1. Psychopathology is caused by social, behavioral, and cognitive factors
“Demon” Model
Medical Model
Psychopathology is caused by demons and spirits possessing a person’s mind and body
Psychological problems are diseases of the mind (Individuals suffer from illness)
Psychological Models
Social-Cognivitive-Behavioral Approach
Psychopathology is caused by social, behavioral, and cognitive factors
Biopsychology of
Mental Disorder
Psychopathology is affected by the function of the brain and the nervous system

2. EXAMPLES OF DISORDERS IN THE DSM-IV CLASSIFICATION
Type of Disorder
Characteristics
Examples
Mood Disorders
Moods are extreme and out of control
Major depression
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Abnormal and debilitating fear; Can be comorbid with depression; Symptoms include headache, sweating, muscle spasms, palpitations, and hypertensions
Phobic Disorders
Panic Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Somatoform Disorders
Physical symptoms (related to psychological factors) that mimic disease or injury for which there is no physical cause
Conversion Disorder
Hypochondriasis
Dissociative Disorders
Disruptions of memory, awareness, or identity; Symptoms typically interfere with a person's general functioning
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Schizophrenia
Personality disintegrates, emotional life becomes disrupted, and cognitive process is distorted
Major Types:
Disorganized
Catatonic
Paranoid
Undifferentiated
Residual
Developmental
Disorders
Can appear at any age but commonly seen in childhood
Autism
Dyslexia
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adjustment Disorders & Other Conditions
Mild problems that do not fit under the other categories
Mild depression
Marital problems
Parent-child problems

3. TOPIC 1 –Conceptualizing Psychological Disorders
TOPIC 2 –Classifying Psychological Disorders
Psychopathology
Schizophrenia
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Patient with Anxiety Disorder
Boy with Autism (symptoms & photos)
Statistics of Mental Disorders in the U.S.
TOPIC 3 –Consequences of Labeling
Asch Experiment