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1960
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Gay liberation movement.
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1974
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Homosexuality taken out of DSM as a mental disorder.
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Alcoholism
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High co-morbidity with other disorders due to “self-medication”. Alcohol is labeled a depressant because it slows behavioral and mental functions down. Causes malnutrition, high in calories because of fat. Believed to be a genetic vulnerability, but unclear. Treatment is support groups and AA; or the biological antabuse drug.
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Anorexia Nervosa:
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Major control issue. Failure to maintain at least minimum body weight; intense fear of becoming fat; distorted body image; missing 3 consecutive periods (women only). The cause is media, and the treatment is a specialist in eating disorders.
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Bulimia Nervosa:
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: Fear of becoming fat; binge & purge; unknown cause; specialist in eating disorders is treatment.
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Depressant:
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Slows down the central nervous system. Examples: Alcohol and anti-anxiety. Treatment is unknown.
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Exhibitionism:
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Exhibitionism:
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Fetish:
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Sexual arousal of an object
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Hallucinogens:
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Cause hallucinogens or distort reality. Examples are LSD and Peyote. Treatment is unknown.
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Homosexuality
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Says most research is a biological basis.
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Masochism
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Receiving pain.
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Men
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premature ejaculation
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Opiates/narcotics:
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Relieves pain and produces sense of well-being. Highly addictive. Treatment: unknown, methadone.
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Paraphilia:
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Recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies; urges, or behaviors that involve non-human objects {fetish transvestite}, suffering of oneself or partner {sadism or machoism}, children or no consenting person {pedophila voyeurism}. Most are in men. Very few women. Occurs during puberty. Cause: Classical conditioning.
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Pedophilia
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adult who has sexual urges with a pre-pubertal child. Could be necrophilia, sex with dead people because of the non-consenting person.
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Psychoactive drugs:
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Any substance that affects behavioral or mental functioning.
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Rape
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: most rapes are not committed by strangers, normally someone you know
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Sadism:
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Hurting or causing pain on another person.
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Substance abuse:
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A maladaptive pattern of substance abuse, involving reoccurring and significant adverse consequences
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Substance dependence:
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Substance use disorder involving a need for the substance (either physically or psychologically).
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Tolerance:
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Need for increased amounts of substance to get same effect.
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Transvestite:
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Sexual arousal of cross-dressing, drag queen.
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Voyeurism:
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involves watching people in various states undress. (Peeping tom)
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Women
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hypoactive sexual desire
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Freebie
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Freebie
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Psychogenic pain disorder
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Real pain caused by psychological factors. Treatment: relaxation therapy, medication.
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Malingering
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Faking symptoms and is motivated by some external incentive
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Factious
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Faking symptoms for no real incentive
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Treatment for factious:
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Psychological therapy
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Body dysmorfic disorder
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Finding something wrong with your self-image but is excessive
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Chronic Stress:
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Suppresses the immune system. What is stressful is subjective; depends on you.
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Acute stress
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Sudden, intense: like a headache
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Chronic stress
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Long lasting (like a bad relationship)
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Type A Personalities
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* Ambitious
* Impatient & Time Urgent * Competitive * Cynical hostility (pissy people) |
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2004 studies have shown that...
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Type A personality is strongly associated with heart disease
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Type B personalities
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Relaxed
Carefree |
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Adjustment disorder
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* Caused by stress. Must be an identifiable stressor. Treatment - therapy.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Exposure to a traumatic event, re-experiencing of the traumatic event, avoidance of things that remind them of the event. Treatment: Therapy. Recognizable by: People who are on guard all the time or easily scared.
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You must have at least 1 month of being PTSD to be diagnosed.
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True (PTSD Card) *freebie
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Panic, anxiety, and their disorders
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> PTSD
> Generalized Anxiety Disorder > Specific Phobias > Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Feeling intense, worried, nervous. Treatment: Direct exposure therapy; and or medication.
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