Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology Additional Materials

Additional studies and information for abnormal psychology
Popov, A. (2018). Psychology for the IB Diploma - Oxford IB Study Guide (2nd Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Parker et al. (2001)
This file contains an abbreviation of the study
Amenson and Lewinsohn (1981)
This file contains and abbreviation of the study
Payne 2012
Study on culturally specific expressions of symptoms
Cipriani et al. (2018) meta-study on the effectiveness of anti-depressants
A quite recent meta-study on the effectiveness of anti-depressants
How does it feel to receive electro convulsion therapy?
This article from Suomen Kuvalehti depicts patient experiences and the strengths and the limitation of ECT

Abnormal Psychology Links

Szasz Myth of Mental Illness
An overview of Szasz's criticisms of Psychiatry

Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test
TED Talk on division of normality and abnormality

What is it like to be mentally ill?
TED Talk on the topic

DSM-5 fact sheets
You can familiarize yourself with the DSM-5 classification system with this website

ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders
You can familiarize yourself with the ICD-10 classification system with this website

ICD-11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders
You can familiarize yourself with the ICD-10 classification system with this website

What does depression feel like?
WHO video on the topic

Could a drug prevent depression?
TED Talk on the topic

What is depression?
TED-Ed video on the topic

APA list of various approaches to psychotherapy
You can familiarize yourself with different form of psychotherapy with this brief list

Can resistance training overcome depression?
PictureFit video on the topic with related research

Feeling good
David Burns TEDxReno Talk on CBT. Good way to recap different treatment methods of depression, especially CBT.