(scroll down for earlier posts such as Review Resources and the Personality unit with the Personality Test)
•About 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.
•About 6 percent of American adults suffer from a serious mental illness such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and severe depression.
For more information about the DSM 5 see http://www.mainepsych.org/Resources/Pages/DSM5.aspx
Our book is based on DSM IV and many aspects of DSM 5 are similar, but there are some differences. The link above takes you to a DSM 5 overview page with links to specific changes. The Hank videos we saw in class and which are posted below are based on DSM 5.
The following videos will help you understand the current definition of what a psychological disorder is, and learn about some of the main specific psych disorders.
You can turn on the Closed Captioning (cc) to see the text on the screen and pause/rewind the video as it plays so you can take notes on them.
Psychological Disorders - Crash Course
OCD and Anxiety Disorders - Crash Course
Depressive and Bipolar Disorders - Crash Course
Trauma and Addiction - Crash Course (we didn't see this one in class)
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders - Crash Course
Schizophrenia Simulation Video - (Produced by a pharmaceutical company)
Eating and Body Dysmorphic Disorders - Crash Course
Personality Disorders - Crash Course
Treatment....
What are the main ways we treat psychological illness? What are the important the differences between psychotherapy and the biomedical approach? How does the psychodynamic approach compare to the humanistic approach? Are some treatments more effective for some disorders? Does psychotherapy work? Do psychiatric medications work? How do we know?
If you are concerned about your own mental health or that of someone close to you, speak to your counselor or teacher right away. If it's an emergency - that someone is going to hurt themselves or others, call 911. In a non-emergency the school can refer you to someone who can help, such as the professionals at the Near North Health Service Corp. which is only about a block from school.  |
| Trepanation- cutting holes in the skull - is no longer used as treatment of mental illness. For other obsolete forms of psychiatric treatment, see this list. |
The Mayo Clinic website has a good explanation of many mental illnesses including symptoms and treatment options.
Getting Help - Psychotherapy Crash Course
Biomedical Treatments - and Effectiveness of Psychological Treatments Crash Course
How do Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressants work?
The Mayo Clinic has a good webpage that explains how SSRI and Serotonin/Norepinephrine SNRI's work.
A detailed explanation of Freud and the basis for psychoanalysis (at 5:50 or so) - The School of Life
An AP Psych Review video for this unit - basically like having a tutor showing you a Prezzi and discussing each major idea. The nice thing is, you can pause and take notes which is something you can't usually do during class.
And finally... one mnemonic you can use to remember that Aaron Beck's cognitive approach to treatment involved reducing negative thinking about the self.
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