1. Briefly explain the historical views of psychological disorders.
2. Explain the criteria that constitute a psychological disorder, and what role does the DSM-V play in diagnosis.
3. Explain the diagnostic criteria for Anxiety disorders including phobias, panic, generalized anxiety, OCD, and PTSD and the various theoretical views.
4. Explain the diagnostic criteria for Dissociative disorders including dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, and depersonalization and the various theoretical views.
5. Explain the diagnostic criteria for Mood disorders including major depression and bi-polar disorder and the possible contributing factors.
6. Explain the diagnostic criteria for Schizophrenia including the various types (paranoid, disorganized, and catatonic) the various theoretical views.
7. Explian the diagnostic criteria for Personality disorders including paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid, antisocial and avoidant and the various theoretical views.
8. Elaborate on the topic of suicide including the risk factors, myths, warning signs and the differences in ethnicity and gender.
Week 13 discussion
Discussion: Psychological Disorders
Diagnosing Disorders
Respond to the following prompt in a post between 200 and 400 words:
Pick one of the mental disorders you learned about in this module. Think of a fictional character who you think might fit, at least to some extent, that type of disorder. Consider cartoon characters, Disney princesses, favorite sitcom characters, etc. Do some more research on the disorder to write up a diagnosis. Explain which disorder the character may have, describe the disorder, then provide at least three evidences or examples of how or why that character meets the description of the mental illness.