Abnormal Psychology Chapter 1

Definition

Dangerous

Dysfunctional

Distress

Deviance

History

Ancient times

Ancient Romans, Greeece

Middle age

End of Middle age

1800s

1900s

Run by humors

black bile

yellow bile

blood

Phlegm

Treat with humane way

Possessions

Possessions returned

Mental Asylums

The Twentheth Century

Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis

Somatogenic perspective

Abnormal behavior caused by underlying phsyical causes

Psychogenic perspective

Abnormal behavior caused by underlying psychological causes

Use of psychotic drugs

Positive therapy

Cyber therapy

study of positive feeling, traiits and ability

Multicultural Psychologist

Decrease in treatment

Increase in health care

Electro-Convulsive Therapy

Still don't know why it works

Mild electricity flow through brain for 1 min

Used to treat severe depression

For people who suffer from medication or doesn't work

major tranquilizer

SIDE EFFECT - Extrapyramidal symptom

Psychoanalytic theory