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Abnormal Psychology Lectures

Author: Dana C. Leighton

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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!
13 Episodes
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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.
Covers treatment of mood disorders
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.
Course policies and procedures.
Comments (6)

Sina

Hoping for a day when no one will suffer from the effects of war.

Aug 19th
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Dark Luna

I'm a high school student who is overly intrigued with abnormal psychology and interest in psychology in general... um and I go by L

Jan 17th
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Christie Ryan

Is this article of the Persian historian Kidman, classifying children as small creatures true?

Apr 21st
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Brigette Borromeo

It really is just recordings of a ongoing psych lecture

Sep 22nd
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jose Negron

for being so "intelligent " sure has a limited vocabulary = uses "ahhhhhhhh" a little too much & it took him 15 years to get bored with people - took me a whole 15 mins to get bored with him.....

Feb 22nd
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Mike LeCesse

I am looking forward to a podcast focused on Borderline Personality Disorder. If and when you find the time to cover that subject, it would be greatly appreciated!

Sep 11th
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