Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28

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  • Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
  • In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes a look at how the treatment for psychological disorders has changed over the last hundred years and who is responsible for getting us on the path to getting us here.
    Want more videos about psychology? Check out our sister channel SciShow Psych at / scishowpsych
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    Chapters:
    Asylums 00:00
    David Rosenhan's Pseudopatient Experiments 0:43
    How do we classify psychological disorders? 2:29
    Psychological Disorders 3:26
    Deviant Thoughts & Behaviors 4:06
    Distress & Dysfunction 4:53
    Medical Model of Psychological Disorder 5:20
    Biopsychological Approach to Psychological Disorders 6:12
    The DSM-5 7:09
    Review & Credits 9:25
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Комментарии • 1,4 тыс.

  • @charleighlarocca1402
    @charleighlarocca1402 9 лет назад +9677

    does anyone else choose to procrastinate doing their school work by watching crash course and convincing themselves that it's okay because its educational

  • @DarthSass
    @DarthSass 8 лет назад +4277

    I love this guy's voice. i wish it was one of the ones in my head.

    • @flyboy2099
      @flyboy2099 8 лет назад +27

      Lol

    • @connersmith874
      @connersmith874 7 лет назад +163

      Imagine Morgan freeman talking to you in your head that'd be great

    • @squidkidsyoutube3712
      @squidkidsyoutube3712 7 лет назад +72

      HAHAHA!! mental illness isn't a joke. -_-

    • @Fearofthemonster
      @Fearofthemonster 7 лет назад +8

      after watching this video they seem to be nothing but a joke.

    • @bob1152
      @bob1152 7 лет назад +21

      HAHAHAHA!!! You don't have a sense of humor.

  • @rprunty088
    @rprunty088 9 лет назад +2040

    I prefer having labels. Without labels mental disorders are scary. You have no way to define what's wrong with you. Labels make it seems like something I can overcome.

    • @veggiesaremurder
      @veggiesaremurder 4 года назад +92

      I understand what you mean. My feeling, though, is that the only thing necessary to identify or "label" are the symptoms themselves, rather than to focus on the diagnosis and group the patient from there with everyone who carries the same diagnosis. I've found that by focusing on my symptoms, I've completely been able to treat myself of BPD, as I no longer fit the DSM criteria. Once you start working on the symptoms, the underlying thinking patterns reveal themselves, and it's like a snowball effect where you get better and better, faster and faster with each symptom you knock out.

    • @nishatanaira857
      @nishatanaira857 4 года назад +10

      I love you for putting this out there, it's so important! ❤

    • @jacobmartinelli7496
      @jacobmartinelli7496 4 года назад +5

      I'm not validating distrust, they don't like being lorded or told, neither because that's nerve-wracking because psychology shaped their ethics.
      Depression=suppression/suppressing
      Depression=suppression/suppressed. Fear/nervousness of/about charisma, criticism~ (hopelessness, hopeful~)
      In summary, doubling worries while worries percieved are potential compulsions which validate paranoia which are potentially nerve-wracking causing or justifying (validating) painfully nervous.

    • @veggiesaremurder
      @veggiesaremurder 4 года назад +7

      @Snaggle Toothed Injun White Pride No Guilt No Shame no no no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm completely for creating names for diagnoses based on the symptoms. What I was referring to was the method of treatment OF those diagnoses. For me and many others, the treatment itself can become overwhelming and due to stigma even within the mental health field, it can seem unmanageable or impossible to treat when you are thought of as just a diagnosis with no way out. The best course of action in my experience is to look at the diagnosis as a guide for treatment based on the individual symptoms, instead of clutching onto the diagnosis, which can feel like a life sentence when it doesn't necessarily have to be. Taking it one step at a time and breaking it down that way can lead to actual recovery.

    • @Alicia-ij1eq
      @Alicia-ij1eq 4 года назад +19

      Same omfg. When I was in hospital they refused to diagnose me, but I like to research everything obsessively which can be part of my manic episodes, but it really helps me honestly because I actually know what I'm dealing with. (I'm bipolar btw). But in the end it's your choice and if you like diagnoses go for it and if you dont then dont!

  • @kellyfish920
    @kellyfish920 9 лет назад +1329

    Anxiety, depression, mania, and bi-polar disorder run in my family. Every time someone famous commits suicide or is outed for having an eating disorder I really wish we'd take the time to talk about mental illness and help stop the stigma around them. It's okay to seek help. You aren't any less strong for doing it.

    • @kimjenluv9780
      @kimjenluv9780 4 года назад +24

      Me as well, its so hard to deal with these things especially in a country that rarely talks about mental health

    • @Alicia-ij1eq
      @Alicia-ij1eq 4 года назад +2

      My parent's full on make me leave and do something happy so don't get upset lol

  • @walkoprops2
    @walkoprops2 9 лет назад +131

    I've actually experienced how it is to be sane in an insane place. While I were studying at an upper secondary school here in Norway, two teachers felt something was "off" when they met me for the first time. Months later, they wanted to have me checked "to be safe" and reasons for this were nothing else than me being "a bit too energetic". One thing led to another and I was written up as a mental patient in the nearest mental hospital for children and young adults. I stayed there for almost two months (which is the max time you can legally be there), and they didn't find any particular mental disorder but still settled with paranoid schizofrenia. Never once while I was there did I say anything about hallucinations (which I know is the most common effect of being schizofrenic) and I behaved like I normally would anywhere.
    For 6 months I used an anti-psychotic drug called abillify and it REALLY messed up my life. They said I was sick in my head and soon I actually felt sick. I was hit with a mild depression which I fought off myself. But it still pains me as I was medically sane and still had to take drugs meant for those who are actually sick.

    • @walkoprops2
      @walkoprops2 9 лет назад +15

      ***** It said on the small pillbox it was an anti-psychotic, but I believe it goes as an antidepressant as well.

  • @mossbased
    @mossbased 6 лет назад +462

    im autistic and one of my special interests is psychological disorders. these videos are incredible and teach me a lot and your voice is one of my audio stims....thanks dude

  • @Adamslowsis
    @Adamslowsis 9 лет назад +73

    "Designed to be a work in progress"
    This is amazing. Science needs to constantly evolve based on new evidence that comes to light. Any system that rejects evidence, or isn't based in it to begin with, will forever be flawed.

