Personality
Disorders
Schizo-
phrenia
Mood
Disorders
Anxiety
Disorders
What are
psychological
disorders?
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER: a pattern of
affect, behavior, and/or cognition that is…
• Deviant
• Distressful
• Dysfunctional
• Dangerous
•What are the benefits and drawbacks of
receiving a diagnosis?
WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS?
Where does your anxiety
level fall on a continuum
of measurement?
Do you have an
anxiety disorder?
WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS?
COMORBIDITY:
having more than
one disorder at a
time
WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
ASSESSMENT: examining affect,
behavior and cognition to
diagnose a psychological disorder
WHAT ARE
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
DIATHESIS-STRESS
MODEL: disorders are
a result of underlying
vulnerability plus
precipitating events
WHAT ARE
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
Bio-
logical
• Genetics
• Prenatal
• Nutrition
• Toxins
• CNS
Psycho-
logical
• Personality
• Thinking Patterns
• Learning History
• Stress Responses
Socio-
cultural
• Cultural Norms
• Prejudice
• Violence
• Poverty
• Abuse
WHAT ARE
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
WHAT ARE
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
INTERNALIZING DISORDERS:
characterized by negative emotions
WHAT ARE
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
EXTERNALIZING
DISORDERS:
characterized by
disinhibition
Personality
Disorders
Schizo-
phrenia
Mood
Disorders
Anxiety
Disorders
What are
psychological
disorders?
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
ANXIETY
DISORDERS:
distressing,
persistent anxiety
OR behaviors that
reduce anxiety
ANXIETY
DISORDERS
SPECIFIC PHOBIA: unreasonable, irrational fear AND/OR avoidance of
the feared object or situation
Prevalence:
12.5%
ANXIETY DISORDERS
SOCIAL ANXIETY
DISORDER: fear of
being negatively
evaluated by others
Prevalence: 12%
ANXIETY DISORDERS
ANXIETY DISORDERS
•GENERALIZED ANXIETY
DISORDER: diffuse
constant anxiety not linked
to any specific object or
event
•Prevalence: 5.7%
ANXIETY DISORDERS
•PANIC DISORDER: repeated
episodes of sudden,
overwhelming terror
Prevalence: 4.7%
•AGORAPHOBIA: fear of being
in inescapable situations
Prevalence: 1.3%
Anxiety
Disorder
Genetics
Biased
Thinking
Learning
Temperament
ANXIETY DISORDERS
Factors
Related To
Anxiety
Disorders
ANXIETY RELATED
DISORDERS
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDER:
•OBSESSION: unwanted thought,
feeling, image, or urge
•COMPULSION: repetitive behavior
used to control the obsession
Prevalence: 2.3%
ANXIETY RELATED
DISORDERS
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER: reaction to
severe trauma
1. Re-experiencing
2. Avoidance
3. Hyperarousal
Prevalence: 7%
Personality
Disorders
Schizo-
phrenia
Mood
Disorders
Anxiety
Disorders
What are
psychological
disorders?
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
MOOD DISORDERS
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER:
•Dysphoria
•Lethargy
•Low self-esteem
•Anhedonia
•Disturbances of sleep,
eating, concentration
•For at least 2 weeks
Prevalence: 16.9%
Subtypes of Depression:
• Seasonal Pattern
• Peripartum
• Persistent Depressive Disorder
Depression
Genetics
Monoamine
Deficiency
Left PFC
Biological
Rhythms
Life Stress
MOOD DISORDERS
Biological Factors
for Depression
Depression
Negative
Thoughts
Learned
Helplessness
Attributions
Relationships
Rumination
Psychological & Social
Factors for
Depression
MOOD DISORDERS
MOOD DISORDERS
BIPOLAR DISORDER: the experience
of one or more manic episodes as
well as periods of depression
Prevalence: 1%
MANIA: elevated mood with:
• Inflated self-esteem
• Pressured speech, flight of ideas
• Increased goal-directed
behavior
• Sleep issues
• Risky behavior
MOOD DISORDERS
“There is a particular kind of pain,
elation, loneliness, and terror involved in
this kind of madness. When you’re high,
it is tremendous. The ideas and feelings
are fast and frequent like shooting stars,
and you follow them until you find
better and brighter ones... But,
somewhere, this changes. The fast ideas
are far too fast, and there are far too
many; overwhelming confusion replaces
clarity... You are ... enmeshed totally in
the blackest caves of the mind. You
never knew these caves were there. It
will never end, for madness carves its
own reality." 26
MOOD DISORDERS
Relationship % Risk
General Population 1%
2nd
degree relative 3-7%
Sibling 15-25%
Fraternal Twin 15-25%
One Parent 15-30%
Both Parents 50-75%
Identical Twin 70%
Genetic Risk for
Bipolar Disorder
Personality
Disorders
Schizo-
phrenia
Mood
Disorders
Anxiety
Disorders
What are
psychological
disorders?
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
SCHIZOPHRENIA
2 or more of the
following:
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized
Speech
Disorganized
Behavior
Negative
Symptoms
Dysfunction in at
least one area
Relationships
Occupation
Self-Care
Symptoms for at
least 6 months
SCHIZOPHRENIA: characterized by motor,
cognitive, behavioral, and perceptual
abnormalities
Prevalence: 1%
•Onset in early adulthood
•The Rule of Thirds:
•1/3 recover fully
•1/3 cycle between relapse & recovery
•1/3 never recover
SCHIZOPHRENIA
•HALLUCINATIONS:
false sensory
perceptions that
have no external
source
•DELUSIONS: false
beliefs based on
incorrect inferences
about reality
SCHIZOPHRENIA
•DISORGANIZED SPEECH
•Incoherent, hard to follow
•Loose associations
•Clang
•DISORGANIZED BEHAVIOR
•Agitation
•Childishness
•Catatonia
•Echolalia
•Hypergraphia
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Negative
Symptoms
Apathy Alogia
Slow
Movement
Social
Deficit
SCHIZOPHRENIA
• Genetics
• Brain Anatomy
• Dopamine
• Events During
Pregnancy
• Family
Dysfunction
• Marijuana Use
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Personality
Disorders
Schizo-
phrenia
Mood
Disorders
Anxiety
Disorders
What are
psychological
disorders?
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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