Disorders and Therapies
Abnormal Behavior: In this portion of the course, students examine the nature of common challenges to adaptive functioning. This section emphasizes formal conventions that guide psychologists’ judgments about diagnosis and problem severity.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
• Describe contemporary and historical conceptions of what constitutes psychological disorders
• Recognize the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association as the primary reference for making diagnostic judgments.
• Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including anxiety and somatoform disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, organic disturbance, personality disorders, and dissociative disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of various approaches to explaining psychological disorders: medical model, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive, biological, and sociocultural.
• Identify the positive and negative consequences of diagnostic labels (e.g., the Rosenhan study).
• Discuss the intersection between psychology and the legal system (e.g., confidentiality, insanity defense).
Therapies: This section of the course provides students with an understanding of empirically based treatments of psychological disorders. The topic emphasizes descriptions of treatment modalities based on various orientations in psychology.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following
• Describe the central characteristics of psychotherapeutic intervention.
• Describe major treatment orientations used in therapy (e.g., behavioral, cognitive, humanistic) and how those orientations influence therapeutic planning.
• Compare and contrast different treatment formats (e.g., individual, group).
• Summarize effectiveness of specific treatments used to address specific problems.
• Discuss how cultural and ethnic context influence choice and success of treatment (e.g., factors that lead to premature termination of treatment).
• Describe prevention strategies that build resilience and promote competence.
• Identify major figures in psychological treatment (e.g., Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis, Sigmund Freud, Mary Cover Jones, Carl Rogers, B. F. Skinner, Joseph Wolpe).
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
• Describe contemporary and historical conceptions of what constitutes psychological disorders
• Recognize the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association as the primary reference for making diagnostic judgments.
• Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including anxiety and somatoform disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, organic disturbance, personality disorders, and dissociative disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of various approaches to explaining psychological disorders: medical model, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive, biological, and sociocultural.
• Identify the positive and negative consequences of diagnostic labels (e.g., the Rosenhan study).
• Discuss the intersection between psychology and the legal system (e.g., confidentiality, insanity defense).
Therapies: This section of the course provides students with an understanding of empirically based treatments of psychological disorders. The topic emphasizes descriptions of treatment modalities based on various orientations in psychology.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following
• Describe the central characteristics of psychotherapeutic intervention.
• Describe major treatment orientations used in therapy (e.g., behavioral, cognitive, humanistic) and how those orientations influence therapeutic planning.
• Compare and contrast different treatment formats (e.g., individual, group).
• Summarize effectiveness of specific treatments used to address specific problems.
• Discuss how cultural and ethnic context influence choice and success of treatment (e.g., factors that lead to premature termination of treatment).
• Describe prevention strategies that build resilience and promote competence.
• Identify major figures in psychological treatment (e.g., Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis, Sigmund Freud, Mary Cover Jones, Carl Rogers, B. F. Skinner, Joseph Wolpe).
Course Notes for Disorders
Course Notes on Therapies Vocab List for the Unit Flashcards are due Monday and Tuesday, Vocab Quiz Friday Trippy Text for Disorders Trippy Text for Therapies Biological Cognitive Practice MC for Disorders Practice MC for Therapies Powerpoint for Disorders Powerpoint for Therapies Guided Reading Packet for Disorders Guided Reading Packet for Therapies *****Assignment Sheet for the Disorders Portfolio Assignment***** |
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Daily Activities
16 March: Today we will begin our discussion on mental disorders by looking at what makes a behavior a disorder. We will also look at the dangers of labeling people with disorders. After the importance and dangers have been covered we will examine what the basic criterion for disorders, noting who makes the decisions on what should be a disorder and how they are classified in the DSM. Why does the DSM not examine causes and treatments.
17 March: We will recap and review the basics of mental disorders and will begin to cover disorders by discussing the most common Anxiety disorders. As we begin to cover specific disorders, think about what percentage of people have the disorders and how that impacts them.
18/19 March: Today in class we will recap previous material, and discuss Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders as well as Schizophrenia. As part of our discussion on Schizophrenia, we will view the following videos on the disorder.
17 March: We will recap and review the basics of mental disorders and will begin to cover disorders by discussing the most common Anxiety disorders. As we begin to cover specific disorders, think about what percentage of people have the disorders and how that impacts them.
18/19 March: Today in class we will recap previous material, and discuss Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders as well as Schizophrenia. As part of our discussion on Schizophrenia, we will view the following videos on the disorder.
20 March: We will try to wrap up our discussion on disorders today by discussing the remainder of disorders you will need to know for the AP Exam and will begin our discussion on the various therapies for mental disorders. We will try to cover the Mood, Personality, and other disorders that you need to know.
We will once again view portions of video clips that you may wish to complete on your own. We have focused on Schizophrenia more than some of the other disorders, as it is the most debilitating of the common psychological disorders.
We will once again view portions of video clips that you may wish to complete on your own. We have focused on Schizophrenia more than some of the other disorders, as it is the most debilitating of the common psychological disorders.
23 March: Today we will wrap up our discussion of Therapies by discussing the last of the Personality disorders as well as a few additional disorders you will need to know for the exam.
24 March: We will discuss your project for the unit in class today, as well as begin our discussion on Therapies for the different disorders.
24 March: We will discuss your project for the unit in class today, as well as begin our discussion on Therapies for the different disorders.