  • @misspinkpunkykat
    @misspinkpunkykat 9 лет назад +353

    Do one on autism and Asperger's Syndrome!

  • @joheyjonsson2825
    @joheyjonsson2825 9 лет назад +83

    As someone with the wonderful (yeah, sarcasm) combination of PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, GAD, and depression, I am both amazed and frustrated by the progress in treatment of mental illness. Amazed that medication and out-patient care has improved as much as it has (at least in Sweden, where I live) and extremely frustrated about the complete lack of understanding when it comes to interactions with mentally ill people. Just because I don't look sick doesn't mean I am ready for river rafting.

  • @sarahl4089
    @sarahl4089 9 лет назад +29

    Fun fact about the DSM, the first edition was created by the writers all standing in a room around one guy in front of a typewriter and yelling at him suggestions for entries. Basically a room full of people yelling about crazy things.

  • @xxAmi15
    @xxAmi15 9 лет назад +710

    It's World Mental Health Day on 10th October - let's spread awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. I have suffered with depression and have been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and it's horrible feeling like you can't open up about it to your friends and family. People don't judge if you say you have a physical illness, so why should this not be the same for mental illness?

    • @seanrea550
      @seanrea550 9 лет назад +2

      Aerisia dsm-5 Asperger's is autism now it was one of the changes.

    • @RPGgrenade
      @RPGgrenade 9 лет назад +8

      do you want a hug? =(

    • @xxAmi15
      @xxAmi15 9 лет назад +22

      I did hear that change - I don't quite get the point of it - autism is a spectrum, and Asperger's is on it. I'm fine with either label. Hugs are nice :) Hugs all round!

    • @RPGgrenade
      @RPGgrenade 9 лет назад +7

      Aerisia HUGS! :D sorry, I just know far too many people with these life affecting psychological disorders and want to help... I only have some sort of mild ADD.

    • @xxAmi15
      @xxAmi15 9 лет назад +13

      RPGgrenade Don't say 'only'! Anything, even the slightest, can make life tougher, so don't think you don't deserve the hugs too :) HUGS!

  • @Eghvcr
    @Eghvcr 8 лет назад +36

    thank you so much for educating people about mental disorders.. mental disorders is often is misunderstood and labeled "weird" so I'm grateful you are helping people to understand.. this means a lot to me because I suffer from panic disorder, social phobia, gad, and agoraphobia. It's good to know there are good influential people out there trying to do the right thing.

  • @elijahd.spragueph.d8905
    @elijahd.spragueph.d8905 5 лет назад +25

    I am a mental health counselor currently working on my PhD in counseling education. I absolutely love your videos and I show them to students and clients alike. Please keep making these videos; they are entertaining and easy to understand for my clients and students.

  • @crashcourse
    @crashcourse  9 лет назад +460

    In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, ***** takes a look at how the treatment for Psychological Disorders has changed over the last hundred years and who is responsible for getting us on the path to getting us here.

    • @Efowler87
      @Efowler87 9 лет назад +6

      ***** I know this is just my opinion, but how does your comment have anything to do with the educational topic presented in this video? This video has absolutely nothing to do with offering "advice" to people suffering with mental disorders, instead it has to do with presenting a quick overview of the American Psychiatric model: its history, its methods, and its current theory. How is Crash Course Psychology supposed to be "more responsible"? This is no different then a lecture given in a college psychology class.

    • @retardedfazefan8666
      @retardedfazefan8666 9 лет назад +1

      can you do videos for Calculus & US Government??

    • @EthanReilly
      @EthanReilly 9 лет назад +2

      Lucy Y
      Are they by any chance the courses you are currently enrolling for college? Heehee.

    • @retardedfazefan8666
      @retardedfazefan8666 9 лет назад

      ***** senior yr im takin intro comp app(Java), virtual enterprise(make own business), intro programming, calc ab AP & 1 sem of Us gov. Any vids of any these i will watch :)😂😊😳🍉 tnx 4 reply 

    • @retardedfazefan8666
      @retardedfazefan8666 9 лет назад

      *****

  • @xochequetsal
    @xochequetsal 8 лет назад +58

    this hits me hard, when I was hospitalized the psychologist said he didn't know why I was there, and I agreed. The psychiatrist kept me there 2 days longer than necessary. worst week of my life. A new trauma

    • @biagioschiano4352
      @biagioschiano4352 8 лет назад +16

      +Nika Dare Been there, the mental healthcare system is a sick joke in desperate need of a serious overhaul and radical paradigm shift. As it stands, it is repugnant in many, many aspects. To practitioners you are, by necessity, a medical object, not a human being. And to top it off, if you are severely wronged as the result of treatment, you are merely chewed up and spat out by the system, left alone to deal with the consequences while your practitioner gets to laugh about it all the way to the bank. Psychotropic medications that I wasn't able to understand wholly at the time fried my brain to a numbing crisp, for one; the negative impacts my experiences within the mental healthcare system have had stretch far and wide, affecting relationships with family, with friends, with strangers, with myself, with the things that used to bring me joy, and with the things that used to bring me pain. There are unbeatable teams of scientists, ethicists, and lawyers there to support the judgement of mental health practitioners, but in the end there is no one there for you. It all represents a cold, soulless machine that refuses to question itself, following with blind faith its own conceptions and constructs. It's been years and I'm still reeling. I have the desire to write about this in greater detail one day, as to reinstate and propagate the notion that no institution should ever be completely trusted by the individual, and we must all keep ourselves sharp and harshly critical in order to help maintain a greater standard, for the sake of all people. If nobody points out what is wrong at all, then anything that could be done can be thought of as right, in a given situation. I would write it now, but alas, not enough time has passed, so the pain from those experiences is still there, and I refuse to allow it to potentially tarnish the quality of my writing. I will admit that I am predominately biased as of yet, but that will change in due time, for time heals all wounds, and at that point I will be able to more soberly engage all the concepts entailed with a stronger backbone of reason. For now, though, I'm still healing.

