Abnormal Psyc- Chapter 3

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Diagnosis

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Determination or identification of the nature of a person's disease/condition or a statement of that finding.

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Diagnostic System

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System of rules for recognizing and grouping various types of abnormalities.

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Assessment

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Procedure through which information is gathered systematically in evaluation of conditions. Yields information that is the basis for diagnosis.

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Reliability

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Criterion of diagnostic system. Must give same measurement for a given thing every time.

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Inter-rater Reliability

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Extent to which two clinicians agree on diagnosis of a patient.

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Validity

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Whether diagnostic category is able to predict behavioural and psychological disorders accurately.

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Concurrent Validity

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Ability of category to estimate individuals present standing on factors related to disorder but not themselves part of diagnostic criteria.

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Predictive Validity

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Ability of a test to predict the future course of individual's development. The disorder's progression.

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Atheoretical

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Not endorsing any one theory of abnormal psychology. More precise behavioural descriptions came about in DSM-III-R and DSM-III

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Polythetic

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Individual could be diagnosed with a certain subset of symptoms without having to meet all the criteria (started in DSM-III-R)

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Multiaxial

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Provide substantial patient information and evaluate/rate the patients on five different axes or areas of functioning.

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5 Axes

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I: Clinical disorders (most obvious, schizophrenia and mood disorders, what patient has).
II: Personality Disorders (generally less severe long-term disturbances, what patient is).
III: General Medical Conditions (relevant medical disorders)
IV: Psychosocial and Environmental Problems (patients life circumstances, social milieu, stressful social circumstances).
V: Global Assessment of Functioning (how well can they cope with circumstances related to problem).

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ADHD

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Early Childhood Disorder. Maladaptive levels of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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Early Childhood Disorder. Recurrent, negative, deviant, disobedient and hostile behaviour towards authority.

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Conduct Disorder

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Early Childhood Disorder. Violate societal norms, rules or basic rights of others.

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Separation Anxiety

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Early Childhood Disorder. Anxiety over separation form parents or significant others.

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Mental Retardation

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Early Childhood Disorder. Now intellectual and developmental disorder. Below average intelligence, impaired social adjustment.

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Autistic

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Early Childhood Disorder. Sever impediments in several areas of development.

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Learning Disorders

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Early Childhood Disorder. Below average functioning in particular areas of academic skill.

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Motor Skills/Communication Disorders

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Early Childhood Disorder. Significant developmental problems with coordination or difficulty with reception/expression of language.

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Feeding and Eating Disorder

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Early Childhood Disorder. Eating stuff with no nutritional value.

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Tic Disorders

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Early Childhood Disorder. Body moves repeatedly and uncontrollably (can be verbal).

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Elimination Disorders

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Early Childhood Disorder. Urine/feces passage and inappropriate times and places.

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Delirium

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Neuro-Cognitive Disorder. Clouded consciousness, wandering attention, incoherent stream of thought.

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Dementia

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Neuro-Cognitive Disorder. Deterioration of mental capacities, irreversible. Alzheimer's.

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Amnestic Syndrome

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Neuro-Cognitive Disorder. Impaired memory, no delirium or dementia. Alcohol abuse.

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Schizophrenia

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Psychotic Disorder. Severe debilitation in thinking and perception.

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Psychosis

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Psychotic Disorder. In most schizophrenics, delusions (false beliefs) and hallucinations (false perceptions).

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Thought Disorder

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Psychotic Disorder. Incoherent speech, loose associations, inappropriate affect (laugh at funeral), disorganized behaviour (public masterbation).

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Major Depressive Disorder

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Mood Disorder.

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Mania

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Mood Disorder. Extremely elated, active, less sleep, disconnected ideas and grandiosity.

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Bipolar

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Mood Disorder. Both depression and mania.

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Dysthymia

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Mood Disorder. Fluctuates between mild mania and mild depression.

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Phobia

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Anxiety Disorder. Fear of object/situation.

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Obssessions

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Anxiety Disorder. Intrusive thoughts.

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Compulsions

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Anxiety Disorder. Repetitive behaviour that alleviates obsessions.

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Social Phobia

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Anxiety Disorder. Fear of social situations.

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Panic Disorder

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Anxiety Disorder. Panic attacks

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Generalized Anxiety

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Anxiety Disorder. Difficulty controlling excessive worry.

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Somatization Disorder

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Somatoform Disorder. Long history of bodily problems with no physical basis.

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Conversion Disorder

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Somatoform Disorder. Reports loss of motor or sensory function.

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Pain Disorder

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Somatoform Disorder. Severe, prolonged and unexplained pain stemming from psychology.

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Hypochodriasis

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Somatoform Disorder. Think minor sensations are abnormal.

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Somatoform Disorder. Imagined defects in appearance.

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Dissociative Disorder. Forget past or lose memory for a time period.

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Dissociative Fugue

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Dissociative Disorder. Leaves home, new life new identity, no memory of past or previous identity.

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Dissociative Disorder. Two or more distinctive personality states.

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Depersonalization

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Dissociative Disorder. Feel self-estranged, unreal.

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Sexual Dysfunction

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Sexual Disorder. Disturbance in sexual desire or psychophysiological changes that accompany sexual response cycle. Ex: Erectile Dysfunction.

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Paraphilias

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Sexual Disorder. Sexual urges, fantasies or behaviours that involve unusual objects/activities.

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Gender Identity Disorder

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Sexual Disorder. Discomfort with anatomical sex, identify as opposite gender.

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Eating Disorder. Avoid eating food, fear of being fat.

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Bulimia Nervosa

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Eating Disorder. Binge and purge.

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Dyssomnias

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Sleeping Disorder. Amount, quality and timing of sleep.

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Parasomnias

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Sleeping Disorder. Abnormal behaviour or physiological events occurring in sleep. Ex: Sleep terror disorder or sleepwalking disorder.

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Intermittent Explosive Disorder

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Impulse Control Disorder. Episodes of violent behaviour.

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Pathological Gamlbing

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Impulse Control Disorder. Unable to stop, escape problems.

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Trichotillomania

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Impulse Control Disorder. Pulls own hair out.

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Antisocial

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Personality Disorder. Disregard for and violation of rights of others

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Dependent

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Personality Disorder. Submissive, clinging, fear of separation.

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Categorical Approach

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Criticism against DSM-IV-R, individual either has disorder or doesn't. No in between.

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Dimensional Approach

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Continuum for mental disorders from non existant or mild to severe.