I’m a little worried about finals next week. I was exempted from Final in English because of my grade. She doesn’t believe that we should be expected to write an A paper in 2 hours so those of us carrying A’s would be exempted and everyone else who had to take it would have the final paper replace their lowest grade. Math doesn’t have a final. Complete all 3 exams before Friday and we don’t have to go to exam day. I scored an 88 on my last one so I will be walking out with at least a B. All that is left is medical term and Psych…
Med Term should be easy. 100 terms, multiple choice. I haven’t gotten anything less than an A- all semester so I’m not concerned. Psych is a different story. I’m holding a B+ in the class and the final is on Mental Illnesses so it is pretty much a guaranteed A. I’m having a problem with the content for this part of the lecture. It is outdated and biased.
I pretty much figured out from the beginning that he is an old school Freudian. Which is fine. However, this is General Psychology. We are supposed to be metaphorically licking the textbook, not being spoon fed information that is well over a decade old and based mostly on the perspective of 1 person.
He teaches that the mood disorder bi-polar is misleading. That there are 2 types: bi-polar 1 manic and bi-polar 2 depression. That the types have nothing to do with severity. Wrong. In order to have bi-polar disorder a person must experience both extremes. BP1 is worst case scenario. All the symptoms of BP2 plus more instances of congruent moods, psychosis (delusions and hallucinations), repeated hospitalizations and relatively low function. However, a BP person can ride one mood more often than others.
He also said that a mixed episode is when a person tries to pull themselves out of a depression and over shoots it into a manic. Wrong. A mixed episode is also known as a congruent mood. A manic-depressive experiences symptoms of mania and depression simultaneously: Low self worth, aggression, agitation, fatigue, rapid thoughts, rapid speech, hyper focus, multiple thoughts at once…etc.
Then one classmate asked if a BP is like that of a BPD having extreme emotions, self harming behavior, quick to turn on people, needy and sensitive. He said no. Bull fucking shit. BP’s are almost just as emotional as those with BPD. The only difference is we are more likely to self harm and rarely turn on people. We are however extremely emotional/sensitive creatures and can be very emotionally needy. Almost to the extent of BPD.
He completely dismissed the possibility that schizophrenia is a chemical imbalance and focused more on it being a learned disorder or genetic. Excuse me? So why is it the typical medication to treat it is a Dopamine blocker? Typical anti-psychotics have been used for well over 10 years. the only problem with Dopamine blockers is long term Dopamine deprivation. It is kind of a catch 22. We know at this point that the symptoms of schizophrenia is caused by faulty Dopamine. So how can we not prove its a chemical imbalance????
I’m stuck in a position where I have to complete the final exam based on what we were taught and not on relevant factual information. I feel like I got jipped in the class. I was so mad I wanted to throw my coffee at his head. He misrepresented himself as an educator and misrepresented everyone with a MI. Fucking prick.
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