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37 Cards in this Set
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DSM IV vs. DSM V
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Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Changes: Autism spectrum disorder, disruptive mood disregulation disorder |
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Panic Disorder
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Repeated/ unexpected panic attacks
Persistant/avoidant concerns for future attacks Can have triggers or come out of the blue |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Usually accompanied by mental retardation
Fixation on one thing Severe deficits in language, social bonding, and imagination |
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Continual feelings of worry, anxiety, physical tension, and irritability
Usually developed after a life stressor |
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Dissociative Disorders
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Disruptions in one's conscious memory, identity, and perception
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Depersonalization Disorder
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Feeling detached from one's self
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Dissociative Amnesia
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Cannot remember important personal info
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Dissociative Fugue
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Loss of identity
Person takes a new identity |
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
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Presence of 2+ personalities in one person
Differentiated by different characteristics Host personality is the main one accompanied by the alters. |
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Post Traumatic DID
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Mind creates alters to deal with trauma
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Sociocognitive DID
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Alters are brought to surface through therapy
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Major Depressive Disorder
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Can be caused by negative beliefs and expectations of
1- the world 2- Themselves 3- the future |
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MDD Symptoms
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1) Sleep disruptions
2) Lack of interest in previous hobbies 3) Weight fluctuation 4) Psychomotor disturbances 5) Suicidal thoughts 6) Depression 7) Fatigue 8) Worthlessness 9) Difficulty concenrtrating 10) |
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Bipolar disorder
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Mood fluctuations between depression and mania
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Personality disorders
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Personality traits appear by adolescence
Traits are inflexible and stable |
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Borderline Personality Disorder
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Mostly in women
Instability i mood, identity, impulse control, and are highly destructive Relationships go from worshipping to hating Serial monogomist |
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Psychopathic personality
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Superficial charm
Dishonesty Manipulative Self-Centered Risk takers Low levels of remorse Overlaps with antisocial Not psychotic, not always violent |
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Schizoid Personality
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Detachment from social relations
Bland or limited expression of emotions |
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Diathesis Stress Model
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Proposes that certain behavior is a result of genetic predisposition and stressors/triggers
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Innattentive/ Hyperactive
Level of hyperactivity diminishes with age Genetic |
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ADHD Brian Chemistry
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Gene abnormalities influence:
-Serotonin -Dopamine -Norepinephrine Smaller brain volume Decreased activation in frontal areas of brain Slow brain waves in frontal lobe |
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Suicide
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MDD and bipolar are at most risk
11th leading cause of death 5 Steps to suicide assessment |
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5 Steps to Suicide Assessment
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1- Are you suicidal?
2- Have you attempted suicide before? 3- How do you plan on doing it 4- How accessible are weapons to you 5- How lethal is this method |
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Phobia
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Irrational and intense fear over something or a situation
Most common anxiety disorder can be specific or social |
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Schizophrenia
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"Cancer of mental illness" Sever disorder of thought and emotion associated with loss of contact with reality "Shattered personality" Disturbances in attention, thinking, language, emotion, and relationships |
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Paranoid Schizophrenic
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Delusional, paranoid, and hallucinations are present.
Hallucinations usually auditory |
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Disorganized Schizophrenic
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Disorganized speech- heavy tongue/word salad
Flat inappropriate reactions (or lack thereof) Poor self care Delusions/hallucinations are rare |
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Catatonic Schizophrenic
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Motor Problems:
Extreme resistance to complying with simple commands Holding body in bizarre rigid postures (waxy flexibility) Mutism: no speaking Echolalia: echoing/repeating everything thats heard Malnutrition/ self harm |
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Schizophrenic Brain abnormalities
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Enlarged ventricles
Increased sulci size Hypofrontality: reduced frontal lobe activity Abnormalities in dopamine receptors dopamine, norepinephrine, glutamate, and serotonin disturbances Highly genetic |
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Delusion
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The belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite its contradiction to reality
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Hallucination
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An experience involving the perception of hearing or seeing something or someone that isn't present.
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Obsession
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Preoccupation of the mind continually to a troubling extent
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Compulsion
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The act of forcing or being forced to do something due to a strong urge against one's conscious will
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Cognitive Distortion
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Ways our mind convinces us of something that isn't true and reinforces negative thinking:
Black and white thinking Jumping to conclusions catastrophic thinking "over thinking" |
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Cognitive Triad
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negative view of ones self -> negative view of experience -> negative view of the future
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Psychotherapy
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Phsychological intervention to help resolve emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems
Helps alleviate suffering Client therapist alliance |
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Who seeks psychotherapy?
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usually females, and usually white people.
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