    • @OrchestralOrg
      @OrchestralOrg 8 лет назад +6

      psychiatry is the antichrist.
      that's not slang talk. it's the truth.
      as life continues to get worse more people will find themselves at risk of landing in the claws (death grip) of the antichrist.
      it can and it does condemn souls.
      it's harrowing, what it does to people.
      once you have a mental record, it is permanent and inescapable. it will follow you everywhere and you will always be subject to the system.
      there's no escape.
      the mental record doubles as an unspoken criminal record. it's like a conviction.

    • @vinnievector
      @vinnievector 5 лет назад +6

      Biagio Schiano should I lose faith in helping my wife? Can I as a devoted husband with children who loves her so dearly stop believing her doctors or diagnosis and let us go with nature and our suffering. I don’t know what to do anymore.

  • @Manabender
    @Manabender 8 лет назад +117

    Internet...Gaming...Disorder?
    Well, fuck.

    • @jamesgrey13
      @jamesgrey13 8 лет назад +18

      +Manabender
      I never thought that there would be such a disorder! WoW! Just WoW!

    • @cameronbryant2014
      @cameronbryant2014 8 лет назад +1

      nooooooooo!

    • @tomshraderd4915
      @tomshraderd4915 8 лет назад +4

      +Manabender It's classified as warranting further study. Seeing as how there were cases of gamers dying from exhaustion after playing for extended periods of time without stopping, there is at least some cause of concern.

    • @kitkat2061
      @kitkat2061 8 лет назад

      RIP the gamers of the world. LOL!

  • @Navesblue
    @Navesblue 7 лет назад +12

    9:09 This is a very crucial point about our cultural outlook on psychological disorders. A lot of people don't come forward to seek the treatment they need to get better because they fear the apprehension society has against people with such problems. Meaning people don't feel safe coming forward about it in the public eye, especially in today's world where people fear who'll be the next mass shooter in the nation. It's why I felt extremely afraid to be open and honest with my campus therapist, due to fear of being diagnosed with something, and being locked up in a looney been like they showed and being forgotten about.

  • @katelynfe
    @katelynfe 7 лет назад +232

    please do a video on Borderline personality disorder. not a lot of people talk about it

    • @Moesmentalcorner
      @Moesmentalcorner 5 лет назад +7

      come to my page I suffer from that and I make videos everyday based on living with mental disorders like bpd
      .

  • @AlyTympr
    @AlyTympr 9 лет назад +36

    When I was little I was mis-diagnosed with ADHD, resently it was discoverd that the drug they wanted to put me on caused guy to grow brests. In that instanse I am glad my mother is paranoid about drugs.

    • @HN2UK
      @HN2UK 9 лет назад +8

      its not paranoia if they're really out to breast you...

    • @julieadalyn7925
      @julieadalyn7925 4 года назад +6

      I think you’re talking about respiridone, I took it for about 2 years and they did say in women they caused lactation and men they caused breasts to grow but everyone is different and that didn’t happen to me and you’re suppose to get blood work every so often as well to check those levels

    • @mustardpuddle
      @mustardpuddle 4 года назад +2

      damn I sorta wish that would happen to me

  • @PedanticNo1
    @PedanticNo1 9 лет назад +59

    The crazed Hank animation was the best part of this Crash Course.

  • @didocomeback
    @didocomeback 8 лет назад +320

    Please talk about ADHD, please.

    • @BlahstarRecords
      @BlahstarRecords 7 лет назад +17

      let me guess, you self diagnosis yourself with ADHD?

    • @TM-zw2zf
      @TM-zw2zf 7 лет назад

      ***** ikr

    • @maldobostero12
      @maldobostero12 7 лет назад +37

      I came with the same request and I have diagnosed adhd. It really sucks, cause its all about extreme changes in energy levels, overthinking, and by god its a challenge to read a 2 pages article.

    • @Ava-zp4lo
      @Ava-zp4lo 7 лет назад +26

      +Dopamine997 first, great name, second I agree sooooooo much, I hate people that are like "homework is boring, so i have ADHD, give me drugs" When people without it claim that they have it, it makes those of us actually diagnosed with it get so suppressed and pretty much forgotten about how bad some of us have it. When i go to my doctor, every time she says it's getting worse, and from the start that I have the highest severity of ADHD she had EVER SEEN.

    • @eonstar
      @eonstar 7 лет назад +16

      Wait.... but Adhd isn't suppose to get worse.... the effects it has on your life can definitely get worse but it itself shouldn't get worse :|... Maybe I was informed wrong but I'm 99% sure it doesn't get worse.
      Also, yes there are special snowflakes who are annoying in so many situations. But just because you do research on something that you find might apply to you doesn't mean that you automatically apply to that. I do find that the diagnosis of something can be crippling though as well. Or even thinking about the potential of it being true can have it's effects.
      But I digress, why assume people are trying to be special snowflakes :(. They might actually have problems... and even if it's not adhd it might be something else. Just because you don't have it doesn't mean you're not struggling. Although if are saying something like homework is boring so I have adhd.... you're annoying
      And I just realize I'm suppose to be doing homework... why am I even here :|..... bye....

  • @user-us1yu8gx9s
    @user-us1yu8gx9s 7 лет назад +7

    I went into a mental hospital after a mental breakdown in middle school where I was suicidal. even after I no longer felt suicidal, got better with therapy, and requested I wished to return home, they still kept me there for maybe 5 days longer. they kept playing mind games with my parents, bringing up complicated unnecessary paperwork, and asking me the same questions over and over. the nurse even looked me in my room and screamed over and over "this is all your fault!!" through the looked door because two other patients got into a physical fight over a sharpie marker I was using. later I went into schooling with this program and I was trying to go back to public school because they weren't educating me but they kept holding me back from transferring. its a known thing to anyone who has been hospitalized that you always stay at least two weeks, if you're lucky.

  • @backpackforhisapplesauce8101
    @backpackforhisapplesauce8101 7 лет назад +8

    I lost the genetic lottery. Depression and anxiety on my mom's side, ADHD on my dad's. Not to mention the history of alcohol addiction in both sides. Without supportive parents, I don't know if I would even be here right now...

  • @LordMarcus
    @LordMarcus 9 лет назад +65

    The more remarkable story of Nellie Bly's asylum stay is that she managed to get out.

