EST Please
Select 1 of the following disorders:
- Oppositional defiant disorder
- Conduct disorder
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Kleptomania or pyromania
- What are some of the symptoms?
- What would this disorder look like in person? Make sure you relate this back to the DSM criteria.
- Based on your research, do you think the media has portrayed the disorder you selected in an unbiased manner, or is it sensationalized?
- Why do you think the DSM-5 has placed Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Kleptomania, or Pyromania into a chapter called Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders? Support your answer with research.
Barlow & Durand: Chapters 5, 11 & 12
Finding CTU Psychology Library Resources
- Define and discuss normal and abnormal behavior within the psychoanalytical, medical (biological), behavioral, cognitive, socio-cultural, and humanistic perspectives.
- Discuss the implications of labeling behaviors as normal or abnormal.
- Identify mental disorders and prevailing views of those disorders.
- Explore the implications of the many historical and contemporary approaches to addressing abnormal behavior.
- Understand the impacts of abnormal behavior in the workplace and the importance of assessing when to involve outside expertise.
Instructor’s Comments:
This week we will focus on trauma- and stressor-related disorders & disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders. This assignment is similar to Unit 4 DB, except that now you will choose one of four disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders and explore the symptoms, expression, and media portrayal of the disorder.
For information on oppositional defiant disorder, check Chapter 14, p. 516 and this fact sheet: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/behaviorprob_qt/ODD.pdf
For information on conduct disorder, check Ch. 12, pp. 455-460 and this fact sheet: http://www.nmha.org/conditions/conduct-disorder
For information on antisocial personality disorder, check Ch. 12, pp. 441- 471 and this fact sheet: http://www.mindhealthconnect.org.au/antisocial-personality-disorder-sociopath
For information on kleptomania and pyromania (impulse-control disorders), check Ch. 11, pp. 433-435 and this fact sheet: http://www.islhd.health.nsw.gov.au/Carer_Program/Mental_Health/Illness_and_Disorder/ImpulseControlDisorders.pdf
You will again consider changes that have been made from the DSM-IV to the DSM-5. This link is also a good resource: http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/changes%20from%20dsm-iv-tr%20to%20dsm-5.pdf
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