2. Introduction to Psychopathology Goals for today: Scientist-practitioner model (3 parts to the study of disorders) Historical and current conceptions of psychopathology

3. Description Causation Treatment/Outcome Study of PsychologicalDisorders Scientist-Practitioner Model

4. IncidenceIncidence –how many new cases of a disorder occur within a given time? SymptomsSymptoms Sex ratioSex ratio PrevalencePrevalence –how many people in a population as a whole have a disorder? Description Causation Treatment/Outcome Study of PsychologicalDisorders

5. CourseCourse –Typical pattern of development PrognosisPrognosis –Predicted development/outcome Description Causation Treatment/Outcome Study of PsychologicalDisorders

6. Description Causation Treatment/Outcome Study of PsychologicalDisorders Scientist-Practitioner Model

7. Multiple CausationMultiple Causation –biology, psychology, learning history, culture, and social factors Description Causation Treatment/Outcome Study of PsychologicalDisorders EtiologyEtiology –the study of why a disorder begins

8. Description Causation Treatment/Outcome Study of PsychologicalDisorders Scientist-Practitioner Model

9. Description Causation Treatment/Outcome Study of PsychologicalDisorders What are the costs and benefits of treatments?What are the costs and benefits of treatments? Which treatments work best (for which disorders, which people, etc.?)Which treatments work best (for which disorders, which people, etc.?)

10. The Fisher King Small Group Exercise on Perspectives in Causation

11. How has abnormal behavior been conceptualized over the course of history?

12. Historical Perspectives on Abnormality Biological Theories Similar to physical disease, mental illness = breakdown of some systems of body (e.g., syphillis). Supernatural Theories Divine intervention, curses, demonic possession, and personal sin. Psychological Theories Mental disorders as the result of learning, trauma, or other psychosocial causes.

13. Historical Perspectives on Abnormality Biological Theories “Madness tape, #3 -- recent history of biological theories and therapies