Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Dee5
Ch1415-PsychologicalDisordersTherapy-online.pptxChapters 14 & 15
Psychological Disorders & Therapy
Rid yourself from the Us vs Them Mentality
Defining Psychological Disorders
def - “a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior.” –APA, 2013
4 Ds:
Deviant
Distressful
Dysfunctional
Dangerous???
DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
Depression and schizophrenia occur worldwide, unlike other disorders.
Freud’s psychoanalysis was the first of the psychological therapies.
3 elements shared by all forms of psychotherapy
Hope for demoralized ppl
A new perspective leading to new behaviors
Importance of establishing an empathic, trusting, caring relationship
Placebo effects may also exist with drug/biomedical therapies
Critical Issues
Problems with a medical model
Labeling
Cultural Disorders
