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Give the criteria for a diagnosis of Acute Stress Disorder
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1: Person must have been exposed to actual or threatened death, severe injury, or sexual violation
2: Must have nine symptoms from any of five categories - intrusion, negative mood, dissociative symptoms, avoidance symptoms, arousal symptoms 3: Duration of 3 days to 1 months 4: Cause clinically significant distress or impaired functioning |
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Give the criteria for a diagnosis of Avoidant Personality Disorder |
1: Characterized by a pattern of pervasive social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation 2: Indicated by at least four characteristic symptoms - * avoids work activities involving interpersonal contact due to fear of criticism, rejection, disapproval * unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked * preoccupied with concerns about being criticized or rejected * views self as socially inept, inferior, unappealing others |
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Give the concordance rates for Schizophrenia |
For biological twins: 10% For identical (monozygotic) twins: 48%
Rates are higher among individuals with genetic similarity - the greater the genetic similarity, the higher the concordance rates |
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Describe Dialectical Behaviour Therapy |
Designed by Linehan (1987) as a treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder Use three strategies: 1 - Group skills training to help clients regulate their emotions, improve social and coping skills 2 - Individual outpatient therapy to strengthen clients motivations and newly acquired skills 3 - Telephone consultation to provide support and between-sessions coaching
DBT reduces premature termination from therapy, psychiatric hospitalizations, parasuicidal behaviour |
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Describe Factitious Disorder, imposed on self |
The individual will falsify physical or psychological symptoms that are associated with their deception, present themselves as being ill or impaired, engage in the deceptive behaviour even in the absence of an obvious reward
Symptoms can involve: feigning, exaggeration, simulation, induction |
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Describe Factitious Disorder, imposed on others |
The individual will falsify physical or psychological symptoms in another person, present that person to others as being ill or impaired, and engaged in the deceptive behaviour even in the absence of an external reward
Symptoms can involve: feigning, exaggeration, simulation, induction |
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Give the criteria for Major Depressive Disorder |
Requires the presence of at least five symptoms, nearly everyday for at least two weeks
Symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impaired functioning |
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Give the possible symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder |
Depressed mood (for children, can be irritable) Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in most or all activities Significant weight loss when not dieting, or weight gain Decrease or increase in appetite Insomnia or hypersomnia Psychomotor agitation or retardation Fatigue or loss of energy Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt Diminished ability to think or concentrate Recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal ideation or attempts
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What is the usual treatment for Major Depressive Disorder? |
Cognitive behaviour therapy SSRI or other antidepressant |
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Give the criteria for Neurocognitive Disorder due to Alzheimer's Disease |
Must meet criteria for Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorder
Insidious onset
Meets criteria for probable or possible Alzheimer's Disease |