  • @latyshal.2286
    @latyshal.2286 4 года назад +30

    This crash course was very thorough and easy to understand. I definitely learned a lot about the history of the DSM just by watching this 10-min video. Thank you!

  • @matthewdockter2424
    @matthewdockter2424 9 лет назад +240

    Speaking to Spirits in a bar in Iowa City during happy hour is perfectly acceptable. In fact, it is the norm.

    • @hakairyu1
      @hakairyu1 9 лет назад +21

      Well, what kind of "spirits" are we talking about?

    • @briang.2218
      @briang.2218 6 лет назад +4

      ooh punny :)

    • @paturban8558
      @paturban8558 6 лет назад

      Matthew Dockter b

    • @nicatlaca
      @nicatlaca 6 лет назад +1

      hakairyu1 pink bunnies or orange elephants.

    • @Atlas-pn6jv
      @Atlas-pn6jv 4 года назад +2

      How else are we supposed to ask the boos to help us forget that western Iowa exists?

  • @toydivision1673
    @toydivision1673 7 лет назад +74

    I used to watch this guy in so many high school classes.

    • @dieseltechie
      @dieseltechie 7 лет назад +1

      Avianix • Used to? As in not anymore? I wish his channels & youtube existed when I was a minor.

    • @cady9949
      @cady9949 4 года назад

      My college Intro to Psychology professor always put on crash course

    • @DhruvBadiyani
      @DhruvBadiyani 4 года назад +2

      pervert xD

  • @sspock7615
    @sspock7615 6 лет назад +16

    I loved this I’m bi-polar and was in treatment for 4 years and I’m so happy this is a thing ugh I love crash course

  • @Cidwithey
    @Cidwithey 9 лет назад +97

    I love watching john and hank. They are really interesting and I feel like I can learn alot just by following along with their videos. Keep up the good work!

    • @starwars5444
      @starwars5444 9 лет назад

      hey do you know how that started?

    • @Cidwithey
      @Cidwithey 9 лет назад +1

      MS4 Studios what started?

    • @starwars5444
      @starwars5444 9 лет назад

      you know the first comment thing.

    • @Cidwithey
      @Cidwithey 9 лет назад

      RvB at Roosterteeth.com

  • @PiePierrot
    @PiePierrot 7 лет назад +5

    As someone who suffers from mental illness I love this video and the way it does away with the all too common stigma and stereotypes of mental illness. I think watching these videos on mental illness should be required. If they were, perhaps the world would be a better place, and people like me wouldn't feel the need to hide and feel ashamed of their mental illnesses, and/or refuse to seek treatment for them.

  • @dontask3497
    @dontask3497 5 лет назад +1

    That whole thing about hearing one voice once becoming more important than weeks of normal behaviour is something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently. I kind of feel like there are some toxic communities online that almost promote mental illnesses? Like instead of saying “you should get help and feel better” they’re saying “everyone has a mental disorder. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.” And this really scares me bc it makes people who have a meltdown over a presentation worth 30% of their grade one time think they have a full blown anxiety disorder and that they should go on meds ASAP to ‘get better.’ Just because you feel sad doesn’t mean you have depression. Just because you feel anxious, doesn’t mean you have anxiety.
    And I know Hank was talking about doctors in that context but I’ve seen people, and myself too as a bit of a hypochondriac, do it to themselves.

  • @jamescuttsiv8963
    @jamescuttsiv8963 9 лет назад +47

    I actually do have paranoid schizophrenia, and I've been excitedly waiting for Crash Course to talk about abnormal psych. I'll be really excited to see what disorders are discussed and in what way. I also totally understand the argument against excessively distributing diagnoses; having that label can make people focus on being "mentally ill". For me, however, I think having the specific diagnostic term actually helped. It allowed me to look at schizophrenia as being a thing that I have, and not part of who I am.

  • @lagomorphaadorabilis5783
    @lagomorphaadorabilis5783 9 лет назад +3

    Thank you, father, for giving me depression and anxiety.
    Thank you, universe, for making them ten times worse.
    Thank you, me, for causing these symptoms to reappear in him after years.
    Thank you, me, for stressing out my friends whenever I pull out a pair of scissors.
    Thank you, me, for having an anxiety attack every time I go to math class for fear that I will get a question wrong and make a fool of myself.
    Thank you, me, for every time I forget to bring paper have an anxiety attack because *everyone will laugh at you for having to get a piece of paper from the teacher*.
    Thank you, me, for being to tired to eat and then never get any sleep.
    You did it. Great job.

  • @ldekker97
    @ldekker97 8 лет назад +379

    Can you guys do a vid on ADD, if you haven't already?

    • @WolfieDMinecraft
      @WolfieDMinecraft 8 лет назад +8

      Yes!

    • @ldekker97
      @ldekker97 7 лет назад +20

      cellogirl11RW They did a video on depression and bipolar disorder. I didn't think it was very good though. They completely failed to mention psychotic symptoms in bipolar, and I'm not entirely sure, but I don't remember them discussing mixed episodes either.
      I also think it's odd they put bipolar and depression in one video, and schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder in one video. It would make more sense to make a more extended video on depression, and then put bipolar and schizophrenia in one vid since they are related. I just think it's weird that they put schizophrenia and DID in one video. They are often confused, even though they are very different disorders. Why put them together!?

    • @cellogirl11rw55
      @cellogirl11rw55 7 лет назад +7

      Lianne Dekker My guess is that they were trying to explain the differences between them, but, they really need their own videos.

    • @user-ub4rl3nx1d
      @user-ub4rl3nx1d 7 лет назад +20

      And ADHD and dyslexia/dysgraphia

    • @cellogirl11rw55
      @cellogirl11rw55 7 лет назад +27

      Actually, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are completely unrelated. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder, and schizophrenia is a dissociative/psychotic disorder.

  • @emz111nonly
    @emz111nonly 4 года назад +2

    6:58 EXACTLY
    This is my absolute favorite explanation of what mental health is. I want to share this a million + more times. This needs to be common knowledge... I definitely learned a few things from this ..

  • @smith-yr5cg
    @smith-yr5cg 6 лет назад +4

    This literally blew my mind. Just goes to show how far we have to go with understanding mental illnesses.

