Mental Disorder

Introduction

Psychopathology is the study of the causes and nature of mental illness. It can be developed by different approaches or models such as the biomedical, psychodynamic, socio-biological and behavioral, among others. According to the psychodynamic model, for example, psychological processes are the leading cause of mental and psychosomatic problems. The biomedical perspective of mental disorders treated like any other disease, considering that the psychopathological disturbances are caused by underlying biological abnormalities (genetic, biochemical or neurological). Therefore, treatment should focus on correcting these abnormalities organic. In this sense, abnormal behavior is a disease caused by abnormal functioning of some part of the body. Are linked to alterations of the brain, which may be anatomical (size or shape of certain brain regions were normal fees) or biochemical (when the biochemical elements that contribute to neuronal function have an altered function) (McNally, 2011).

Discussion

Psychopathology considered organic mental disorders are those with obvious physical causes, such as Alzheimer's, while functional mental disorders are abnormal behavior patterns without clear signs of organic brain disorders. Finally, note that the behavioral model of psychopathology does not differentiate between pathological behavior and normal behavior, since both are the result of learning from the environment. Therefore, it attaches great importance to environmental influences rather than biological or genetic. The treatment in this model consists in modifying the conduct both overt and inferred (Monahan, 1994).

There are several types of mental disorders:

1.Schizophrenia: people with the disorder observed changes in behavior and other symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations that last for more than 6 months, and the lost capacity.

2.Schizoaffective violation: people suffering from the disease, symptoms, as in schizophrenia and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.

3.Shizomorfnoe disorder: People with this disease have symptoms of schizophrenia, but these symptoms persist for more than one month but less than 6 months.

4.Short mental disorder: People with the disease are observed brief periods of mental behavior, usually in response to any stressful situation, such as the death of a family member. Recovery is rapid, within a month.

5.Delusional violation: People with this disease suffer from delusions, which are more or less related to everyday life, such as delusions of persecution. Mania, there are at least a month.

6.Mental disorders caused by chemical substances: a disease can be caused by the use of or reactions to certain chemicals such as alcohol, crack cocaine, which causes hallucinations, delusions, delusions and incoherent speech.

7.Mental disorders caused by another ...