Gotham
Harley Quinn
A promising psychologist and intern at Arkham Asylum in Gotham City, Harleen was given the chance to get up close and personal with the Joker, an experience that wound up ending…badly. Harleen became obsessed with her subject, and after falling madly in love with the Clown Prince of Crime, she helped him escape the asylum.
Characteristics: Uncomfortable when not the center of attention, interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or proactive behavior, uses physical appearance to draw attention to herself and considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are
Histrionic Personality Disorder
What disorder did I mention that is closely associated with the adult stage?
Dementia or Neurocognitive Disorder
Gaston
Characteristics: pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Winnie the Pooh
He is addicted to Honey. He is also impulsive and obsessive when it comes to Honey.
Eating Disorder
What is cognitive reserve?
It is the idea that people develop a reserve of thinking abilities during their lives and that this protects them against losses that can occur through aging and disease.
Catwoman
Juvenile delinquent Selina Kyle (Camren Bicondova) is street smart and then some. She extorts cops, claws out the eyes of henchmen, and generally behaves like a feral feline: extremely dangerous when cornered. She also, of course, steals things. As Catwoman, Selina is a world-class burglar who honed her skills by committing larceny and B&E as a teenager.
Characteristics: aggression to people, deceitfulness, theft, and serious violation of rules
Conduct disorder
Childhood precursor to antisocial personality disorder
What disorder did I mention that is closely associated with the adolescent stage?
Eating Disorders
Maleficient
Characteristics: Pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, impulsivity, fear of abandonment
Borderline Personality Disorder
Piglet
He is always nervous or scared. He stutters because he could have experienced an incident where his self-esteem was weakened.
Anxiety
What are some of the possible causes of developing ADHD?
Differences in brain chemistry rather than physical brain damage
Low levels of neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine
Genes
low birth weight, maternal smoking, and alcohol use during pregnancy
The Riddler
He is known for his campy compulsion to ask riddles and a narcissistic need to claim ownership of his criminal schemes. In Gotham, we see him first as Edward Nygma, a socially clueless but brainy forensic scientist at the Gotham City Police Department who lurks outside the captain's office until called in and then doesn't really know when to show himself out.
Characteristics: deficits in social communication and interaction, restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests
Autism Spectrum Disorder
What disorder did I mention that is closely associated with the child stage?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Captain Hook
Characteristics: exposure to actual injury or death (hint: the crocodile), recurrent intrusive distressing memories of the event (hint: Tick... Tock... Tick... Tock), dissociative reactions (flashbacks, etc.)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Eeyore
He is always sad
Depression
What environmental aspects could lead to someone developing autism?
Viruses or chemicals that could interact with a genetic predisposition
Prenatal exposure to teratogens
Extreme prematurity or very low birth weight.
Any birth difficulty leading to periods of oxygen deprivation to the baby's brain.
Maternal obesity, diabetes, or immune system disorders.
The Joker
No name strikes terror into the hearts of Gotham’s citizens quite like the Joker. In a city overrun with larger-than-life criminals, the always-laughing villain stands alone. A complete psychopath with no moral compass whatsoever. But there isn’t a single thing funny about this particular clown, who only finds humor in the suffering of others.
Characteristics: Failure to conform to social norms by performing acts that are grounds for arrest. Decietfulness, impulsivity, aggressiveness, and irritability are demonstrated in repeated fights. Reckless disregard for the safety of self or others. Lack of remorse. Disregard for and the violation of the rights of others.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
What disorder did I mention that is closely associated with the infant stage?
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Alice and Wonderland THE Red Queen
Characteristics: Recurrent behavioral outbursts represent a failure to control aggressive impulses; the expression of outbursts is grossly out of proportion and is not premeditated.
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Tigger
He cannot sit still and cannot focus well.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
What is Developmental Psychopathology?
The study of abnormal behavior from a developmental perspective
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy is the alter ego taken by Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, an eco-terrorist and prominent enemy of Batman.she is depicted as one of the world's most prominent eco-terrorists, motivated by an obsession with plants, misandry, botany, and extremist environmentalism and is motivated to protect nature against humanity by any means necessary.
Hint: Ivy’s condition truly does connect her to plants and how they go through seasonal changes. In the warm months, she absorbs the sunlight and feels happy. During autumn and winter, her mood is severely affected by the cold and darkness, making her depressed, angry, and paranoid.
Characteristics: a consistent low mood, loss of pleasure in regular activities, short periods of extreme euphoria and sleeping for long hours and feeling lethargic
Seasonal Affective Disorder
What are three different types of eating disorders mentioned in the DSM 5?
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder or Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
The Evil Queen from Snow White
Characteristics: Distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Rabbit
He is extremely orderly and gets angry when his things are out of order.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Can genes play a factor in developing an eating disorder? Yes or no?