  • @julz3tt3
    @julz3tt3 6 лет назад +6

    A lot of my diagnosis was based on 1. brain scan and 2. how I reacted to social and traumatic situations basically through relaying my experiences to the psychiatric team, doctors over the years..

  • @insanityofmine7569
    @insanityofmine7569 7 лет назад +6

    I'm loving this channel! So many subjects being taught and discussed!

  • @Prizzlesticks
    @Prizzlesticks 9 лет назад

    I haven't watched any other videos from you before, but you seem very passionate and engaged with the topic. This appeals to me greatly.
    Whenever I talk psychology with friends or family (and pretty much anyone who isn't in the field...), I get very passionate and eager. And then I get a little sad and put out when their eyes sort of glaze over, and it becomes more interactive to rant at a wall. Watching this makes me feel a little more invigorated. It's just nice to see someone geek out over psychology like I would.

  • @kimberlyluvsu1
    @kimberlyluvsu1 9 лет назад +38

    Ready for that AP exam tomorrow!

  • @ChrisThomasBone
    @ChrisThomasBone 9 лет назад +3

    I was put into a mental hospital for depression in middle school. They scored our behaviour by giving us 3 points for various categories, taking one point off whenever we wouldn't behave the way they wanted us. The head doctor ended up deciding that instead of just taking one point from me, I was either at 3 points or 0 points. When you scored a 0 in any category, they put you on "restriction," where they didn't let you have any form of fun at all. How exactly was I supposed to get less depressed in that place?

  • @Friday56324
    @Friday56324 7 лет назад +49

    Rosenhan, you troll 2:11

  • @secretlysanesparrow1152
    @secretlysanesparrow1152 4 года назад

    I really appreciate all of the videos you do about mental illness. It really helps.

  • @aposiopetic
    @aposiopetic 9 лет назад +2

    Thank you for this, Crash Course team! Education is a really valuable part of reducing stigma, and I'm really grateful.

  • @BassTechnologic
    @BassTechnologic 9 лет назад +118

    Gotta love that David Bowie Reference.

    • @MasseysGamingInc
      @MasseysGamingInc 8 лет назад +1

      +BassTechnologic Well...

    • @3798penisholder
      @3798penisholder 8 лет назад +1

      +BassTechnologic yea,,

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 8 лет назад

      +no my dear, that chapter is done. Did you just change this name? Otherwise, it is strangely appropriate.

    • @3798penisholder
      @3798penisholder 8 лет назад +1

      valinor I did not, but sadly yes.

  • @stephthebard9037
    @stephthebard9037 9 лет назад +18

    Excited for next weeks ep! I can learn about myself as I have an anxiety disorder.

  • @danielirmscher8525
    @danielirmscher8525 9 лет назад

    You and especially the animations keep getting better and better. Can't wait for the next episode!

  • @adilrahman6881
    @adilrahman6881 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you Crash Course for helping me for my Psychology A-Levels. This has been both fun and informative

  • @saintpablo5594
    @saintpablo5594 7 лет назад +194

    "Madness is just like gravity...
    All you need is a little push"
    -Joker

    • @treizeepyon5799
      @treizeepyon5799 4 года назад +6

      “So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit.”
      - Alan Moore, or Joker from "The Killing Joke"

    • @vincentpriyadi9492
      @vincentpriyadi9492 4 года назад

      Stfu u dont know a thing about madness

    • @herbie3202
      @herbie3202 4 года назад

      No he doesn’t but I know so stfu . The quotes are good

    • @vincentpriyadi9492
      @vincentpriyadi9492 4 года назад +2

      @@herbie3202 if you think the quotes are good, then you dont know and you never feel it. Madness is the state of being mentaly ill, especialy severly. Trust me please you dont want to have it. It really torture you beyond your imagination

    • @vincentpriyadi9492
      @vincentpriyadi9492 4 года назад +2

      And stop adoring that stupid joker character

  • @awesome65555
    @awesome65555 7 лет назад +39

    it's normal to have a convo with yourself in your head sometimes right

    • @erics9801
      @erics9801 7 лет назад +9

      You ever laugh at your own jokes?

    • @nozerty
      @nozerty 7 лет назад +15

      Completely normal and even healthy. Embracing dank memes, however...

    • @awesome65555
      @awesome65555 7 лет назад +2

      Daniel Dunlap dank memes melt brains im killing my cells trying to kill the voices

    • @kloud8447
      @kloud8447 7 лет назад +2

      yes

  • @rdsingh122
    @rdsingh122 8 лет назад +1

    man, you're seriously a god send. This is so much more exciting than my 3 hour lecture per week...Excellent work!

  • @maryannngugi3695
    @maryannngugi3695 10 месяцев назад +1

    i know this may sound like a disorder itself, but i now find myself starting here. Because there's just a way psychology has become understandable by the work you guys have done. Thanks so much.

  • @lukehebert6207
    @lukehebert6207 6 лет назад +3

    As a med student studying psychiatry material right now, this is spot on :) thanks for the great video, CrashCourse

  • @JamieSmith-ir7yq
    @JamieSmith-ir7yq 5 лет назад +7

    I love your videos so much, it is super interesting and I'm glad you're out education people about these things! It would be great if you could do a video on ADHD! It's something that I think is misunderstood, and I have been targeted with some of this stigma as I myself have been diagnosed a few years ago. A lot of people tell me to just, 'try harder' or 'just focus' or to (and I hate this one) 'just calm down!" It's irritating, and if you could help battle the misconceptions that would be totally awesome!!! Thanks!!!

  • @hasna2osama313
    @hasna2osama313 7 месяцев назад

    Amazing presentation and really informative, Thank you

  • @arabellaingham5239
    @arabellaingham5239 9 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much for this channel, it is one of the best animated, most interesting and informative programs to watch. It is absolutely brilliant in all aspects and although I, like many others I'm sure, are not subbable subscribers it really just brightens our day and lives on whole.

  • @Nikolapoleon
    @Nikolapoleon 9 лет назад +5

    I would like to see an episode about the effects of immense power on the human mind, megalomania, and the like. It's a concept I occasionally struggle with.

