Psychological Disorders

Tara did something really weird the other day.  You went to visit her and the whole time you were there she said her name was Buck.  She was acting like a really vulgar dude the whole time.  It was funny at first, but she wouldn't stop the joke so you just took off.  What is she probably suffering from?

• Dissociative Amnesia
• Dissociative Fugue
• Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Undifferentiated Type Schizophrenia

What is a psychological disorder?

• a harmful dysfunction in which behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

• chemical imbalances in the brain that cause people to act in harmful ways

• malformations of important brain segments

• a dysfunction that is not harmful but may consist of behaviors that are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

An atypical behavior is one that:

• is so different it violates a norm

• is troublesome to other people

• occurs without a rational basis

• is destructive to yourself or others

A maladaptive behavior is one that:

• is destructive to yourself or others and inhibits a person to adjust to particular situations

• occurs without a rational basis

• is troublesome to other people

• is so different it violates a norm

What do we use to diagnosis and classify disorders?

• Trained professionals (psychologist and counselors) do it

• The DSM-5

• Research Papers

• Intuition

Why does misrepresenting disorders in the media matter?

• It doesn't matter

• it creates negative stereotypes

• It messes up research

• It makes disorders look cool

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

• Developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication 
• A developmental disability significantly affecting social interaction
• A developmental disability that is evident before age 3
• All of the above

Autism is more prevalent in 

• females
• males
• older females
• none are true

Characateristics of Autism include

•  social and communication differences
• sensory, motor and cognitive differences
• emotional vulnerability, medical or biological differences and restricted patterns of behavior
• all are true

Researchers suggest that the development of autism is rooted in

• Genetics and Very Early Brain Development

• Low Immunity

• Vaccines

• Traumatic Brain Injury