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What are the 5 characteristics of abnormal behaviour? |
Statistical infrequency Violation of social norms Personal distress Disability or dysfunction Unexpectedness |
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What makes a behaviour statistically infrequent |
It has to be rare, on one end of a bell curve |
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What makes a behaviour violate normals |
A behavior that defies or goes against social norms; either threatens or makes anxious those observing it. (Must be considered in cultural context) |
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What makes a behaviour personally distressing |
Creates personal suffering or torment in the person |
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What is psychopathology concerned with |
Nature and development of abnormal behaviour, thoughts & emotions |
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What are the four "fluids" that dictate mental health |
Blood Black bike Yellow bike Phlegm |
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What does phlegm signify (Hippocrates) |
Sluggish and dullness |
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What does black bile signify (Hippocrates) |
Melancholia |
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What does blood signify (Hippocrates) |
Changeable temperament |
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What does yellow bile signify (Hippocrates) |
Irritability and anxiousness |
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What happened in the dark ages |
Christian monasteries replaced physicians as healers. Reverting back to demonology. |
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What did Phillipe Pinel do |
Primary figure in movement for humanitarian treatment for mentally ill in asylums. Believed patients should be treated with dignity. |
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When did asylums gain momentum |
15th-16th centurues |
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What did Dorothea Dix do |
Revived moral treatment, after it was abandoned in 19th century |
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What makes a behaviour disabling or dysfunctioning |
Caused impairment in some important area of life ie work or personal relationships. |
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When were lobotomies banned |
1980s |
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What were Emil Kraeplin's 2 groups of severe mental illness |
Dementia Praecox (schizo) Manic-depressive psychosis (bipolar) |
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What caused dementia praecox |
Chemical imbalance |
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What caused manic depressive oaychosis |
Irregularity in metabolism |
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Schizophrenia & violent crimes? |
Small correlation between schizos commuting violent acts when combined with substance abuse They are MORE likely to be VICTIMS of violent crime. 2.5x higher. |
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What percentage of people never receive mental health carr |
75% |
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What is a paradigm |
A set of assumptions, a general perspective |
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What are the paradigms in ab. Psych? |
Biological Cognitive-behavioural Psychoanalytic Humanistic-existential Integrative |
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What is the bio. paradigm referred to? |
The medical model or the disease model |
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What is the bio. paradigm? |
Continuation of the somatogenic hypothesis. Mental disorders caused by aberreant or defective biological processes. |
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What makes a behaviour unexpected |
Surprising or out of proportion response |
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Genotype vs phenotype |
G - unobservable genetic makeup P - observable behavioural characteristics |
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Prevalence |
Proportion of people who have a diagnosis at any GIVEN time |
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Epidemiology |
Study of frequency of disorders in populations |
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Lifetime prevalence |
Proportion of population who have had a diagnosis in their lifetime |
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Components of reliability |
Sensitivity, specificity, kappa |
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Difference between sensitivity and specificity |
Sen - extent to which there is agreement that the diagnosis IS detected as being present
Some - extent to which there is an agreement that the diagnoses is ABSENT |
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Kappa |
Statistic used to measure extent of agreement over and above levels of chance |
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What's the difference between psychologist and paychiatrist |
Only psychiatrists can prescribe medication. They hold an MD, rather than a PHd. |
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What is demonology |
That an evil being/devil/demon is dwelling in a person and controlling them |
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Treatment for demonology? |
Exorcism |
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What is trepanning |
Surgical opening of skull to release demon. |
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What was Hippocrates' theory? |
Rejected belief that God would cause mental disturbances as punishment. Insisted that they have natural causes and should be treated like all other illnesses. |
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Somatogenesis vs. Psychogenesis |
Soma: mental disorders caused by aberrant functioning in body which disturbs thought and action Pay: mental disorders have origins in psychological malfunctions |
Soma means body |
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Hippocrates mental classifications (3) |
Mania Melancholia Phrenitis |
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