Abnormal Psychology (psych220)

Summary of one flew over the cuckoo's nest in terms of psychology.

This is my summary and reflection of AA (alcoholics anonymous) in terms of effectiveness. I compare shows such as Breaking Bad and Nurse Jackie as well.

Summary of 'A Beautiful Mind' in terms of psychology

In this debate I found myself leaning toward the side that believes that multiple personality disorder (MPD) is a true disorder. These articles clearly discussed the pros and cons of each side of the spectrum, but I felt that the side arguing for MPD was more clear and made more sense. Dr. McHugh argued that MPD is induced by therapists making clients believe that they have this disorder. He believes that the therapists self interest in the disorder provokes them to put the

This article explored three different type of projective techniques, those being the Rorschach inkblot test, the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), and a Draw-a-person test. I summarized these three techniques

This article seemed to thoroughly highlight the growing differences between scientists and therapists. The author, Carol Tavris, seems to be trying to make it known to the public that there is an issue growing within the field of psychology, and that it seems to be unstoppable at this point. This is a summary of the article

Upon reading the articles written by Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. I found them to be rather honest and open. It was surprising to learn how someone who had practically dedicated their life to the psychiatry field could feel so strongly against what the field believed to be true. This is my summary of those articles.

There are numerous documents in this file! All of my summaries about short books such as 'Mind Games' and the films 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest' and 'A beautiful mind'. There are also notes from the textbook Abnormal Psychology (8th Edition) DSM-5 Update Edition, by Ronald J. Comer. Overall useful information for abnormal psychology.

Notes on chapter 10 about suicide