These lectures were given to support my Introduction to Abnormal Psychology course at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon, USA. They are "enhanced" podcasts, which includes my lecture slides, so be sure to open the "artwork & video viewer" in iTunes!
Eating disorders - anorexia nervosa & bulimia nervosa
Disorders of childhood & adolescence: Externalizing disorders (ADHD & ODD); Internalizing disorders (Tic disorder).
Schizophrenia - diagnosis, etiology, treatment.
Discussion of Part 4 of An Unquiet Mind.
Covers Part 3 of An Unquiet Mind. Also schizophrenia - history, symptoms, & demographics.
Covers PTSD, dissociative, and somatoform disorders.
Covers anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mood Disorders introduction; symptoms; etiology of depression and bipolar disorder.
Assessment: interviews, self-report, neurological. Diagnosis: DSM and the medical model for mental illness; ICD.
Covers historical understanding of abnormal behavior and mental illness, from 1100 to present. Also contemporary perspectives on understanding the causes of mental illness.
Explanations for abnormal behavior: Supernatural, Somatogenic, Psychogenic. Historical conceptions for abnormality before the Renaissance period.