  • @bhunterwillis
    @bhunterwillis 9 лет назад +162

    One of my biggest concerns is how we, as a society, are overdiagnosing hyperactivity and an inability to pay attention.
    Look, I am in full support of offering kids support, but why not try taking phones away from school settings and homework time? As someone currently in the NYC public school system (entering senior year of high school) I would consider this a big help than to just put everyone on drugs. I'm a supporter of medicine, I've been diagnosed with PTSD and other depression and anxiety, and meds along side therapy have been a life saver, but when you give kids drugs for just being kids and being hyper, that's a huge problem.

    • @pantsrevolutions
      @pantsrevolutions 9 лет назад +28

      I sort of agree. It seems we live in a world where some drugs are more for the benefit of others than the patient.

    • @bhunterwillis
      @bhunterwillis 9 лет назад +5

      pantsrevolutions I wouldn't go that far because, unlike many, I support business, so I think the opposite, the more business, big and small, can make money, the better treatments and drugs we'll get. As it stands there is no incentive to spend to research, which makes bigger profits in the Long run. I think there's a happy medium between patient and businessbut neither is being met.

    • @MenwithHill
      @MenwithHill 9 лет назад +7

      pantsrevolutions I think it has a lot to do with living in a society dominated by brokers, technocrats and engineers, who solve problems the way a programmer would do. Do you have symptoms ? Send things that cancel the symptoms rather than treating the fundamental problem. Medicine fits perfectly there. Find disease, find the appropriate medicine, send medicine, problem solved.

    • @JadehavenAcademy
      @JadehavenAcademy 9 лет назад +8

      As someone with this problem though, it really is a problem. Not being able to sit still in my high school classes is really hard, and I get anxious having to sit there. On top of that it's really hard to focus, which is bad for my education. Like it or not, the pills do help me, a lot.

    • @MenwithHill
      @MenwithHill 9 лет назад +6

      Kenneth Jadehaven Saying "there is over-diagnosis" doesn't negate in any way the plight of people actually having problems.

  • @citysbandaid
    @citysbandaid 6 лет назад

    Hank (and cc team) this is great video! I love how you explained this topic because it is often misunderstood.

  • @munchkinsophie
    @munchkinsophie 4 года назад +2

    No one knows the real pain of actually having a mental disorder. It is when you actually realize you’re different from your surroundings and it feels like you’re on the outside. People look at you in a strange way and just know something isn’t right with you. It’s like rejection on the daily basis which makes you not even want to go outside or be around people because you see the outside as a threat now. Then you go on pretending like you’re normal trying to fake be happy and try to blend in with others. People have an instinct and can feel something is not right with you and get “put off” by you. It’s like you have a different energy. You’re just off putting. Yes this is about me and it’s a daily struggle but I’ve been practicing gratitude and working out and trying to think about healthy thoughts. As you get older you realize that you knew you were different from the kids at school but not in a good way. But there is always hope. I keep seeing signs that make me not give up on hope. I know i’ll have a different life from others but i’ll try to make it the best as I can.

  • @courtneysmith8548
    @courtneysmith8548 9 лет назад +4

    I love this episode! I could basically fill in all the blanks before Hank because I'm studying Psychology to become a psychiatrist. Very good and interesting!

  • @capriliii
    @capriliii 8 лет назад +6

    I have my Psychology final on Friday. This video helped a lot. Thumbs up. Thank you and keep making more videos.

  • @frankr.harrison4495
    @frankr.harrison4495 5 лет назад

    I love Crash Course videos and I love that you guys made one on mental health. Thanks for sharing!

  • @WWZenaDo
    @WWZenaDo 9 лет назад

    One of the best episodes yet!!

  • @143JDBndCRS
    @143JDBndCRS 6 лет назад +4

    Binge watching Crash Course an hour before my Psych final 😂😂 thanks guys!!

  • @brandonm4471
    @brandonm4471 6 лет назад +5

    Who else just watches this because its interesting as hell and not for any academic purposes at all?

  • @NanZingrone
    @NanZingrone 9 лет назад +1

    You guys do a great job in general, but this one is particularly smart and insightful. The understanding that mental diagnosis and categories of disorders, while mostly constructed in a well-meaning way, can have consequences (and origins) that are as Dr. B says "bludgeons" to force people to conform to societal norms -- that's an understanding that needs to be in the public consciousness. As somebody who works with, knows, and occasionally contributes to the research literature on the psychological well-being of people who claim to experience psychic phenomena, I really appreciate this kind of nuanced thinking; it's really helpful in communicating the complexities of differential diagnosis. Thanks Hank and your team for another great lecture!

  • @megmotherwort
    @megmotherwort 9 лет назад +1

    Since Rosenhan's experiment was in 1973, it's worth mentioning deinstitutionalization to give some more current context. Today, an individual with mental symptoms who cannot pay for privatized treatment would be hard pressed to find a place that'd hold them for 19 days.

  • @miriamg-p5411
    @miriamg-p5411 8 лет назад +34

    Video on ADHD pleeeaaassseee

    • @GingeredHonii
      @GingeredHonii 8 лет назад

      +Miriam G-P they been did that they ended this along time ago

  • @phoenixmoyer618
    @phoenixmoyer618 8 лет назад +13

    some mental hospitals now are really pleasent and enjoyable and semi helpful

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 8 лет назад +5

      +Phoenix Moyer They are. They still strain against the limited treatment options for most of these disorders. But that is all changing. In a few decades they will view our hospitals now the same way we view sanitariums for TB.

    • @ariyanchoowdhury4414
      @ariyanchoowdhury4414 3 года назад

      opppppppppps

  • @bridgetmay8452
    @bridgetmay8452 8 лет назад +21

    Could you do a video on ADHD and dysgraphia

  • @emilyhunt6870
    @emilyhunt6870 9 лет назад +1

    Love these crash course psychology videos! Love Hank and John Green! Love the thought cafe animators!!

  • @Sighbot
    @Sighbot 7 лет назад +12

    I know how that feels. I have a disorder. It's not as awful as having schizophrenia, but mine can be annoying. Attention Deficit Disorder. Perhaps you've heard of it. It means I have trouble focusing, retaining information, and forgetfulness. I think I have it on a medium level since I can't focus on the teacher for the life of me, and I forget stuff a looot. I hope we can teach society to understand mental disorders better.

