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