 Compare/contrast phobia and generalized anxiety disorder.  What are the symptoms of antisocial personality disorder. Please turn in:  DMAs  FRQs # 1 & 2  Your T-shirt design

 DMA/turn in FRQs, DMAs, T-shirts  Chapter 16 & 17 test  Chapter 16  Dissociative disorders  Schizophrenia  Personality disorders Homework:  Chap. 16 & 17 Test – Monday, Mar. 19 th  Chap. 16 & 17 notes due Monday, Mar. 19 th  FRQ #3 due Monday, Mar. 12 th

 Panic Disorder  minutes-long episode of intense dread  in which a person experiences terror & chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensation

 Phobia  persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation  Could be afraid of situations or items  What are you phobic of?  Media’s impression - clipclip

 Common and uncommon fears

 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)  unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)  Rituals, fear of germs, trying to maintain control…  Clip Clip  Clip Clip

 PET Scan of brain of person with OCD  High metabolic activity (red) in frontal lobe areas involved with directing attention

Discuss with a neighbor…

 Mood Disorders  characterized by emotional extremes  Major Depressive Disorder  a person experiences two (or more) weeks of depressed moods  feelings of worthlessness  diminished interest/pleasure in most activities

 Manic Episode  Marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state  Bipolar Disorder  Person alternates between the hopelessness & lethargy of depression  AND the overexcited state of mania  formerly called manic-depressive disorder

 Canadian depression rates

 PET scans show that brain energy consumption rises & falls with emotional switches Depressed stateManic stateDepressed state

 Altering any one component of the chemistry-cognition- mood circuit can alter the others

 The vicious cycle of depression can be broken at any point

What are the symptoms of…  Generalized anxiety disorder  Panic disorder  Phobias  Major depression  Bipolar disorder

 Dissociative Disorders  conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings  Dissociative Identity Disorder  rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities  formerly called multiple personality disorder

 Unable to remember parts of life.

 Similar to Amnesia – forgets entire life.  Also physically detaches from home.  Often found far from home.  May move to new city and start a new identity.

 Feels detached from mind or body.  Feels as those memories didn’t happen to him/her.  Experiences numbness / physical symptoms.  May experience flashbacks, panic attacks, etc…

 Schizophrenia  literal translation “split mind”  a group of severe disorders characterized by:  disorganized and delusional thinking  disturbed perceptions  inappropriate emotions and actions

 Delusions  false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders  Hallucinations  sensory experiences without sensory stimulation

1. Read the section on personality disorders in chapter Select 3 of the personality disorders and compare/contrast them.  Use the three circle venn diagram. 3. Explain why antisocial personality disorder is the “most troubling” of them. What sets it apart? How does biology and environment (nature/nurture) affect it? 4. You may work with a partner (if you wish)