AP P SYCH DMA In which disorder do people alternate between states of lethargic hopelessness and wild overexcitement? What are psychotic disorders? Give one example. Please turn in your Chap. 15 test review/reflection Please write the questions and leave room for your answers.

T ODAY ’ S A GENDA DMA/turn in test review AP Seminar Reminders Chapter 16 Criteria for abnormal behavior Anxiety Disorders Homework: Chap. 16 & 17 Test – Monday, Mar. 19 th Chap. 16 & 17 notes due Monday, Mar. 19 th FRQ # 1 & 2 due Friday, Mar. 9 th FRQ #3 due Monday, Mar. 12 th T-Shirt design – due Friday, Mar. 9 th

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C RITERIA FOR A BNORMAL B EHAVIOR

C ONTEXT OF THE B EHAVIOR This is a subjective judgment but you know that some behaviors are clearly bizarre in a given situation. Examples?

P ERSISTENCE OF BEHAVIOR We all have our “crazy” moments. A person may exhibit abnormal behavior on occasion without necessarily demonstrating the presence of mental illness.

S OCIAL D EVIANCE When a person’s behavior radically violates expectations and norms… it may meet criteria for social deviance.

S UBJECTIVE D ISTRESS Frequently we are aware of our own psychological difficulties suffering they are causing us.

P SYCHOLOGICAL H ANDICAP When a person has great difficulty being satisfied with life due to psychological problems this is considered to be a psychological handicap.

E FFECT ON F UNCTIONING The extent to which the behaviors in question interfere with a person’s ability to live the life that he or she desires, and that society will accept, may be the most important factor in diagnosing psychological problems. A behavior could be bizarre and persistent, but if it does not impair your ability to function in life, pathology may NOT need to be indicated.

A ND NOW FOR THE DISORDERS …

P SYCHOLOGICAL D ISORDERS  Neurotic Disorder  usually distressing but that allows one to think rationally and function socially  Psychotic Disorder  person loses contact with reality  experiences irrational ideas and distorted perceptions

A NXIETY D ISORDERS  Anxiety Disorders  distressing, persistent anxiety  maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety  Generalized Anxiety Disorder  person is tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal  Social Anxiety Disorder - clipclip

A NXIETY D ISORDERS  Panic Disorder  minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensation

A NXIETY D ISORDERS  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

A NXIETY D ISORDERS  Common and uncommon fears

A NXIETY D ISORDERS  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder  unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)  Rituals, fear of germs, trying to maintain control.  Clip Clip  Clip Clip

A NXIETY D ISORDERS

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

W HAT DOES “ MOOD ” MEAN ? Discuss with a neighbor…

M OOD D ISORDERS  Mood Disorders  characterized by emotional extremes  Major Depressive Disorder  a mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

M OOD D ISORDERS  Manic Episode  a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state  Bipolar Disorder  a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania  formerly called manic-depressive disorder

M OOD D ISORDERS -D EPRESSION

 Canadian depression rates

M OOD D ISORDERS - S UICIDE

M OOD D ISORDERS -B IPOLAR  PET scans show that brain energy consumption rises and falls with emotional switches Depressed stateManic stateDepressed state

M OOD D ISORDERS -D EPRESSION  Altering any one component of the chemistry-cognition- mood circuit can alter the others

M OOD D ISORDERS -D EPRESSION  The vicious cycle of depression can be broken at any point