    • @nettahkoplowich2459
      @nettahkoplowich2459 5 лет назад

      I have it too although I didn't know the full name everyone just called it ADD

    • @connoru9711
      @connoru9711 5 лет назад +1

      I was diagnosed as an eighth grader. ADHD is highly treatable and not even recognized entirely as a disorder. I’m in 2 abnormal psychology classes right now and we haven’t mentioned ADHD once. To say “it’s not as awful as schizophrenia” is a gross understatement

  • @mildrednromero
    @mildrednromero 7 лет назад +3

    Congratulations again on your excellent teaching technique of a very complex subject matter!....love your graphics!....by the way Autism was also diagnosed in DMS-5 until recently, but no longer...keep up the good work and your enthusiasm!

    • @senipie
      @senipie 7 лет назад +4

      i think you mean aspergers? aspergers is no longer a separate disorder from autism but in dsm 5 they called it autism spectrum disorder

  • @TomTrval
    @TomTrval 7 лет назад

    Thank you for this enlightening episode :)

  • @meisersson
    @meisersson 9 лет назад

    thank you hank! nice job, i finished studies in psy just last month and i am happy somebody is trying to bring the subject nearer to the masses... so, appreciate your business mate, keep up the good work :) greetings from germany dftba

  • @ryancalkins4367
    @ryancalkins4367 8 лет назад +7

    Ok, I have a test in 20 minutes on this. I am ready now

  • @TRMcCoy
    @TRMcCoy 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you! Diagnosis (labels) can be limiting and can be used to invalidate someone's truth and or abilities. Thank you for carrying the message with clear information and shedding light on this issue so we can work towards a solution.

  • @gracies9975
    @gracies9975 9 лет назад

    Thank you so much for talking about this

  • @adeloconnell1220
    @adeloconnell1220 5 лет назад +2

    I’m a psych nurse student and we like to call the model associated with Mental I’ll Health the biopsychosocial model 👍

  • @Exevan110
    @Exevan110 8 лет назад +6

    An actual use of a meme that didn't make me cringe my eyes out of my sockets, gratz CC.

  • @ladidakalana4233
    @ladidakalana4233 7 лет назад +4

    I Love this guy!!😍😍

  • @czitopou1
    @czitopou1 4 года назад

    Amazing work, your videos about psychology!!!!!!!!

  • @ChaseCharnley
    @ChaseCharnley 9 лет назад +12

    As someone with serve mental health disorders I am so looking forward to the next few episodes. I'm all for getting information out there and breaking the stigma :)

  • @totalmollipop
    @totalmollipop 9 лет назад +7

    I would love to see a video on eating disorders and the subculture surrounding them. I think there's something culturally intriguing for discussion in that topic.

  • @TheFireflyGrave
    @TheFireflyGrave 9 лет назад

    Just another great Crash Course!

  • @evangelion243
    @evangelion243 9 лет назад +34

    I heard voices when I was very young. They stopped eventually on their own though :/

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 9 лет назад +8

      Lucky for you. Not trying to be sarcastic.

    • @mortyjames5897
      @mortyjames5897 9 лет назад +14

      I think they were probably just your imagination then, if you were very young.

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 4 года назад

      might be bc you were young, if it persisted into adulthood it'd be concerning

  • @nay5323
    @nay5323 7 лет назад +98

    I don't like it when people self diagnose themselves and don't ask or seek a professional.

    • @yoonhanni
      @yoonhanni 6 лет назад +35

      Nay Well some people don't have money for that and many other situations where they can't seek therapeutic help:/

    • @alexchibi269
      @alexchibi269 5 лет назад +11

      This is stupid. You know better than others what kind of person u are and u shouldn't let yourself influenced.

    • @becky9316
      @becky9316 5 лет назад

      Agree

    • @penrosetri-jay-ngle8234
      @penrosetri-jay-ngle8234 5 лет назад +24

      A lot of people don't have access to these things, and a lot of internet sources are exact copies of official diagnostic tools (for example a person can access the DSM without going to a psychologist). While self-diagnosis isn't entirely reliable, its a good way for someone to better understand and cope with their problems when they don't have access to mental healthcare. Also, some disorders are widely considered to be self-diagnosable, even by psychologists, such as ones where it's pretty much impossible to exhibit the behaviours and symptoms of the disorder to the extent where it would generally be diagnosed if you don't have that disorder (eating disorders for example).

    • @zephaniahsainta6881
      @zephaniahsainta6881 5 лет назад +6

      Nay Why? Someone who was diagnosed by a professional was undiagnosed beforehand. So what if they were already aware of their disorder before they were told? Sounds like you want them to be “invited to the club” first.

  • @dawnscarff5590
    @dawnscarff5590 6 лет назад

    Im doing a Social Studies Access course and watching this highlighted all key points that I have been learning about.. Like the DSM, & the Medical Model to name but a few.. I have subscribed....

  • @natalielong113
    @natalielong113 7 лет назад

    I like listening to Hank talk, he's just so intelligent that I feel smarter after listening to him

  • @jackiecapron7537
    @jackiecapron7537 8 лет назад +3

    You should totally do a crash course or Scishow video on self-harm/ cutting and how it relates to mental disorders. @Hank Green @Scishow @Crash Course

    • @Rabbitthat
      @Rabbitthat 8 лет назад +1

      +Jackie Capron that would be like doing a video on nail biting. 1 in 3 people self harm at some point in their lives. It can be a symptom of a mental disorder or it can occur without any mental disorder whatsoever. It is dangerous, but people do it for a variety of self-reported reasons. It has been found to lower blood pressure and heartbeat, and so it creates a subjective feeling of relief. As far as I know that is all that is known for sure about it.

    • @kaimardis213
      @kaimardis213 6 лет назад

      Enough! All people think mental illnesses are limited to self-motivated, depression, and BPD. How about doing a video about homicidal ideation! (no offense)

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 7 лет назад +9

    So many Psychological Factors like Narcissism, Psychopathy, Machavellian, Sociopathy, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bi Polar, Multiple Personality Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Seizures, Autism, Anxiety, Aspergers, Social Awkwardness, Phobias, and much more.

