Psychopathology

• Depression

  notes

  
• What is systematic desensitisation

  Treatment for phobias
• Describe systematic desensitisation 


  Relaxing environment

  create anxiety hierachy form least to most stressful

  move through the hierarchy and use relaxing techniques
• Behavioural characteristics of phobias

  Avoidance

  Panic

  endurance
• Emotional characteristics 


  Anxiety

  fear

  unreasonable response
• Cognitive characteristics of phobias 


  Selective attention

  cognitive distortions

  Irrational beliefs
• Behavioural characteristics depression 


  Disruption to sleep and eating

  aggression and self harm

  Activity levels
• Cognitive characteristics depression 


  Poor concentration

  focus on negative

  abolutionst thinking
• Emotional characteristics depression 


  Anger

  Low self esteem

  low mood
• Olanzapine


  Cost-effective and non-disrup
• OCD drug treatment AO3 


  Cost effective and non disruptive

  soomro found evidence of its effectiveness : SSRIs symptoms reduced for 70%

  side effects : weight gain headaches etCUS