I. Background on Psychological Disorders

A.   Defining Psychological Disorders - no absolute rules

1.   Maladaptive

2.   Distressing

3.     Different from the social norm

B.   Diagnosing Psychological Disorders - DSM-IV

C.   Explaining Psychological Disorders

1.   Biological Approach

2.   Psychodynamic Approach

3.   Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

4.   Sociocultural Approach

D. Prevalence of Psychological Disorders – Lifetime prevalence

II. Disorders Based on Anxiety

A. Anxiety disorders

1. Generalized Anxiety Disorders

2. Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia

3. Phobic Disorders

4. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

a.  Obsessions

b.  Compulsions

5.  Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

B. Dissociative Disorders

1. Dissociative amnesia

2. Dissociative Identity Disorder – Multiple 
           Personality Disorder

C. Explaining Disorders Based on Anxiety

1. Biological

2. Psychodynamic

3. Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

a. Attentional bias

4. Sociocultural Approach

5. Combining the Approaches

III. Mood Disorders

A.  The General Characteristics of Major Depression

1. Emotions

2. Behavior

3. Cognitive Processes

a. Availability heuristic

b. Pessimistic explanatory style

B.  In Depth: Gender and Depression

1.  Factors related to depression in women

2.   Why are women more depressed?

a.  ruminative responses

b.   distracting responses

C.  Bipolar Disorder - ordinary emotional experiences magnified

1.  Mania

D.  Explaining Mood Disorders

1. Biological Approach

a.  heritability

b.  neurotransmitters

2.  Psychodynamic Approach

3. Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

4.  Sociocultural Approach

5.  Combining the Approaches

a. Diathesis-stress model

IV. Schizophrenia

A. The Characteristics of Schizophrenic Disorders

1.  Hallucinations

2.  Delusions

a.  Paranoid schizophrenia

3.  Disorganized Speech

4.  Attention Problems

5.  Emotional Disturbances

6.  Social Problems

7.  Behavioral Disturbances

B. The Course of Schizophrenia

C. Explaining Schizophrenic Disorders

1.  Biological Approaches

a) Dopamine hypothesis

2. Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

3. Sociocultural Approach

4. Combining the Approaches

V. Personality Disorders

A. The Variety of Personality Disorders

1.  Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

2.  Borderline personality disorder

B. Antisocial Personality Disorder

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