Eating disorders - anorexia nervosa &amp; bulimia nervosa

Episode 13 - Eating Disorders

Disorders of childhood &amp; adolescence: Externalizing disorders (ADHD &amp; ODD); Internalizing disorders (Tic disorder).

Episode 12 - Childhood & Adolescent Disorders

Schizophrenia - diagnosis, etiology, treatment.

Episode 11 - Schizophrenia, Part 2

Episode 10 - Unquiet Mind Discussion

Covers Part 3 of An Unquiet Mind. Also schizophrenia - history, symptoms, &amp; demographics.

Episode 9 - Schizophrenia Pt 1 & Unquiet Mind Pt 3

Covers PTSD, dissociative, and somatoform disorders.

Episode 8 - PTSD, Dissociative & Somatoform Disorders

Covers anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Episode 7 - Anxiety Disorders

Episode 6 - Mood Disorders part 2

Mood Disorders introduction; symptoms; etiology of depression and bipolar disorder.

Episode 5 - Mood Disorders Part 1

Assessment: interviews, self-report, neurological. Diagnosis: DSM and the medical model for mental illness; ICD.

Episode 4 - Assessment and Diagnosis

Lectures for PSY 239 at Portland Community College, given by Dana C. Leighton

Covers historical understanding of abnormal behavior and mental illness, from 1100 to present. Also contemporary perspectives on understanding the causes of mental illness.

Episode 3 - Historical & Contemporary Approaches

Explanations for abnormal behavior: Supernatural, Somatogenic, Psychogenic. Historical conceptions for abnormality before the Renaissance period.

Episode 2 - Historical Approaches

Episode 1 - Course Introduction

If you’re going to let the students talk so much, give them a microphone.    I feel I’m missing a lot of insight and information by not being able to hear the audience.

Can’t hear!

For anyone interested in accurate informations, do not listen!!!  These lectures are old and based on DSM 4 information. They have not been updated to reflect the newly published DSM 5.

Not updated for the DSM 5

Abnormal Psychology Lectures

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