2. What stereotypes do we have about mental illness?

3. Mental Illness Stereotypes
People with mental illness are violent or dangerous
People with mental illness look different than others
People with mental illnesses are childish and silly
Mental illnesses are all severe – or all alike
Psychiatric hospitals cause more harm than good
People with mental illnesses can’t recover

4. DSM Changes What disorders were added? What disorders were removed?
What disorders were changed?
What are the pros and cons of adding more disorders to the manual?
Why is diagnosing mental illness so difficult?

5. Al Frances- an author of the DSM IV excerpt from https://www. wired
“We made mistakes that had terrible consequences,” he says. Diagnoses of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and bipolar disorder skyrocketed, and Frances thinks his manual inadvertently facilitated these epidemics—and, in the bargain, fostered an increasing tendency to chalk up life’s difficulties to mental illness and then treat them with psychiatric drugs.

6. 12/9
1. Grab an article, “Do you have a disorder or just a trait?” and read it
Answer questions:
“How does the author think psychological disorders should be diagnosed? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this way?
“What psychological perspectives are mentioned in regards to diagnosing disorders?”

7. Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 18
Section 2

8. What is Anxiety?
Anxiety- A psychological state characterized by tension and apprehension, foreboding, and dread.
Anxiety refers to a general state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger.

9. Physical Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety
Trembling
Sweating
Rapid Heart Rate
Shortness of Breath
Increased blood pressure
Flushed Face
Feelings of faintness or light headedness

10. Types of Anxiety Disorders
Phobic Disorder
Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Stress Disorders

11. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again.
Compulsions are repetitive ritual behaviors, often involving checking or cleaning something.

13. Phobic Disorder
Phobia- an excessive, irrational fear out of proportion to the actual danger.
Most common Anxiety disorder
The most common phobias are:
Zoophobia- a fear of animals
Claustrophobia- a fear of enclosed spaces
Acrophobia- a fear of heights
Arachnophobia- a fear of spiders
Hematophobia- a fear of blood
Aviaphobia- a fear of air travel
Social Phobia- a fear of social situations

14. Trypophobia
Fear of patterns of holes

16. Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Panic Attack- an episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and other frightening sensations, such as chest pain, rapid heartbeat, or choking.
Agoraphobia- a fear of crowded, public places.
Most people with Agoraphobia have panic attacks

18. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder refers to intense, persistent feelings of anxiety that are caused an experience so traumatic that it would produce stress in almost anyone.
Symptoms:
Flashbacks
Nightmares
Numberness of feelings
Aviodance of stimuli associated with the trauma
Increased tension