This document includes ALL the necessary notes for Psychology and Abnormality module for A2 psychology - CIE A-Level Psychology 9990. It is organized and
... [Show More] follows the syllabus. It includes descriptions and useful evaluation points. The descriptions and evaluations are in a compact table format. Also includes different studies that are in syllabus.
1) Schizophrenia: Characteristics; symptom assessments (symptom assessment description and evaluation); explanations of the disorder: genetic, biochemical, cognitive (descriptions and evaluations for each); Treatments : biochemical, ECT, token economies, CBT (descriptions and evaluation points for each).
2) Bipolar disorder and depression: Characteristics; symptom assessments (symptom assessment measures description and evaluation); explanations of the disorder: genetic, neurochemical, cognitive (descriptions and evaluations for each); Treatments : biochemical, ECT, cognitive restructuring, REBT (descriptions and evaluation points for each).
3) Impulse control disorders and non-substance addictive disorder: Definitions; types; symptom assessments (symptom assessment KSAS description and evaluation); causes of the disorder: behavioral, biochemical, cognitive (both descriptions and evaluations for each); Treatments : biochemical, cognitive-behavioral (descriptions and evaluation points for each).
4)Anxiety disorder: characteristics; types; phobias; measures (description and evaluation); explanations: behavioral, psychoanalytic, cognitive, biomedical, genetic (descriptions and evaluations); treatments: systematic desensitization, applied tension, CBT (descriptions and evaluations).
5) Obsessive-convulsive disorder: characteristics; case study; measures (description and evaluation); explanations: biomedical, cognitive and behavioral, psychodynamic (descriptions), treatments: biomedical, cognitive, exposure and response prevention (descriptions and some evaluation points).
This is a 20 page notes, with a lot of useful information and good insight on the disorders. I made this document to combine all the lectures and extra material to create the file which has all the information in one place. [Show Less]