:Kinds of Internalizing Disorders
  45. LIFE CYCLE TRANSITIONS AND ADULT DEVELOPMENT:Aging