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| Theories about the causes of mental illness |
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1. Supernatural: divine intervention curse demonic possession sin
2. Biological/Natural: similar to physical disease breakdown of body system
3. Psychological: mental illness as a result of trauma |
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| Treatment for mental illness: Stone Age |
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| predominately supernatural; trephination (hole in skull) as treatment ; exorcisms |
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| Ancient China and mental illness |
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| predominately natural or biological; Yin and Yang; emotions result of "vital air" over certain organs |
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| Ancient Greece, Egypt, Greece and Rome :mental illness |
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| E and G "wandering uterus"; H and the 4 humors (blood phlegm, yellow bile, black bile); Plato (ration overcome by impulse passion and appetite); insane ppl stripped of home property and right to marry |
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| prior to 11th cnetury- natural/bio perspective; Inquisition- witches/satanists arrested (poor nutrition/social control); Epidemics and hysteria: (st Vitus' Dance) |
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| Birth of mental hospitals |
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| chained/boxed/displayed; Act for Regulating Madhouses (1774) |
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| 20th century change due to understnading bio components of mental illness; Emil Kraeplim: develop classification systme for mental disorders (basis for today) |
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| distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety (Generalized, Phobia, OCD, Panic Disorder) |
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| conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories thoughts and feelings (amnesia: selective memory loss by stress) (Dissociative Fugue: doug from movie; Dissociative Identity: 2 or more distinct personalities) |
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| emotional extremes (Major Depressive Disorder; Mania, Bipolar;) |
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| criticisms of psychoanalysis |
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interpretations are hard to refute bc they cannot be proven or disproven
lots of time (1-3/wk 1 mon/yr alive) Expensive |
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1. paraphrase
2. Invite clarification
3. Reflect feelings |
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| American Psychiatric Association diagnotstic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th edition) used to classify psychological disorders |
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| the analyst's noting supposed dream meanings, resistance, and other significant behaviors in order to promote insight; become aware of resistnace and interpret the meaning (aimed at finding insight to a patients wishes feelings, and conflicts) |
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| blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material |
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| the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linke with other relationships (love or hatred for a parent |
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| Humanistic v. Psychoanalytic |
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H:Present; Conscious thoughts, immediate responsibility for feelings and actions; promote growth ; Client
P: Past; unconscious thoughts; uncovering hidden determinants; cure illness; patients |
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| less patient-therapist involvement; saves time and money; just as effective (others have same problems --> feed back and encourage to try new behaviors |
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| Rationale-emotive therapy |
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| (RET) Albert Ellis: confrontational cognitive therapy to challenge illogical self defeating attitudes and assumptions (emotional homework component) help mind to think more positively |
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| belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to object, people and events (believe, feel, act) |
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tnedency to give a casual explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the situation or teh person's disposition
(ERROR: for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition ) (explain the actions of others happy w/unkind remarks v. unhappy couple w/ unkind remarks) |
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| standard lines v. comparison lines. when told that a wrong answer is right, conform to group answer |
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| 63% of participants complied to the commands to shock another person. Obedience |
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| Foot in the Door Phenomenon |
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| tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request |
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| loss of self-awareness and slef restraint occuring in a group situation that foster arousal and anonymity (food fight in dining hall- if ppl are participating you are more likely to participate) |
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| Cognitive dissonance Theory |
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| we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent ( aware that attitude and action clash, you can reduce dissonance by changing attitude) |
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| improved performance of tasks in the presence of others; occurs with simple or well-learned tasks but not with tasks that are difficult or not yet mastered |
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| people in a group exert less effort when pooling towards a common goal than v. individually (feel less accountable, see contribution as less valuable) |
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| Frustration-Aggression Principle |
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| principle that frustration (blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal) creates anger which can generate aggression |
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