The document discusses psychological disorders exhibited by characters in the animated TV series Family Guy. It first provides definitions and descriptions of psychological disorders like antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, and oppositional defiant disorder. It then analyzes specific characters like Peter Griffin, Lois Griffin, Meg Griffin, Chris Griffin, and Brian Griffin and the psychological disorders that their behaviors and personalities align with, such as antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, being mentally challenged, and alcoholism. The document concludes by stating that Family Guy brings awareness to psychological disorders and family issues while also providing comedy and entertainment.

1. FamilyGuy:
Psychological
Disorders
Brittney Maples PYS101
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2. Psychological Basis

3. psychological
disorder:
• A psychological disorder
is a disorder of the mind
involving thoughts,
behaviors, and emotions
that cause either self or
others significant
distress.
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4. Dysfunctional family:
• A dysfunctional family is a
family in which conflict,
misbehavior, and often child
neglect or abuse on the part of
individual parents occur
continuously and regularly
leading other members to
accommodate such actions
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5. Antisocial personality
disorder:
• Is a mental condition in which a person has a long-
term patter of manipulating, exploiting, or
violating the rights of others. This behavior is often
criminal
• People with this disorder will exhibit a history of at
least three of seven behavioral problems.
1. Impulsive and cannot plan ahead
2. Irresponsible and fails to meet obligations
3. Repeatedly gets into physical fights
4. Repeatedly breaks the law
5. Lacks glut or regret for hurting others
6. Deceitful
7. Has a reckless regard for his/her own safety or the safety of
others.
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6. Oppositional Defiant Disorder
(ODD) in Children:
• Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
is a type of behavior disorder. It is
mostly diagnosed in childhood.
Children with ODD are
uncooperative, defiant, and hostile
toward peers, parents, teachers,
and other authority figures. They
are more troubling to others than
they are to themselves.
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7. Bi-polar disorder:
• A mental disorder caused by
structural and functional changes in
the brain or changes in genes.
Affected individuals experience
episodes of depression and
episodes of mania. Bipolar disorder
lasts for a lifetime, with treatments
aiming at managing the symptoms
by psychotherapy and medication.
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8. Legally mentally
challenged:
• Mental retardation is a genetic
disorder manifested in significantly
below average overall intellectual
functioning and deficits in adaptive
behavior. Mental retardation is a
particular state of functioning that
begins in childhood and is
characterized by decreased
intelligence and adaptive skills
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9. Alcoholic/Alcoholism :
• Alcohol use disorder (which includes a
level that's sometimes called alcoholism)
is a pattern of alcohol use that involves
problems controlling your drinking, being
preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to
use alcohol even when it causes problems,
having to drink more to get the same
effect, or having withdrawal symptoms
when you rapidly decrease or stop
drinking.
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10. Depression:
• Depression is a mood
disorder that causes a
persistent feeling of sadness
and loss of interest.
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11. Media:
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12. What is family guy?
• The animated T.V series called family
guy, is a fox production created by Seth
MacFarlane for adults. The show
presents a fictional dysfunctional family
called the griffins. The griffins live in the
fictional city of quahog, ( dad) peter,
(mom) Lois, (first born daughter) meg,
(middle child son) chirs, (youngest son)
stewie, (dog) brain and their family and
friends.
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13. Family Guy :
• Family guy has been on air for 20 years
and since its debut on January 21, 1998
309 episodes of family guy have been
broadcasted and is currently on its
seventieth season. Family guy is purely an
entertaining show for adults constructed
with the main story, short story's and a
bunch of gags that may reference to
modern culture, flashback ( usually self
referential humor) or catch phrases.
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14. 14
connections

15. Peter Griffin
Antisocial Personality Disorder.
• Husband of Lois griffin
• Father of 3 (meg, chirs, stewie)
• Former safety inspector at the
happy-go-lucky toy factory,
former fishermen. Currently
working at the brewery as a
shipping clark
• Suffers from antisocial
personality disorder
• Peter Griffins charter suffers from
Antisocial Personality Disorder,
Peters is arrogant, always braking
the law and shows no guilt or
remorse for how he treats his family
.Peter only thinks about himself
and will lye or manipulate to get his
way often leading to acts of
aggression and violence as shown in
the video below:
https://youtu.be/5def-TbAYV8
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16. Lois Griffin
Bi-polar Disorder.
• Wife to peter Griffin
• Has 3 children (meg,
chris, stewie)
• Stay at home mom
• Has bi-polar disorder
• Lois Griffins charter stuffers from
Bipolar Disorder. Lois for the most
part is has a sweet and clam
personality but often has mood
swings that can lead to aggression
and impulsive behaviors like
gambling and inappropriate sexual
acts. Like shown in these videos
https://youtu.be/rx61WpZ22ps
https://youtu.be/VKmruC-sMqo
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17. Meg Griffin
Depression.
• Oldest daughter to
Peter and Louis Griffin
• Big sister to chris and
stewie
• Student at james wood
high school
• Suffers from depression
and suicide
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Meg Griffens charter suffers from
depression due to the fact the
she is often abused by the family
and no one at school likes her.
Meg has tried to kill her self and
often will act out to get attention.
Like shown in the videos below
https://youtu.be/URXMJWHJtrU
https://youtu.be/-W_qAYbsDRo

18. Chris Griffin
Legally Mentally Challenged.
• Middle child to Peter
and Louis Griffin
• Younger brother to meg
• Older brother to stewie
• Student at st james
wood high school
• Legally mentally
challenged
• Chris Griffins charter is legally
mentally challenged. Like shown in
the video below
https://youtu.be/lMrGejVFOfs
https://youtu.be/zyXWiIKWcwU
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19. Stewie Griffin
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in children
• Youngest of Lois and
Peter Griffin
• Youngest brother to Meg
and Chirs Girffin
• One year old genies with
an English accent
• Oppositional Defiant
Disorder (ODD) in
Children
• Stewie Griffins charter suffers from
ODD known as Oppositional Defiant
Disorder in children. Stewie is often
very angry and is constantly trying
to take over the world. Stewie also
hates his mother an try's to kill her
multiple times through out the
show. Like shown in the videos
below
https://youtu.be/FbvjIANYIMc
https://youtu.be/4h2vmCRSg0U
https://youtu.be/rdG_1_Pic8Y
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20. Brian Griffin
Alcoholic and drug addiction.
• Best friend to peter,
lois, meg, chris,
stewie
• Is a writer and
struggles to find him
self
• Suffers from
Alcoholic and drug
abuse.
Brian Griffin charter suffers from
alcoholic and drug addiction. Brian is a
anthropomorphic dog whose
contently trying to escape from his
reality like shown in the videos below
https://youtu.be/MqLuRzfgvSU
https://youtu.be/ReKOWpsgz9I
https://youtu.be/YBVO4r1ebwI
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21. My thoughts
• I picked family guy for my project because
It gave me the chance to talk about all the
different disorder’s and not have to limit
my self to just one disorder. Family guy is a
very funny show that opens the worlds
eyes to things that are normally swept
under the rug. It also gives people a since
that they don’t have to suffer alone and
that other people go through the same
disorders and the same family problems
as they may. Family guy shows the world
that its okay to be different and that not
everything needs to be taken so seriously.
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www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions---
pediatrics/o/oppositional-defiant-disorder-odd-in-children.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Family_Guy_characters
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