The Abnormal Psychologist

This episode gives a broad description of depressive disorders in the DSM-5 with more focused discussion of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).  

This episode explores a commonly misunderstood diagnosis, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

This episode covers Social Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism, Separation Anxiety Disorder, and Specific Phobia.  It also covers common treatments for anxiety disorders.  

In this episode, we will discuss anxiety disorders in general and also Generalized Anxiety Disorder.  This is the first of a two-episode series on Anxiety Disorders. 

In this episode, we'll discuss the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, which mental health experts affectionately call the DSM-5.  In doing so, we'll talk about nosology, which, counter-intuitively, is not the study of noses. 

In this episode, we'll discuss different therapeutic paradigms.  In doing so, we'll touch upon COVID-19 dreams, breathing throw straws to treat anxiety, and snakes.

In this episode, we discuss different models of abnormality.  Should being left-handed-- or being a genius-- be a diagnosable condition? 

In this episode, we'll discuss the history of psychopathology from ancient times to the present. 

This episode explores media misportrayals of psychopathology.  Spoiler alert: Most of what you think you know about psychopathology is probably wrong.