1. INTRO TO MENTAL ILLNESSES

2. Take Out a Sheet of Paper Label Each Category And Follow the Directions

3. Brainstorm  Write Down 4-5 Things You Asscociate with Mental Illness (5 min)  Discussion (DON’T WRITE) : Why do we associate these things? Are there stereotypes involved? (5 min)

4. Experiences (10 min)  A. Do you know anyone who suffers from a mental illness? What challenges do they face?  B. Are schools and/or the government doing enough to address mental illness is this country? Why or why Not?

5. In The News (15 min)  Find TWO stories related to someone with a mental illness (can be depression, schizophrenia, etc) and answer these questions:  What happened in the story?  How did the media address mental illness in the story? Very negatively? Was there bias?

6. Listen to the Track (30 min)  For EACH Song Answer These Questions  Write Name of Song  Write the TONE of the Song (HOW does it sound?)  Write a Lyric Related to a Possible Mental Illness/Issue  What do you think the MESSAGE of the song is related to mental illnesses?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0EW0s1fN-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0EW0s1fN-8  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9G36aevSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9G36aevSE  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDlcx3HWAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDlcx3HWAU  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYfnBsaTVEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYfnBsaTVEo  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z-EGRbtxlw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z-EGRbtxlw

7. Defining Mental Illness (25 min)  Look Up 4 of these terms and define them in YOUR OWN TERMS  Delusions  Bipolar Disorder  Anxiety Disorder  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder  Phobia  Posttraumatic Stress Disorder  Dissociative Identity Disorder  Schizophrenia

8. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS Unit IV

9. Part I Psychological Disorders

10. Defined  Harmful dysfunction that is destructive to self/others, unjustifiable, disturbing, or not typical  Examples  Depression  OCD  Deviation

11. Medical Model of PDs  Perspectives on how to treat have changed over time, with past actions often considered “inhumane”  Eventually believed that physical causes of disorders can be used to help address the mental issues (use of drugs to help)  Does NOT address past history or environment

12. Bio-Psycho-Social Approach  Studies both the nature & nurture aspects of disorders  Psycho  Internal Thoughts & Disorders  Bio  Genetic Causes of Mental Issues  Social  Cultural & social impact on behavior

13. DSM  The DSM is used by psychologists to classify & predict disorders through their symptoms  The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders  Categories include:  Adjustment  Mood  Anxiety  Developmental  Cognitive

14. Issues with DSM  Problem: Discrimination & stereotyping of people which can stick for longer than necessary  Benefit: Allows psychologists to better understand & communicate about disorders

15. Portrayal of Personality Disorders  With This List of 20 Personality Disorders; Take 7 of Them and Discuss  What makes it most interesting to you and why? http://listverse.com/2007/10/13/top-10-bizarre-mental- disorders/ http://listverse.com/2007/10/13/top-10-bizarre-mental- disorders/ http://listverse.com/2008/05/09/another-10-bizarre- mental-disorders/ http://listverse.com/2008/05/09/another-10-bizarre- mental-disorders/  Choose 3 Studies  Tell Me Whether they Are Ethical or Unethical and Why? http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology- studies-vote-now.php http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology- studies-vote-now.php

16. Killer Debrief  What was your motivation in these games? What was your role?  How did the games differ?  How did the differences in the games (i.e. one is more “public” or “social”) affect how people played?  When choosing the killers, did the detectives seem to have a bias? Why or why not?  Why are we so fascinated with games involving those with disorders or serial killers? What does that say about our society?

17. Part II Anxiety & Mood Disorders

18. Anxiety Disorders  Generalized: Feeling of nervousness  Panic: Intense, unexplained  Phobia: Irrational Fear  OCD: Unwanted Repetitve Actions  PTSD: Reliving Severe Events

19. Factors of Anxiety Disorders  Biological  Heredity, Brain Function, Natural Selection  Learning  Associating Fear through Conditioning; Observational or Reinforcement of fear

20. Mood Disorders  Disturbance of emotions leading to magnifications of normal moods  Depression  Little interest, sleep/appetite changes; fatigue; suicidal thoughts etc  Bipolar  Alternate between hopelessness and unreasonable overexcitement

21. Factors of Mood Disorders  Biological  Heredity & brain function  Social/Cognitive  The way we think & the situations we find ourselves in

22. The Commonality of FEAR  Each person has been given a card with a question on it  A) Write your question on your paper and answer it at least 2 complete sentences  B) Speak to at LEAST 3 other people in the room asking each other your questions. Write down their name and summarize their response to your question in 2-3 bullet points  C) Afterwards, answer these questions:  Did you have any common fears or experiences with someone? What?  Would speaking out loud/more openly about your fear and relating it with someone else make it easier to cope with? Why or Why not?  Does fear have a strong control over your actions & decisions? How or How Not?

