Abnormal Psych Quiz Chap 5

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Cortisol

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Major hormone released by adrenalglands

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD)

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Consequences of experiencing extreme stressors

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▪ PTSD

Diagnostic criteria of DSM-5 requires that individuals:

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▪ Directly experience or witness the traumatic event

▪ Learn that the event happened to someone they are close to

▪ Experience repeated or extreme exposure to the details of a traumatic event

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Acute stress disorder

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Occurs in response totraumas similar to those involved in PTSD

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Adjustment disorder:

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Emotional and behavioralSymptoms arise within three weeks

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Theories of PTSD

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Environmental and social factors

Psychological factors

Gender and cross-cultural differences

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Treatments for PTSD: Goals

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1. Exposing clients to what they fear inorder to extinguish that fear

2. Challenging distorted cognitions thatcontribute to symptoms

3. Helping clients reduce stress in their lives

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Treatments for PTSD

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1. Cognitive-behavioral therapy and stressmanagement

2. Biological therapies

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Stress-inoculation therapy:

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Therapists teach clientsskills for overcoming problems that:

▪ Increase stress

▪ Result from PTSD

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Agoraphobia

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the fear of places where they might have trouble escaping orgetting help if they become anxious

And:

That they will embarrass themselves if others noticetheir symptoms or efforts to escape

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Negative reinforcement

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Reduction of Anxietyreinforced by the avoidance of the feared object

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Prepared classical conditioning:

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Conditioning of fearto certain objects or situations

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Applied tension technique

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Increases blood pressureand heart rate keeping people from fainting whenconfronted with the feared object

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Social Anxiety Disorder

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People become anxious in social situations and areafraid being rejected, judged, or humiliated inpublic and focused on avoiding such events

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Panic attacks:

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Short but intense periods during whichpeople experience many symptoms of anxiety

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Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Mindfulness-based interventions

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Panic Disorder

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Occurrences of panic attack become commonwithout being provoked

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Conditioned Avoidance Response

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Occurs in certain specific situations which areperceived as an aversive stimuli

Reduces panic symptoms by reinforcingavoidance behavior

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

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Becoming anxious and upset if separated from theprimary caregivers

Not diagnosed unless:

▪ Symptoms persist for at least 4 weeks

▪ Significantly impair the child’s functioning

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Behavioral inhibition

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Causes children to be:

▪ Shy, fearful, and irritable as toddlers

▪ Cautious, quiet, and introverted as school-age children

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Obsession

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Thoughts, images, ideas, or impulsesthat are persistent

Uncontrollably intrude upon consciousness

Cause significant anxiety or distress

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Compulsions

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Repetitive behaviors or mental actsthat an individual feels he or she must perform

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Hoarding

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Closely related to OCD but is classifiedas a separate diagnosis in the DSM-5

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Exposure and response prevention

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Exposes theclient to the focus of the obsession, preventingcompulsive responses to the resulting anxiety