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Introduction to Psychopathology
Goals for today:
• Scientist-practitioner model (3 parts to the study of disorders)
• Historical and current conceptions of psychopathology
DescriptionDescription
CausationCausation
Treatment/OutcomeTreatment/Outcome
Study ofStudy ofPsychologicalPsychological
DisordersDisorders
Scientist-Practitioner Model
• IncidenceIncidence– how many new cases of a disorder occur within a how many new cases of a disorder occur within a
given time?given time?
• SymptomsSymptoms• Sex ratioSex ratio• PrevalencePrevalence
– how many people in a population as a whole have a disorder?how many people in a population as a whole have a disorder?
DescriptionDescription
CausationCausation
Treatment/OutcomeTreatment/Outcome
Study ofStudy ofPsychologicalPsychological
DisordersDisorders
• CourseCourse– Typical pattern of developmentTypical pattern of development
• PrognosisPrognosis– Predicted development/outcome Predicted development/outcome
DescriptionDescription
CausationCausation
Treatment/OutcomeTreatment/Outcome
Study ofStudy ofPsychologicalPsychological
DisordersDisorders
DescriptionDescription
CausationCausation
Treatment/OutcomeTreatment/Outcome
Study ofStudy ofPsychologicalPsychological
DisordersDisorders
Scientist-Practitioner Model
• Multiple CausationMultiple Causation– biology, psychology, biology, psychology,
learning history, culture, learning history, culture, and social factorsand social factors
DescriptionDescription
CausationCausation
Treatment/OutcomeTreatment/Outcome
Study ofStudy ofPsychologicalPsychological
DisordersDisorders
• EtiologyEtiology– the study of why a disorder beginsthe study of why a disorder begins
DescriptionDescription
CausationCausation
Treatment/OutcomeTreatment/Outcome
Study ofStudy ofPsychologicalPsychological
DisordersDisorders
Scientist-Practitioner Model
DescriptionDescription
CausationCausation
Treatment/OutcomeTreatment/Outcome
Study ofStudy ofPsychologicalPsychological
DisordersDisorders
• What are the costs and benefits of treatments?What are the costs and benefits of treatments?• Which treatments work best (for which Which treatments work best (for which
disorders, which people, etc.?)disorders, which people, etc.?)
The Fisher King
Small Group Exercise on Perspectives in Causation
How has abnormal behavior been conceptualized over the course of history?
Historical Perspectives on Abnormality
Biological Theories
Similar to physical disease, mental illness = breakdown of some systems of body (e.g., syphillis).
Supernatural Theories
Divine intervention, curses, demonic possession, and personal sin.
Psychological Theories
Mental disorders as the result of learning, trauma, orother psychosocial causes.
Historical Perspectives on Abnormality
Biological Theories
“Madness tape, #3 -- recent history of biologicaltheories and therapies