Mad, bad or sad? The Psychology of Personality Disorders - Professor Glenn D Wilson

Regarding the "distractibility " of ADHD; how about the poor content and irrelevance of the school material?

When he is referring to ADHD, we have a clear and concise testing method. RTSD Which tests for sustained reaction time variability, something unique to ADHD patients due to the much more rapid rate of dopamine reuptake in the frontal cortex.

Doctors don't live day-to-day with patients; neither do psychologists or even well-intending friends & family members. What we do know is that mental disorders are direct results from the pineal gland in the brain not producing enough serotonin. I won't get in to scientific stuff because I'm no doctor, but since mental disorders stem from brain injury or trauma, medication is one of only a few options we have for true, life-long help, and I'm grateful for them. Oh, & I've never been addicted. :)

He points out a lot of very real problems when dealing with diagnosing mental conditions/illness/disorders... without making it sound like he thinks they are all phony. I do believe at times, diagnoses are used to placate patients and/or sell them drugs/services. Sometimes diagnoses give ppl an excuse to shove away personal responsibility or they are used as a criminal defense. HOWEVER these ARE real issues for many ppl and I like how he makes that clear and handles the issue delicately as to not offend or give the wrong impression.

according to some of these posts- I am more convince that the worst kind of people to talk to are those who never worked in the field of mental health or done any research,, yet they have answers ! these people just talk off the top of their heads and believe me that is no  psychology!

A wonderful, clear and learned presentation on how mental and psychological disorders are categorized and treated, with the presenter wisely, I think, advocating the placing of such disorders on a continuum that extends from normal, healthy being on one extreme, to psychosis on the other pole.

only on the first half of this video, and cant understand al of the negative feedback... he makes a good point (at least in the beginning). so many regular issues that arise in peoples lives are now being classified as mental illnesses. if diagnoses are thrown left and right, not only will people completely forget what normal struggles are, they will also never learn how to handle future issues that are inevitable. psychotherapy isn't needed for every step of your life. while i believe it can change a person's life, our age is slowing losing their abilty to 'self-sooth' and cope with daily issues that are just a part of life, and not a budding mental illness.

Interesting lecture. Ty for posting...

I'm so glad this video is 4 years old. That comment about video games really didn't sit well with me XDD

Sounds a little bit like Stephen Fry :D Love that discourse. It's very educational and entertaining. Greetz from Germany

Disease noun 1. A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, esp. one that produces specific signs or symptoms. 2. A particular quality, habit, or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people.

Interesting thoughts on certain traumatic life events precipitating personality disorders

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He was presenting these as the ideas of others and chuckling in disagreement.

The DSM V has been out for some time now so I recommend anyone curious about psychiatry to look at it rather than the DSM IV or DSM IV-R.

Anti depressants like SSRIs are not addictive, it's called discontinuation syndrome. People do not crave them like other drugs.

Alien shape-shifting lizards? That sounds like psychopaths. I'd have to agree, the world is being run by a number of psychopaths.

AWESOME!

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Actually, elevated traits of the "dark triad" (consisting of narcissism, psychopathy and machiavellianism) have been shown to increase numbers of sexual encounters in male college students. It might be true to say that women are attracted to men with some, but not all of those traits, with moderate elevations rather than excessive, pathological or clinically detectable elevations.