1. 25 GOOD MORNING!! Please sit down quietly Take out a piece of paper
Yes we are taking notes but it won’t take long
Then you are doing a vocab chart thing
Then you are done 25

2. Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Chapter 12:
Psychological Disorders

3. What do you think?
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Do you think that these are disorders… or just abnormal?

4. Defining Disorder Psychological Disorder
A “harmful dysfunction” associated with distress or impairment and a reaction that isn’t culturally expected…behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing, and atypical

5. MUDA
A mnemonic device used to remember the four attributes of a psychological disorder
Maladaptive
Unjustifiable
Disturbing
Atypical

6. Maladaptive Unjustifiable
An exaggeration of normal, acceptable behaviors
Destructive to oneself or others
A behavior which does not have a rational basis

7. Disturbing
A behavior which is troublesome to other people
Atypical
A behavior so different from other people’s behavior that it violates a norm
Norms vary from culture to culture

8. Understanding Disorders
Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders

9. GOOD MORNING!! Sit in your assigned seat
Take out your notes from yesterday (bookwork)
We are going to finish going over the “Intro to Psych Disorders”
Then do notes on Anxiety Disorders
Then watch a video

10. Early Views of Mental Illness
In ancient times, mental illness was usually explained through a supernatural model; the person was possessed or a sinner
During the Middle Ages treatment methods were inhumane and cruel

11. Philippe Pinel ( )
French physician who worked to reform the treatment of people with mental disorders
Encouraged more humane treatment
No more electro-shock therapy or torture

12. Understanding Disorders: The Medical Model
Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders

13. The Medical Model
Abnormal behavior is the result of physical problems and can be treated medically
Diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured. (Like a broken arm)
Psychological disorders are similar to a physical illness.

14. Understanding Disorders: The Bio-Psycho-Social Model
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15. Bio-Psycho-Social Model
Perspective of mental illness which assumes that biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors combine and interact to produce psychological disorders…any one factor is not sufficient.

16. Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective

17. Classifying Disorders
Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders

18. Classifying Disorders: DSM 5
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fifth Addition
Published by the American Psychiatric Association
Lists and describes all the currently accepted categories of mental disorders

19. DSM 5 Divides mental disorders into 18 major categories
Includes the symptoms but not the causes of each disease
Has changed significantly since the first edition

20. Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Labeling Disorders
Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders

21. Labeling Stigmas
Studies show a clear bias against people diagnosed with mental disorders.