Unit+3+Psychological+Disorders

Welcome to your unit on Abnormal Psychology. This unit focuses on Psychological Disorders. You will learn about what a psychological disorder is; how psychologists diagnose disorders; classification and labeling disorders and how and why people get psychological disorders. In the next section, we will focus on the treatment of disorders. Let's get started!


 * Day 1: Introduction**
 * Do Now:**
 * How do you feel, in general, about people with mental illness? **
 * How would you feel if your friend introduced you to someone with depression? With schizophrenia? **
 * With multiple personality disorder? What would you think about the person? Would you be nervous about meeting them? **
 * It is often said that there is a stigma associated with mental illness. Do you think that’s true? Why or why not? **


 * Today's Activities:**
 * What are some psychological disorders that you would like to learn about? What do you already know about them? Why is it important to learn about disorders?**

After viewing, answer the following: Questions about People with disorders
 * Disorders Worksheet:**

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(in class we will only cover up to the criteria for the diagnosis of Mental Illness) Today we talked about how psychologists define what kind of behavior is diagnosed as a psychological disorder. In order to be considered a disorder, people have to exhibit behavior that is //maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing, and atypical.// See details in the power point presentation.
 * Introduction to Abnormal Psychology**: Abnormal Psychology Powerpoint: [[file:Psychological Disorders ppt.ppt]]

Watch the following clips and determine whether the person has a disorder according to the above criteria: media type="youtube" key="9SxLe960ebg" height="315" width="560"media type="youtube" key="UJ8xFCy9vZM" height="315" width="420"
 * Stephen Fry: Bi-Polar Mood Disorder**

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 * Generalized Anxiety Disorder**

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 * Dissociative Identity Disorder: Hershel Walker**

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 * Borderline Personality Disorder:**

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 * Schizophrenia**

Psychologists use the **__DSM-IV-TR__** to classify and categorize different psychological disorders. To see the way disorders are diagnosed, check out your book on page 567. Additionally, we explored how there are both advantages AND dangers of psychological labels.

Follow up discussion:
 * How do you feel, in general, about people with mental illness? **
 * How would you feel if your friend introduced you to someone with depression? With schizophrenia? **
 * With multiple personality disorder? What would you think about the person? Would you be nervous about meeting them? **
 * It is often said that there is a stigma associated with mental illness. Do you think that’s true? Why or why not? **


 * HW: Read pp 559-573 and review the learning goals on p573**
 * Also Read the following [|article on the history of the treatment of mental disorders] and answer the following questions:**
 * 1. What are three treatments you found particularly surprising/disturbing?**
 * 2. How have treatments for mental disorders changed over the years?**
 * 3. What are some problems with treating mental illness that still exist today? List at least 2.**

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 * Day 2: Disorders**
 * Do Now: Watch the beginning of this documentary on the history of the treatment of mental disorders:**
 * Optional Extension:**
 * Read the following article and answer the questions below:**
 * [|article on the history of the treatment of mental disorders]**
 * 1.What do psychologists use to classify and categorize different psychological disorders? What 4 criteria must be met for behaviors to be determined as psychological disorders?**
 * 2. What are three treatments you found particularly surprising/disturbing?**
 * 3. How have treatments for mental disorders changed over the years?**
 * 4. What are some problems with treating mental illness that still exist today? List at least 2.**

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 * Therapy Ppt:[[file:Therapy ppt.pptx]]**


 * Wrap Up:** Finish summaries/descriptions of
 * 1. Anxiety Disorders**
 * 2. Mood Disorders**
 * 3. Dissociative Disorders**
 * 4. Personality Disorders**
 * 5. Schizophrenic Disorders**


 * Homework:** Review pp577-610 and go through all of the learning goals and the end of each section.


 * Day 3:**
 * Create Skits about a disorder in one of the following categories:**
 * 1. Anxiety Disorders**
 * 2. Mood Disorders**
 * 3. Dissociative Disorders**
 * 4. Personality Disorders**
 * 5. Schizophrenic Disorders**

skit assignment

Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia): awesome video about it: //Afraid of People: A Social Anxiety Disorder Documentary// Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Phobic Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Major Depressive Disorder Bipolar Disorder Dissociative Amnesia or Dissociative Fugue Dissociative Identity Disorder Eating Disorders (THIN-Eating Disorders (HBO)) Body Dysmorphic Disorder (too ugly for love bbc documentary) Schizoid Personality Disorder Gender Identity Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder
 * Disorders you can research and present a skit on: (See video clips on youtube and also below)**
 * Anxiety Disorders:**
 * Mood Disorder**
 * Dissociative Disorder**
 * Somatoform Disorders**
 * Substance Abuse Disorders**
 * Schizophrenia**
 * Personality Disorders**


 * Present Skits!**

Some ideas/resources about specific disorders:


 * __Dissociative Disorders__: dissociative amnesia, fugue, dissociative identity disorder**

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 * __Somatoform Disorders (Mind and Body connection disorders)__: Hypochondriasis, Conversion Disorder, Psychophysiological Disorder (read 601)**

__**Somatoform disorders:**__ symptoms take a bodily form without a physical cause

__**Hypochondriasis**:__ Imagined symptoms of a physical illness.

__**Conversion Disorder**:__ Anxiety producing a loss of physical function. Person might suddenly experience blindness, or paralysis that has no physical cause.

__**Psychophysiological Disorders:**__ Medical condition produced by psychological factors. ex: stress inducing asthma, ulcers, headaches, high blood pressure....

__**Schizophrenia**__: Family of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking. **Schizophrenia Power Point:**


 * Symptoms of Schizophrenia:** Delusions, hallucinations, inappropriate emotion, inappropriate behavior


 * Types of Schizophrenia**: Paranoid, Catatonic, Disorganized, Undifferentianted


 * Personality Disorders Powerpoint:**


 * __Personality Disorders Related to Anxiety__: Avoidant personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder**

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 * Social Anxiety Disorder:**


 * __Personality Disorders related to Odd or Eccentric Behavior:__ Paranoid personality disorder, Schizoid personality disorder**

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 * Paranoid Personality Disorder and Schizoid Personality Disorder**

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 * Borderline Personality Disorder:**

__**Personality Disorders related to Dramatic or Impulsive Behaviors:**__ **Borderline personality disorder, Antisocial personality disorder**

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 * Eating Disorders:**
 * True Life: I Have an Eating Disorder**

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 * Body Dismorphic Disorder**

Autism: media type="youtube" key="LZAi7DlVN2g" height="315" width="560"

Questions to consider: 1. Is this an accurate portrayal of someone who has this illness? How do you know? You must share what you have learned about this particular illness in class, your textbook, or outside research that you have done. 2. Does this book make you feel more empathy for someone with this disorder? Why or why not? 3. Would you recommend this book to others as a way to help them understand psychological disorders? Why or why not?
 * Day 4: Go to the library and start book talk project**: The goal of this project is to read a fictional account (or a real memoir) about someone with a psychological disorder. You will write a brief report which you will share with the class and discuss how the book presented the mental illness.

See Rubric below for how you will be graded. [|Some books you can choose that are in the AES Library] [|Other Books recommended by Grace]
 * [|Book Talk Rubric]**


 * Day 5 Abnormal Psychology Review**
 * Answer these questions again:**
 * How do you feel, in general, about people with mental illness? **
 * How would you feel if your friend introduced you to someone with depression? With schizophrenia? **
 * With multiple personality disorder? What would you think about the person? Would you be nervous about meeting them? **
 * It is often said that there is a stigma associated with mental illness. Do you think that’s true? Why or why not? **


 * [|Abnormal Psychology Test]**