Abnormal psych hits on a lot of subjects that I'm interested in, and so far seems like it'll be a pretty engaging class. Of all the topics in psychology, abnormal psych and mental disorders are things I have had the most experience with and enjoy seeking more information about.
Today in class we wrote down whether we thought disorders like ADD were over or under diagnosed. I have mixed feelings about this because I don't exactly know how many disorders actually go undetected, untreated, etc. But I do feel a lot of the times that they are over"diagnosed" on a daily basis, like when your roommate declares that he/she has ADD and can't do their homework, when really they just don't want to stop IMing or watching TV. Or when a girl verifies that a boy is bipolar because he isn't cooperating. I know I should be pleased that mental health issues are no longer taboo and unspoken as they once were, but I feel that we're going in the opposite extreme, treating them almost nonchalantly.