    • @mescalinemonkey8183
      @mescalinemonkey8183 7 лет назад

      Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as such diagnoses are unreliable. According to Allen Frances, who was chairman of the fourth edition of DSM, “There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitely that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.” (“Psychiatric Fads and Overdiagnosis,” Psychology Today, 2 June 2010.) Additionally, the DSM system is not scientific. It’s own editors state that “there is no assumption that each category of mental disorder is a completely discrete entity with absolute boundaries dividing it from other mental disorders or from no mental disorder.” (DSM-IV, pg. xxii)
      Such codes and descriptions should not be entered into my medical records as this unreliable and unscientific information will remain in my records and may wrongly influence any future medical treatment I might receive.

    • @BiancaDianaT
      @BiancaDianaT 7 лет назад

      So then, what is the way to go? What's proposed as the scientific way to diagnose, if this stuffy manual is not reliable

    • @mescalinemonkey8183
      @mescalinemonkey8183 7 лет назад

      idk its the only thing they use as of yet.

    • @BiancaDianaT
      @BiancaDianaT 7 лет назад +2

      It's the best we have. Further research is welcome but just flinging mud and deeming it unreliable doesn't help anybody.
      For lack of a better standard, this is the most reliable there is, from specialists superior to individuals with no clinical background stating their opinions of which disorders exist and which don't.
      I'm not sure how it can taint your records, I'm sure nobody will stamp you with a disorder you don't exhibit just to stuff your medical CV. I don't see how it will influence future treatment unless you're deemed psychotic and they're trying to lock you up.
      Plus, if you insist something's wrong in some diagnosis you got, you can go get bran scans and get it over with.

  • @richardknownasdick
    @richardknownasdick 9 лет назад

    best vlog yet...thanks.

  • @clover5923
    @clover5923 8 лет назад +4

    why does all crash course narrators look so cute?! O.O I'm procrastinating by watching these videos! Psychology is so interesting.

  • @ABitOfTheUniverse
    @ABitOfTheUniverse 9 лет назад +29

    How about a show on Sociological Disorders in terms of dealing with the diverse range of people on this planet?
    How we fail to incorporate the range of people types on this planet into our archaic social structures?
    No? Just easier to isolate individuals and maintain failing superstructures?
    Cheers.

    • @ABitOfTheUniverse
      @ABitOfTheUniverse 9 лет назад +1

      Joseph Harrietha Cram it? Like you did in your studies?
      Whenever someone claims to be an expert in something there is always a retort that comes to my mind that I'll share with you, as I do them. You don't declare if you're an expert in something, you let the rest of the world do that based on your accomplishments.
      Your ego is your worst trait expressed so far, care to add to that?

    • @ABitOfTheUniverse
      @ABitOfTheUniverse 9 лет назад

      Joseph Harrietha I'm not the only one reading your comments.

    • @Jontman42
      @Jontman42 9 лет назад +1

      ABitOfTheUniverse You're on a fucking mission mate.

    • @Skymack96
      @Skymack96 9 лет назад

      Joseph Harrietha
      expert my ass, prove it keyboard warrior

    • @ABitOfTheUniverse
      @ABitOfTheUniverse 9 лет назад +1

      I'd like my original comment to stand on it's own, not because I or some particular person expresses it.
      Right now I wouldn't claim to be an expert of anything except my own opinion and that is what I've expressed.
      There was a time when I'd have said "Screw this planet, I want to go to Mars." or complained that there are no more landmasses to restart countries on, but considering America wasn't even free to colonize from the start, maybe it's time for me to stop looking for ways to get away from the systems I and so many others are born into and start looking at the causes of these problems rather than scapegoating people who don't act according to plans.
      Yeah, sometimes criminals cause crimes and sometimes people do show signs that they are radically outside of socially tolerable norms, but there have been enough times in the past when people have looked at the ways they've been treated, the way they treat others, and rethought and restructured those as well.
      This may very well be the case with what we label as mental disability, mental disorder and chemical imbalances. These things suggest that three is a norm, a static figure that one can point to and say "Here is normal, anything outside this is abnormal." just consider if that were the case at any time in the history of life's evolution on this planet and if some species had been granted the ability to limit it's own diversification.
      That'd be the end of the story.
      Well, I don't want this story to end, not with our bodies and not with our minds. There is plenty of neurochemistry just waiting to be done, and keeping everything in our heads to strict limits doesn't afford us the chance to explore our potential.
      That is only one aspect of this I've considered, more have been made by people more impassioned than myself, but this argument, I feel, does not get enough attention.
      It's so easy to call anyone who does not agree with us crazy and dismiss their argument before even giving it consideration. Calling into question a person's brain or control over their mental faculties can be akin to a death sentence. Not only do doctors and lawyers force people to say to the world that they are dysfunctional, but they isolate the individuals themselves from the communities they are brought up in. We don't tolerate this sort of behavior when it applies to the color of a persons skin or their sexual preferences, so why for now do we condone it for chemistry that a person was born with?
      If a person wants to be diagnosed and have their neurochemistry altered by pharmaceuticals, that should be their right. All I ask is that we give more consideration to the individuals, the environments and the repercussions and a little less power and authority to the people telling us our children are born bad while they sell us services and cures that will solve those problems.
      How is this not something that makes absolute sense to people? We've seen it with religions and we see it in marketing. You convince people they have problems to which you have cures. Well maybe *that* is the problem?
      It's another form of intolerance. One I personally disapprove of and I know I'm not alone.

  • @forgiven21801
    @forgiven21801 9 лет назад +1

    I'm 53 and starting a new career. I hope to be a Chemical Dependency Counselor after this last semester. Last semester I took Abnormal Psychology, the semester before that I had to take Intro to Psychology. This Video would be, or Is a great first day video for people new to this field. This was really fun to watch. I'm really glad to have found this channel and enjoy at least one episode a day. Way to rock the DSM-5!

  • @DrunkASMR
    @DrunkASMR 9 лет назад

    I do so love this series.

  • @madisongreen7202
    @madisongreen7202 5 лет назад +3

    these videos are the only reason i have a chance of not failing my mental health exam tomorrow

  • @Angel-rr3io
    @Angel-rr3io 7 лет назад +13

    the guy on the video is cool I like his videos hes logical

  • @saranordstrom7514
    @saranordstrom7514 9 лет назад +1

    Crash course is so awesome, I love it :)