Atypical Disorders Psychological Disorders
discuss the symptoms of four types of psychological disorders (1.1) identify and evaluate key research in the study of these psychological disorders (2.1)
Atypical Disorders - Psychological Disorders
Within this essay i will be looking into four different types of psychological disorders and i will be looking into the credible research around each, exploring the different views that esteemed psychologists have expressed towards phobic disorder within anxiety disorders, mood disorders and obssessive compulsive disorders; aswell as fringing upon personality disorders. It is interesting to note the view of what is essentially atypical behaiour, and what classes as a psychological disorder, and how it has evolved through the ages.
In the times of our ancient cultures, such as that of the ancient greeks, egyptians and the hebrews; it was believed that when someone expressed a behavour that was not deemed the normal, that they were possessed, or it was the workings of angry gods or evil spirits.
It has to be appreciated these were in times where people believed that everything revolved around deities and in some cultures it was believed that many things were the results of magic, alchemy or religious damnation; as time has gone on however, and study of the mind has insued, views have gone far from the superstitious reasonings of our forefathers.
(Butcher, N. James, Mineka, Susan, Hooley, M. Jill , Abnormal Psychology (15th ed) pg 31 Demonology, gods and magic)
Every culture throughout the ages has had its norms of socieity, such as it would have been deemed abnormal for men to wear earrings 50 years ago in our own culture, and now it is an accepted social practice for men, what is typical and what is abnormal changes with soceities acceptances and rejections. A more stark contrast is through similar devices Hitler made the jews abnormal through his practices in order to justify controlling and silencing them, which eventually led to the holocaust; thats the power
Atypical Disorders - Psychological Disorders
Within this essay i will be looking into four different types of psychological disorders and i will be looking into the credible research around each, exploring the different views that esteemed psychologists have expressed towards phobic disorder within anxiety disorders, mood disorders and obssessive compulsive disorders; aswell as fringing upon personality disorders. It is interesting to note the view of what is essentially atypical behaiour, and what classes as a psychological disorder, and how it has evolved through the ages.
In the times of our ancient cultures, such as that of the ancient greeks, egyptians and the hebrews; it was believed that when someone expressed a behavour that was not deemed the normal, that they were possessed, or it was the workings of angry gods or evil spirits.
It has to be appreciated these were in times where people believed that everything revolved around deities and in some cultures it was believed that many things were the results of magic, alchemy or religious damnation; as time has gone on however, and study of the mind has insued, views have gone far from the superstitious reasonings of our forefathers.
(Butcher, N. James, Mineka, Susan, Hooley, M. Jill , Abnormal Psychology (15th ed) pg 31 Demonology, gods and magic)
Every culture throughout the ages has had its norms of socieity, such as it would have been deemed abnormal for men to wear earrings 50 years ago in our own culture, and now it is an accepted social practice for men, what is typical and what is abnormal changes with soceities acceptances and rejections. A more stark contrast is through similar devices Hitler made the jews abnormal through his practices in order to justify controlling and silencing them, which eventually led to the holocaust; thats the power