Abnormal Psych Test

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Hoarding

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persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions

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Trichotillomania

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compulsive or repetitive hair pulling, resulting in hair pulling

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Excoriation

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compulsive picking of the skin

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Major Depressive Disorder Diagnoses

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in past 2 weeks: (a) depressed mood or (b) loss of interest +4 other symptoms. Need 5 symptoms at least one has to be a or b

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MDD Gender Differences

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lifetime prevalence more likely in girls

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MDD risk factors

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age of onset, stress, interpersonal difficulties, childhood issues, SES status

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Psychodynamic theory of depression

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depression is caused by internal conflict when feeling clash. (treatment: help px understand conflict)

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Humanistic theory of depression

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depression is caused by guiltiness from not reaching self actualization

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behavioral theory of depression

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depression is caused by lack of reinforcement (treatment: behavioral activation)

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Cognitive theory of depression

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Beck's Cognitive Triad (negative views about the world -->negative views about future--> negative views of self (treatment: cognitive therapy

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Biological theory of depression

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tends to run in families, difficulty regulating seratonin, helped by drugs

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what are SSRI's?

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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (ie zoloft, prozac) they block Serotonin from being reabsorbed into the nerve it just came from and more likely to continue signaling to connecting nerve

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Persistent Depressive Disorder

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2+ years of dysthymia (dont meet all criteria for depression, but lasts a long time

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Double Depression

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dysthymia+MD episode

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at risk groups for suicide?

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young adults, women more likely to attempt, men more likely to suceed

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Bipolar disorder average age of onset

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early 20s

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Bipolar I

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more severe, 1+ week of mania, disruption of daily functioning

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Bipolar II

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less severe, 4+ days of hypomania, never reach manic episode, can still function

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Bipolar Mixed state

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shifting between mania and depression

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BD risks

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linked to dysfunction in neurotransmitter dopamine, large genetic component, age of parents

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BD treatment

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medicine (mood stabilizers like Lithium, antconvulsion drugs) psychotherapy

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What are dissociative disorders?

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considered ways of denying anxiety and other conflicts

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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personality divides into two or more identities, treatment: reintegrate the personalities, process trauma

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Dissociative Amnesia

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person is not able to recall important personal info, not due to organic causes

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Fugue state

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wandering while in dissociative state, potentially to find identity

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depersonalization

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temporary loss or change in usual sense of reality, detached from self

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derealization

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sense of unreality about the world

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Somatic Symptom disorder

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person experience physical symptoms, but no medical cause is found, occurs for 6 or more months

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illness anxiety disorder

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significant anxiety that minor symptoms or sensations are signs of major illness occurs for 6+ months

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diff. between somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder

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for illness anxiety fear is what symptoms might causes for SSD fear is the actual symptoms

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Care-avoidant

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delay visiting the doctor due to fear of what might be discovered

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care-seeking

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jumping around to doctors in hopes of finding one who will confirm their fears

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conversion disorder

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impaired ability to control voluntary movements or sensory functions, stressful situations/child trauma may be the cause

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factitious disorder

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faking of physical/psychological symptoms w/o apparent motive

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malingering

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faking for a benefit/gain

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what is personality

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set of relatively stable, distinct, psychological traits and behavioral characteristics

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ego-syntonic

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don't think there is anything wrong with them

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ego-dystonic

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know something is wrong, is diff. from personality

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paranoid personality disorder

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defined by persuasive suspiciousness, overly sensitive, thing everyone is against them

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PPD- differential diagnosis

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must be based on underlying personality and not to do with tendencies we developed as a result of life experiences

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schizoid personality disorder

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marked by significant social isolation and lack of interest in developing friendships

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schizotypal pd

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persitant difficulty forming personal relationships

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ideas of reference

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believing others are talking about them behind their back

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magical-thinking

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bizarre, non-psychotic beliefs

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antisocial personality disorder

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longstanding pattern of violating the rights of others, disregarding social norms, showing little remorse

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conduct disorder

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pattern of antisocial pd starts before the age of 15

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Antisocial PD-Biological Factors

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diathesis-stress model, lack of emotional response,craving for stress, issues with connectivity between amygdala and prefrontal cortex

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histrionic personality disorder

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pattern of excessive attention seeking behavior (michael scott)

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narcissistic personality disorder

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inflated/grandiose sense of self

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borderline personality disorder

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extreme mood swings, poor sense of identity, split thinking, impulsiveness

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Transference Focused Psychotherapy

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identify splintered part of personality, use transference, integrate

Otto Kernberg

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy

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Marsha Linehan

focuses on skill building, group therapy and one on one, combines CBT+mindfulness and acceptance

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avoidant personality disorder

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extreme fear of rejection which leads people to not from relationships unless others reassure them constantly