Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes a look at how the treatment for psychological disorders has changed over the last hundred years and who is responsible for getting us on the path to getting us here.


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Chapters:
Asylums 00:00
David Rosenhan's Pseudopatient Experiments 0:43
How do we classify psychological disorders? 2:29
Psychological Disorders 3:26
Deviant Thoughts & Behaviors 4:06
Distress & Dysfunction 4:53
Medical Model of Psychological Disorder 5:20
Biopsychological Approach to Psychological Disorders 6:12
The DSM-5 7:09
Review & Credits 9:25
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[charleighlarocca]

does anyone else choose to procrastinate doing their school work by watching crash course and convincing themselves that it's okay because its educational

[DarthSass]

I love this guy's voice. i wish it was one of the ones in my head.

[rprunty]

I prefer having labels. Without labels mental disorders are scary. You have no way to define what's wrong with you. Labels make it seems like something I can overcome. 

[kellyfish]

Anxiety, depression, mania, and bi-polar disorder run in my family. Every time someone famous commits suicide or is outed for having an eating disorder I really wish we'd take the time to talk about mental illness and help stop the stigma around them. It's okay to seek help. You aren't any less strong for doing it.

[mossbased]

im autistic and one of my special interests is psychological disorders. these videos are incredible and teach me a lot and your voice is one of my audio stims....thanks dude

[walkoprops]

I've actually experienced how it is to be sane in an insane place. While I were studying at an upper secondary school here in Norway, two teachers felt something was "off" when they met me for the first time. Months later, they wanted to have me checked "to be safe" and reasons for this were nothing else than me being "a bit too energetic". One thing led to another and I was written up as a mental patient in the nearest mental hospital for children and young adults. I stayed there for almost two months (which is the max time you can legally be there), and they didn't find any particular mental disorder but still settled with paranoid schizofrenia. Never once while I was there did I say anything about hallucinations (which I know is the most common effect of being schizofrenic) and I behaved like I normally would anywhere. 
For 6 months I used an anti-psychotic drug called abillify and it REALLY messed up my life. They said I was sick in my head and soon I actually felt sick. I was hit with a mild depression which I fought off myself. But it still pains me as I was medically sane and still had to take drugs meant for those who are actually sick.

[Adamslowsis]

"Designed to be a work in progress"

This is amazing. Science needs to constantly evolve based on new evidence that comes to light. Any system that rejects evidence, or isn't based in it to begin with, will forever be flawed.

[crashcourse]

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, a look at how the treatment for Psychological Disorders has changed over the last hundred years and who is responsible for getting us on the path to getting us here.

[brandonm]

Who else just watches this because its interesting as hell and not for any academic purposes at all?

[joheyjonsson]

As someone with the wonderful (yeah, sarcasm) combination of PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, GAD, and depression, I am both amazed and frustrated by the progress in treatment of mental illness. Amazed that medication and out-patient care has improved as much as it has (at least in Sweden, where I live) and extremely frustrated about the complete lack of understanding when it comes to interactions with mentally ill people. Just because I don't look sick doesn't mean I am ready for river rafting.

[sarahl]

Fun fact about the DSM, the first edition was created by the writers all standing in a room around one guy in front of a typewriter and yelling at him suggestions for entries. Basically a room full of people yelling about crazy things.

[elijahd.spragueph.d]

I am a mental health counselor currently working on my PhD in counseling education. I absolutely love your videos and I show them to students and clients alike. Please keep making these videos; they are entertaining and easy to understand for my clients and students.

[Eghvcr]

thank you so much for educating people about mental disorders.. mental disorders is often is misunderstood and labeled "weird" so I'm grateful you are helping people to understand.. this means a lot to me because I suffer from panic disorder, social phobia, gad, and agoraphobia. It's good to know there are good influential people out there trying to do the right thing.

[xxAmi]

It's World Mental Health Day on 10th October - let's spread awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. I have suffered with depression and have been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and it's horrible feeling like you can't open up about it to your friends and family. People don't judge if you say you have a physical illness, so why should this not be the same for mental illness?

[misspinkpunkykat]

Do one on autism and Asperger's Syndrome!

[PedanticNo]

The crazed Hank animation was the best part of this Crash Course.

[katelynfe]

please do a video on Borderline personality disorder. not a lot of people talk about it

[LordMarcus]

The more remarkable story of Nellie Bly's asylum stay is that she managed to get out.

[xochequetsal]

this hits me hard, when I was hospitalized the psychologist said he didn't know why I was there, and I agreed. The psychiatrist kept me there 2 days longer than necessary. worst week of my life. A new trauma

[latyshal.]

This crash course was very thorough and easy to understand. I definitely learned a lot about the history of the DSM just by watching this 10-min video. Thank you!