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Unit 12 Abnormal Psychology

Studying the Psychopathology unit, it was interesting to note the diversity of psychological disorders, and that most did not fit the conventional image of how a 'crazy' person would be. Schizophrenia was perhaps the most dramatic and least comprehensible of the disorders. Schizophrenics, along with those who displayed psychotic symptoms, were the most disturbing because their normal behavior and reactions were so alien to my experience.
It was also interesting to note that most people with disorders are aware of their condition and yet unable to do anything about them. Psychological disorders are much more complex than most people might think. Because such disorders are of the mind, you would think that knowledge of them would relieve the symptoms, but the brain simply does not work that way. There are many different levels on which we function, not a neat division between brain and body.

posted by 미카 @ 11:07 AM