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24 Cards in this Set
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Three stages in Disease Perspective
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Clinical Syndrome --> Pathological Entity --> Etiological Agent
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PSYCH diseases of KNOWN pathology (2)
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Delirium (multiple pathologies)
Dementia |
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Distinction between form and content
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Form of illness is similar in ALL individuals
Content of symptoms may be unique to PARTICULAR individual |
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Concise definition of delirium
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Change in the level of consciousness
DECREASED ability to attend |
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Concise definition of dementia
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GLOBAL decline in cognition
CLEAR CONSIOUSNESS |
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What does the DISEASE perspective propose
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There are categories/classes of patients
Categories don't imply treatments Rather, they focuse attention on disease features |
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PSYCH diseases of UNKNOWN pathology (2)
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Mood Disorder
Schizophrenia |
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Concise definition of Mood disorder
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Change in mood
CLEAR consciousness NORMAL cognition NOTE: CAN have delusions, but mood CONGRUENT |
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Concise definition of Schizophrenia
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Psychotic symptoms
CLEAR consciousness NORMAL cognition WITHOUT PRIMARY CHANGES IN MOOD |
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Delusions in Mood Disorder are characterized as
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Mood CONGRUENT
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Mental subnormality
What are the ranges? |
Falling 2 standard deviations below mean IQ for population
MILD - 55-69 MODERATE - 40-54 SEVERE - 25-39 PROFOUND - <24 |
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Problems w/ Typological Reasoning (3)
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Categories are awkward & disjunctive
Boundaries are unclear Types are poorly tied to phenomena beyond themselves |
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Definition of "traits"
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Tendencies to react to circumstances in a particular fashion
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DSM considers a trait abnormal when...
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It is inflexible and causes individual or those around them to suffer
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Dimensional perspective considers a trait abnormal when...
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It is excessive enough that the individual is rendered vulnerable by it
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Behaviors are considered pathological either when (2)
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There is an:
Abnormal STRENGTH of drive Abnormal OBJECT of drive |
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Munchausen's Syndrome
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Syndrome in which pts. repeatedly fake diseases
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"The hermeneutic round"
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Problem of the life story perspective
Interpretations beget interpretations |
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Types of disorders on Axis I
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STATE-related disorders
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Types of disorders on Axis II
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TRAIT-related disorders
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What is coded on Axis III
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Medical conditions
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What is coded on Axis IV
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Type and severity of psychosocial/environmental problems
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What is Axis V
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Global Assessment of Functioning (scale of 100)
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IQ range for PROFOUND mental subnormality
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< 24 points
From here, categories go up in chunks of 15pts. Severe - 25-39 Moderate - 40-54 Mild - 55-69 |
