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whatbehaviors/mood states might be managed using SSRIs

SGAS

The four D's of Abnormality

SFHBZ

orderof the scientific method

SG

· Also, be able to describe what differentiates“normal” from “abnormal”

SGRA

Ego



WSGA

Id

The libido emerges and drives impluses to seek immediate release

Superego

Develops from the ego a little later childhood.













JFK affect on mental health

WSGAS

Classical Conditioning:

Conditioning fear to certain objects or situation

· Negative reinforcement

reduction of anxiety

· Unconditioned Stimulus

WEGAQ

· HPA-Axis

o Serotonin

••Travels through many key areas of the brain, affecting thefunction of those areas••Implicated in depression, anxiety, aggression and impulsivity

Degradation


Norepinephrine

••Produced by neurons in the brain stem••Cocaine and amphetamine, prolong the action of norepinephrineby slowing its reuptake process#ާp

Epinephrine

GABA

••Inhibits the action of other neurotransmitters••Tranquilizing effect of some drugs is because they increasethe inhibitory activity of GABA

Dopamine

••Found in areas of the brain associated with the experience ofreinforcements or rewards••Affected by substances (e.g. alcohol) and behaviors (e.g. sex)that are pleasurable

Systematic desensitization

type of behavior therapy that attempts to reduce client anxiety through relaxation techniques and progressive exposure to feared stimul

Modeling

process of learning behaviors by imitating others, especially authority figures or people like oneself

Flooding

behavioral technique in which a client is intensively exposed to a feared object until the anxiety diminishes (also called impulsive therapy)

Applied Tension technique

increases blood pressure and heart rate keeping people from fainting when confronted with the feared object

Biological treatment

Benzodiazepines

Munchausen’s Syndrome

Faking illness or symptom

Retrograde

inability to remember info from past -can have both organic and psychogenic causes

Anterograde

inablillity to form new memories to take in new information

Malingering-

hen a person fakes a symptom or disorder avoid or gain something

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

They work by blocking or delaying the re-absorption of serotonin - a neurotransmitter - by the original (presynaptic) nerve it was released from. This effect increases levels of serotonin within the synapse

Sensate Therapy

Three phase process of getting over sexual dysfunction. Early phases- partners are instructed not to be concerned about or even attempt intercourse. Rather focus on the pleasure created by the exercises. (Master & Johnson) To help reduce anxiety and any concern about achieving orgasm.

**In general: When do Fetishes/idiosyncratic sexual preferences become “disorders”?

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Cataplexy

Sudden loss of muscle tone lasting under 2 minutes

What kind of medicine is use for narcalepsey?

Stimulants




Sodium oxybate




selegiline




Antidepressants

Narcolepsy with cataplexy

Lacking cells in the hypothalamus that secrete the neurotransmitter hypocretin, which promotes wakefulness




Narcolepsy without cataplexy; Low levels of hypocretin

Advanced sleep

Persistent pattern of sleep onset and awakenings that are two or more hours early than desired

Delayed sleep

phase Persistent pattern of delayed sleep onset and awakenings




inability to go to sleep or wake up earlier if desired

Irregular Sleep

Do not have a discernable sleep-wake rhythm

Involuntary hospitalization What are the criteria needed for justifying this course of action?

Need for treatment




Grave DisabilityDanger




self or others

M’Naghten

-At the time of the crime, the individual was affected by adisease of the mind to the extent that he or she did not know the nature of theact he or she was committing or did not know it was wrong

Irresistible impulse

••At the time of the crime, the individual was driven by anirresistible impulse to perform the act or had a diminished capacity to resistperforming the actF&q

Durhan

•Crime was a product of a mental disease or defectIa

Type A Personality

Sense of time urgency


-Easily aroused hostility


-Competitive striving forachievement


Risk factor for coronaryheart disease§Hostility component is mostsignificant




Men are more likely to havethe Type A personality pattern and other risk factors

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