psychopathology no ao3

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  • psychopathology
    • definitions of abnormality
      • statistical infrequency
        • something deemed abnormal when someone has a less common characteristic
        • eq intellectual disability disorder and IQ
      • deviation from social norms
        • behaviour thats different from accepted standards. groups of people define whats normal and whats not
        • e.g., antisocial personality disorder
      • deviation from ideal mental health
        • dont meet a set criterion of good mental health
          • jahodas 6 criteria
      • failure to function adequately
        • rosenhan and seligman
        • cannot cope with the demands of everyday life
        • e.g., intellectual disability disorder
    • ocd
      • treating ocd
        • drug therapy
          • increase/ decrease levels of neurotransmitters in the brain
            • selective serotonin reuptake (ssirs)
              • presynapse releases it, travels across synapse, reabsorbed, broken down and reused in postsynaptic
                • preventing reabsorption= increase levels in synapse
          • can combine with psychological treatments (cbt) or replace drug (clomaprine)
      • explaining ocd
        • neural explanations
          • neurotransmitter serotonin regulates mood
            • relaying info from one neuron to another
              • low levels of serotonin= relaying of mood doesn't happen
                • neural explanations
                  • neurotransmitter serotonin regulates mood
                    • relaying info from one neuron to another
                      • low levels of serotonin= relaying of mood doesn't happen
          • genetic explanations
            • candidate genes
            • diathesis-stress model
            • lewis= 39% ocd parents, 21% ocd siblings
            • ocd is polygenic= taylor found up to 230 genes
            • ateiologically hetergenous
      • depression
        • treating depression
          • cognitive behavioural therapy
            • becks cognitive triad
              • faulty information processing
              • negative self-schemas
              • cognitive triad- being negative about (1) the world (2) the self (3) the future
            • uses becks triad through: identifying aspects of negative triad and challenging them- set "homework" to disprove belief
            • uses ellis's rebt model: changes into abcde (d= dispute, e= effect). aim to dispute irrational beliefs. can do so in 2 ways= logical / empirical
            • aims to identify irrational beliefs and replace them with more productive behaviours
        • explaining depression
          • becks cognitive triad
            • faulty information processing
            • negative self-schemas
            • cognitive triad- being negative about (1) the world (2) the self (3) the future
          • ellis's ABC model
            • (A) activating event is triggered by external/negative events
              • (B) activating event then causes an irrational belief to occur (B)
                • (C) irrational belief then causes an emotional/behavioural consequence
                  • (A) activating event is triggered by external/negative events
                    • (B) activating event then causes an irrational belief to occur (B)
                      • (C) irrational belief then causes an emotional/behavioural consequence
        • phobias
          • explaining phobias
            • two-process model
              • phobia aquired through classical conditioning
                • little albert- rayner and
              • mowrer
              • phobia maintained through operant conditioning
          • treating phobias
            • systematic desensitisation
              • (1) anxiety heirarchy
              • (2) relation techniques
              • (3) exposure
            • flooding
              • immediate exposure

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