Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 61 views

    Psychopathology: Shafa Ahmad bms15091813 Amal Abdulkhadir bms15091333

    Uploaded by

    SHAFA AHMED MUTAHAR HURAIRAH
    Psychopathology is the scientific study of abnormal behavior and mental illness. Sigmund Freud was an early pioneer in the field through his development of psychoanalysis. Signs and symptoms of mental illness can include changes in thinking, feeling, or behavior. Early intervention can help reduce the severity of illnesses. Specific symptoms may include auditory hallucinations, delusional thoughts, negative symptoms like apathy, and incoherent speech. A combination of several symptoms impacting daily life indicates the need for evaluation by a mental health professional.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Psychopathology: Shafa Ahmad bms15091813 Amal Abdulkhadir bms15091333

    Uploaded by

    SHAFA AHMED MUTAHAR HURAIRAH
    61 views13 pages
    Psychopathology is the scientific study of abnormal behavior and mental illness. Sigmund Freud was an early pioneer in the field through his development of psychoanalysis. Signs and symptoms of mental illness can include changes in thinking, feeling, or behavior. Early intervention can help reduce the severity of illnesses. Specific symptoms may include auditory hallucinations, delusional thoughts, negative symptoms like apathy, and incoherent speech. A combination of several symptoms impacting daily life indicates the need for evaluation by a mental health professional.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    Psychopathology.pptx

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Psychopathology is the scientific study of abnormal behavior and mental illness. Sigmund Freud was an early pioneer in the field through his development of psychoanalysis. Signs and symptoms of mental illness can include changes in thinking, feeling, or behavior. Early intervention can help reduce the severity of illnesses. Specific symptoms may include auditory hallucinations, delusional thoughts, negative symptoms like apathy, and incoherent speech. A combination of several symptoms impacting daily life indicates the need for evaluation by a mental health professional.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    61 views13 pages

    Psychopathology: Shafa Ahmad bms15091813 Amal Abdulkhadir bms15091333

    Uploaded by

    SHAFA AHMED MUTAHAR HURAIRAH
    Psychopathology is the scientific study of abnormal behavior and mental illness. Sigmund Freud was an early pioneer in the field through his development of psychoanalysis. Signs and symptoms of mental illness can include changes in thinking, feeling, or behavior. Early intervention can help reduce the severity of illnesses. Specific symptoms may include auditory hallucinations, delusional thoughts, negative symptoms like apathy, and incoherent speech. A combination of several symptoms impacting daily life indicates the need for evaluation by a mental health professional.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    of 13

    Psychopathology

    Shafa Ahmad bms15091813


    Amal Abdulkhadir bms15091333
    Psychopathology Definition
    • Psychopathology is the scientific study of abnormal behavior
    or experiences indicating presence of mental illness.
    • Mental illness defined as psychological, behavioural manifestation and
    impairment in full functioning according to society and daily life
    demands.
    History
    • Sigmund Freud
    • an Austrian neurologist and
    the founder of psychoanalysis,
    a clinical method for treating
    psychopathology through
    dialogue between a patient
    and a psychoanalyst.
    Sign and symptoms
    • Most often there are small changes or feelings of “something is not quite right”
     Thinking
     Feeling
     Behaviour
    • Taking action early can reduce the severity of the illness
     Possible to delay or even prevent a major illness
    Sign
    • 1 or 2 of the symptoms listed can’t predict a mental illnes
     May indicate need for further evaluation
    • Sleep or appetite changes
    • Mood changes
    • Withdrawal
    Sign
    • Problems thinking
    • Increased sensitivity
    • Drop in functioning — An unusual drop in functioning, at school, work or social
    activities, such as quitting sports, failing in school or difficulty performing
    familiar tasks

    • Feeling disconnected — A vague feeling of being disconnected from oneself or


    one’s surroundings; a sense of unreality
    Sign
    • Apathy — Loss of initiative or desire to participate in any activity
    • Illogical thinking — Unusual or exaggerated beliefs about personal
    powers to understand meanings or influence events

    • Nervousness — Fear or suspiciousness of others or a strong nervous


    feeling

    • Unusual behaviour
    Sign
    • A person experiencing several at one time and causing serious problems in
    their study, work or relationships. They should be seen by a physician or
    mental health professional

    • People with suicidal thoughts or intent, or thoughts of harming others,


    need immediate attention.
    Symptoms

    • Auditory hallucination
    • Auditory perceptions with no cause. These auditory hallucinations have to
    be of particular types:
    • hearing thoughts spoken aloud ( "I hear my thoughts outside my head.“)
    • hearing voices referring to himself/herself made in the third person /
    arguing ("The first voice says 'He used that fork in an odd way' and then
    the second replies 'Yes, he did'".)
    Symptoms
    • Thought withdrawal, insertion and interruption
    • A person's thoughts are under control of an outside agency and can be removed,
    inserted (and felt to be alien to him/her) or interrupted by others.
    • Having thoughts that she thinks are the though of other people ("My thoughts are
    fine except when Michael Jackson stops them.“)
    • Thought broadcasting
    • As the person is thinking everyone is thinking in unison with him/her.
    • ("My thoughts filter out of my head and everyone can pick them up if they walk past.“)
    Symptoms
    • Somatic hallucinations
    • A hallucination involving the perception of a physical experience with the body ("I
    feel them crawling over me.“)
    • Delusional perception
    • A true perception, to which a person attributes a false meaning.
    • Passivity
    • Where there is certainty that an action of the person or a feeling is caused not by
    themselves but by some others or other force. (“Somebody controlled my arm.“)
    Symptoms
    • Negative symptoms
    • Marked apathy, paucity of speech, blunting of emotional responses
    • Does not respond to question or no interest in answering
    • Train of thought
    • Breaks or interpolations resulting in incoherence or irrelevant speech , Patient speech is
    incomprehensible. Jumping from topic to topic
    • Catatonic behaviour
    • Excitement, posturing, or waxy flexibility, negativism, mutism, and stupor
    • Patient is unsuitable for interview
    Other symptoms
    Headache
    Shivering
    Anxiety
    Depression
    Nervous breakdown

    You might also like