23. Part II Abnormal Disorders

24. Dissociative Disorder  Causes a person to lose sense of self and separate from memories/feelings  Can be caused by stress  Traumatic events can cause dissociative amnesia and/or loss of identity  Identity Disorder causes the creation of two or more personalities  RARE & VERY CONTROVERSIAL  Formerly, Multiple Personality Disorder

25. Schizophrenia  Leads to delusions, hallucinations, & inappropriate emotions/behaviors  Categorize into Paranoid, Disorganized, Catatonic, & Undifferentiated

26. Factors of Schizophrenia  Schizophrenia can be genetic and passed on or can also be caused by a viral infection  The Brain of a person with schizophrenia operates differently than one without the disorder  Seen through PET scans

27. Personality Disorders  Anxiety  Extreme sensitivity to personal rejection or clingy/submissive behaviors  Eccentric  Paranoia/distrust or schizoid/detachment from others  Dramatic  Borderline with unstable emotions or antisocial behavior

28. Part IV Psycho Therapy

29. Psychotherapy  Emotional & confident interaction between a therapist & patient  Use of Psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavioral, cognitive, & biomedical  Group Therapy is also often used

30. Psychoanalytic (Frued)  Attributes thoughts/actions to the unconscious mind  Use childhood memories, dreams, & transference of emotions to analyze  Criticism  Assumes repression, is expensive, and claims its irrefutable

31. Humanistic (Carl Rogers)  Promotes self-fulfillment by increasing self- acceptance/awareness  Rogers used client-centered, accepting, and active listening therapy  How do you do active listening?

32. Behavioral  Using learned operant and classical conditioning for therapy  Associating a pleasant/relaxed state with something that causes anxiety (or vice versa)  Also using rewards for desired behavior

33. Cognitive  Teaches NEW, adaptive ways of thinking  Use constructive things to remove negative thoughts & vice versa  Cognitive & Behavioral can be combined

34. Biomedical  Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), prescribed drugs, or surgery  Controversy: disruption of memory, drug addiction, & lobotomies very sensitive

35. Active Listening

36. Telephone  Stand in a Circle, Whisper the message to the person next to you until it gets all the way around to the speaker  Answer These Questions  What specifically was different about the original message & the current one?  What issues prevented someone from listening well?

37. The List  On the same paper, I am going to recite a list of things and after I am done, write down everything said from the list  Answer these questions:  Why did you forget some items? Did you add items not listed? Why would someone do that?  How does selective listening affect our accuracy?

38. VHI Storytellers  I will begin to tell a story. Each person must tell a logical next sentence to the story, until it comes back to me  Answer This  Were there errors in the storytelling? Did some things make no sense? Why?

39. YOU ARE the Psychologist  Psychologists practice active listening skills in order to help patients, but we do not do that in every day life  Groups of 3; 2 Talkers and 1 Observer:  Each talker must have a conversation with the other to describe yesterday in detail from waking up to going to sleep After the talker is done, the listener should write a summery of what they were told and explain why or why not they were listening well  The Observer must make two separate check lists as to if each listener is practicing good listening skills Then the Observer should write a brief critique of each listener

40. Active Listening Techniques  Focus on the speaker.  Watch for non-verbal cues. These may be more important than what is said.  Listen to how something is said. Inflection, intonation and strength of the speaker’s voice may communicate more than words alone.  Eliminate distractions.  Give encouraging non-verbal cues. Nodding and leaning toward the speaker show interest.  Encourage the speaker by using words such as, “Yes,” “I see,” and “go on”.  Ask questions to clarify what is said.  Check your understanding by repeating or paraphrasing what you think you heard.  Respond when appropriate.  Control emotional responses.  Listen to the entire point without interrupting.  Give the speaker time to think as well as talk.  Summarize what was said.

41. Checklist  Try it one more time with the talkers describing their goals in life (location, type of family, ideal job, money etc)  This time the Observer must check off again if they are practicing active listening skills  The Listener should write down whether like they felt like they listened better/understood the person more