Module 22: Assessment & Anxiety Disorders

Module Twenty Two Goals

1. To understand the factors in mental disorders.

2. To understand assessing mental disorders.

3. To understand diagnosing mental disorders.

4. To understand anxiety and somatoform disorders.

Goal: To understand the factors in mental disorders.

1. Define the following two terms:

Insanity

Mental disorder

2. Complete the following table describing the three approaches used to decide abnormality.

Three Approaches in Deciding Abnormality
Approach	Approach	Approach
Statistical frequency approach	Deviation from Social norms approach	Maladaptive behavior approach
Example:	Example:	This approach is the most useful Example:
Goal: To understand the assessment of mental disorders.

3. What are the 3 methods of assessing mental health disorders?

a.

b.

c.

Goal: To understand the diagnosing of mental disorders.

4. How is the DSM-IV-TR related to a clinical diagnosis?

Goal: To understand anxiety and somatoform disorders.

5. Complete the following table on Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Description	Symptoms

6. Complete the following table on Panic disorder.

Panic Disorder
Description	Symptoms

7. Complete the following table on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Description	Symptoms	Treatments
		What type of drug? Exposure therapy:

8. Complete the following table on phobias?

Phobias
Phobia	Description
Social phobia
Specific phobia
Agoraphobia

9. What is a somatoform disorder?

10. Complete the following table on somatoform disorders.

Somatoform Disorders
Somatization	Conversion	Mass Hysteria
Description:	Description:	Description:
Symptoms:	Symptoms:

Module 23: Mood Disorders & Schizophrenia

Module Twenty Three Goals

1. To understand mood disorders, causes and treatments.

2. To understand personality disorders, causes and treatments.

3. To understand dissociative disorders, causes and treatments.

4. To understand schizophrenia, its causes and treatments.

Goal: To understand mood disorders, causes and treatments.

1. Complete the following table describing mood disorders.

Mood Disorders
Major depression	Bipolar I disorder	Dysthymic disorder
Description:	Description:	Description:
Symptoms:	Symptoms:	Symptoms:

2. Complete the following table on the causes of mood disorders.

Causes of Mood Disorders
Biological Factors	Psychological Factors
Neurological factors:	Stressful life events:
Brain Scans:	Negative Cognitive Style:
Genetics:	Personality factors:

3. Complete the following table on the treatment of mood disorders.

Treatment of Mood Disorders
Major Depression and Dysthymia	Bipolar I
Biological therapy:	Biological therapy: **This is asking for the specific drug therapy.
Psychotherapy:
Who is likely to receive ECT or Electroconvulsive therapy?

Goal: To understand personality disorders

4. What is a personality disorder?

5. Complete the following table on personality disorders.

Personality Disorders
Disorder	Description
Paranoid
Schizotypical
Histrionic
Obsessive-compulsive
Dependent
Antisocial
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Causes		Treatments
Psychosocial factors:		Psychological:
Biological factors: genetic factors: neurological factors: prefrontal cortex:		Biological: **This is asking for neurotransmitter involved in antisocial disorder and the type of drug that effects this neurotransmitter.

Goal: To understand Dissociative disorders

6. What is a dissociative disorder?

7. Complete the following table on dissociative disorders.

Dissociative Disorders
Disorder	Description
Amnesia
Fugue
Dissociative Identity disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Causes		Treatments
Early childhood trauma: :		Psychological: (Be specific. Psychotherapy is not an adequate answer)
		Note: DID is associated with many other problems such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Biological treatments for DID will be the same as for these disorders. Biological:
Goal: To understand schizophrenic disorders.

8. What is schizophrenia?

9. Complete the following table on schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia
Subcategories	Description
Paranoid
Catatonic
Disorganized
Chance of Recovery
Type I
Type II
Causes of Schizophrenia
Biological		Psychological
Genetic Predisposition:		Environmental: **What kind of stressful events contribute to schizophrenia?
Genetic Markers:
Ventricle Size:
Prefrontal cortex

10. Diathesis Stress Theory states that some people have a genetic predisposition (a diathesis) that interacts with life stressors to result in the onset and development of schizophrenia. Write the statement in your own words.

11. Complete the following table describing treatments for schizophrenia.

Biological Treatments for Schizophrenia
Typical Neuroleptics (old drugs) 50s	Atypical Neuroleptics (newer drugs) 90s
Reduce positive symptoms	Reduce positive and negative symptoms
Dopamine theory: Basal gangla:	Dopamine and Serotonin effects: Why are these drugs the most preferred?

12. What are the 3 steps in overcoming mild depression? (Application section)

a.

b

c.