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1 Assessment & Anxiety Disorders
Module 22 Assessment & Anxiety Disorders

2 INTRODUCTION Insanity Mental disorders EXAPMPLES INCLUDE……..Phobia
legal definition Not knowing the difference between right and wrong Mental disorders defined as a prolonged or recurring problem seriously interferes with an individual’s ability to live a satisfying personal life and function adequately in society EXAPMPLES INCLUDE……..Phobia An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, excessive and irrational fear out of all proportion to the danger elicited by the object or situation

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4 FACTORS IN MENTAL DISORDERS
Causes of abnormal behavior Biological factors Genetic factors contribute to the development of mental disorders unlearned or inherited tendencies that influence how a person thinks, behaves, and feels Neurological factors such as having an overactive brain structure contributes to the development of a mental disorder by causing a person to see the world in a biased or distorted way and to see threats when none really exist

5 FACTORS IN MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Causes of abnormal behavior Cognitive-emotional-behavioral & environmental factors contribute to the development of mental disorders including deficits in cognitive processes, such as having unusual thoughts and beliefs deficits in processing emotional stimuli, such as under-or-overreacting to emotional situations (WHY A STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM HELPS) environmental challenges, such as dealing with stressful situations

6 FACTORS IN MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Covered in Vocabulary Definition of abnormal behavior Statistical frequency approach says that a behavior may be considered abnormal if it occurs rarely or infrequently in relation to the behaviors of the general population deviation from social norms Social norms approach behavior is considered abnormal if it deviates greatly from accepted social standards, values, or norms

7 FACTORS IN MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Maladaptive behavior approach a behavior as psychologically damaging or abnormal if it interferes with the individual’s ability to function in one’s personal life or in society

8 ASSESSING MENTAL DISORDERS
Definition of assessment Clinical assessment involves a systematic evaluation of an individual’s various psychological, biological, and social factors, as well as identifying past and present problems, stressors, and other cognitive or behavioral symptoms

9 ASSESSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Three methods of assessment Neurological tests check for possible brain damage or malfunction Clinical interview method of gathering information about a person’s past and current behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, emotions, and problems some clinical interviews are unstructured (no set questions) others are structured (follow a standard format of asking a similar set of questions

10 ASSESSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Three methods of assessment Psychological tests Personality tests include two different kinds of tests: objective tests (self-report questionnaires), such as the MMPI projective tests, such as, the Rorschach inkblot test

11 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS
Real-life assessment clinical assessments answer a number of questions current symptoms past events Situations DSM-IV-TR Clinical diagnosis process of matching an individual’s specific symptoms to those that define a particular mental disorder Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV- Text Revision or DSM-IV-TR

12 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS

13 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
The DSM-IV is a multiaxial system- allows assessment on several axes, each of which refers to a different domain of information that may help the clinician plan treatment and predict outcome. There are five axes included in the DSM-IV multiaxial classification:

14 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
AXIS I: Clinical Disorders. Reporting all the various disorders or conditions except for Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation. For Example: Mood Disorders, Eating Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, etc.

15 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Other problems and disorders: Axes II, III, IV, V Axis II: personality disorders involve patterns of personality traits that are long-standing, maladaptive, and inflexible, and involve impaired functioning or subjective distress Axis III: general medical conditions refers to physical disorders or conditions, such as diabetes, arthritis, and hemophilia

16 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Other problems and disorders: Axes II, III, IV, V Axis IV: psychosocial and environmental problems refers to psychosocial and environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of mental disorders in Axes I and II Axis V: global assessment of functioning scale used to rate the overall psychological, social, and occupational functioning of the individual on a scale from 1 (severe danger of hurting self) to 100 (superior functioning in all activities)

17 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)

18 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)
Potential problems with using DSM-IV-TR Labeling mental disorders refers to identifying and naming differences among individuals places individuals in specific categories may have either positive or negative associations Social and political implications labels, such as anxious, compulsive, or mentally ill, can change how an individual is perceived

19 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)

20 ANXIETY DISORDERS Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
characterized by excessive or unrealistic worry about almost everything or feeling that something bad is about to happen Symptoms psychological and physical symptoms psychological: being irritable, having difficulty concentrating, and being unable to control one’s worry, which is out of proportion to the actual event Treatment Tranquilizers, such as alprazolam and benzodiazepines

21 ANXIETY DISORDERS (CONT.)
Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD disabling condition that results from personally experiencing an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury from witnessing or hearing of such an event happening to a family member or close friend PTSD suffers experience a number of psychological symptoms, including: recurring and disturbing memories terrible nightmares intense fear and anxiety

22 ANXIETY DISORDERS (CONT.)
Panic Disorder characterized by recurrent and unexpected panic attacks person becomes so worried about having another panic attack that this intense worrying interferes with normal psychological functioning Symptoms panic attack period of intense fear or discomfort in which four or more of the following symptoms are present: pounding heart, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, feelings of choking, chest pain, nausea, feeling dizzy, and fear of losing control or dying treatment benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and or psychotherapy

23 ANXIETY DISORDERS (CONT.)
Phobias anxiety disorder characterized by an intense and irrational fear that is out of all proportion to the possible danger of the object or situation Intense fear accompanied by increased physiological arousal

24 ANXIETY DISORDERS (CONT.)
Social phobias characterized by irrational, marked, and continuous fear of performing in social situations Specific phobias formerly called simple phobias characterized by marked and persistent fears that are unreasonable and triggered by anticipation of, or exposure to, a specific object or situation

25 ANXIETY DISORDERS (CONT.)
Phobias Agoraphobia characterized by anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing

26 Obsessive-compulsive disorders compulsions, irresistible impulses to perform over and over some senseless behavior or ritual Treatment exposure therapy involves gradually exposing the person to the actual anxiety-producing situations or objects that he or she is attempting to avoid and continuing the exposure treatments until the anxiety decreases

27 SOMATOFORM DISORDERS Definition and examples Somatoform disorders
marked by a pattern of recurring, multiple, and significant bodily (somatic) symptoms that extend over several years symptoms (pain, vomiting, paralysis, blindness) are not under voluntary control no known physical causes caused by psychological factors Somatization disorder begins before age 30, lasts several years, and is characterized by multiple symptoms pain, gastrointestinal, sexual, and neurological have no physical causes triggered by psychological problems or distress

28 SOMATOFORM DISORDERS (CONT.)
Conversion disorder refers to changing anxiety or emotional distress into real physical, motor, sensory, or neurological symptoms for which no physical or organic cause can be identified Mass hysteria condition experienced by a group of people who, through suggestion, observation, or other psychological processes, develop similar fears, delusions, abnormal behaviors, or physical symptoms

29 DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS (CONT.)

30 RESEARCH FOCUS Conduct disorder
repetitive and persistent pattern of behaving that has been going on for a least a year and that violates the established social rules or the rights of others Problems aggressive behaviors such as threatening to harm people abusing or killing animals destroying property being deceitful stealing

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