As a group, consider the four following behaviors, and then - PowerPoint Presentation

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As a group, consider the four following behaviors, and then decide whether you think they are evidence of a psychological disorder. How did you come to your conclusion?

Diagnosing Psychological Disorders ActivitySlide2

A man walks up to a window carrying a chair. He puts down the chair, opens the window, takes off his clothes, and seats himself on the chair. Why? He says he feels the need for an “air bath.”

Psychological Disorder?Scenario 1 Slide3

Every morning, a woman who lives in a Boston suburb asks her husband to bring in the morning newspaper, which the carrier throws just inside their fence. She does this because she is terribly afraid of encountering a poisonous snake. Her husband, concerned about her behavior, repeatedly tells her that there are no poisonous snakes living in their town. Nevertheless, she is afraid to leave the house.

Psychological Disorder?Scenario 2 Slide4

A teenaged boy packs a blanket and a bottle of water. Ignoring near-freezing temperatures, he climbs a nearby mountain, spreads the blanket on the ground, sits cross-legged on it, closes his eyes, and remains there throughout the night. In the morning, he runs home and tells his father he has seen a vision.

Psychological Disorder?Scenario 3 Slide5

A teenaged girl misses school for three days. She periodically breaks into tears. She finds it nearly impossible to get out of bed in the morning, though she cannot sleep for more than an hour or two at a time. She has no appetite and becomes nauseated if her family urges her to eat.

Psychological Disorder?Scenario 4 Slide6

Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Module 27Slide7

Defining Disorder

What criteria do psychologists use to diagnose psychological disorders?Slide8

Psychological disorder

– a “harmful dysfunction” in which behaviors are judged maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing, and atypical. 4 attributes of a psych disorder:M

aladaptive

U

njustifiable

D

isturbing

A

typical

Psych Disorders & MUDASlide9

destructive to oneself or othersexaggeration of normal, acceptable behaviors

scenarios that meet this criteria:woman with fear of snakesteenaged girlteenaged boyMaladaptiveSlide10

does not have a rational basisscenarios that meet this criteria:woman with fear of snakes

UnjustifiableSlide11

troublesome to other peoplescenarios that meet this criteria:woman with fear of snakes

teenaged girlDisturbingSlide12

so different from other people’s behavior that it violates a norm (accepted behavior)norms vary from culture to culture

scenarios that meet this criteria:woman with fear of snakesAtypicalSlide13

Classifying DisordersSlide14

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fourth Edition

published by the American Psychiatric Associationlists and describes all the currently accepted categories of mental disordersDSM-IV-TRSlide15

divides mental disorders into 17 major categoriesincludes the symptoms but not the causes of each

diseaseNeurosis – disorder that is distressing but allows one to think rationally and function sociallyPsychosis – disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas an distorted perceptionsDSM-IV-TRSlide16

Read pages 525 – 528

Make a 2-column list of the drawbacks and advantages of labeling psychological disordersKeep this information in mind as you are completing your project essay: Evaluate the perception the media and our U.S. culture poses regarding mental health and what you discover about mental disorders.

Labeling DisordersSlide17

Create a poster - list and describe each of the four criteria used to diagnose psychological disorders (

MUDA). Draw a picture to represent each of the four elements. On the back of your poster:For each of the four scenarios we read about earlier, list the criteria each WOULD meet. Based on the scenarios, which people

WOULD

be diagnosed with a psychological disorder?

Read page 519 – 520 and complete the following tasks: