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Chap. 12
What is mean by social non-conformist |
Challenging social standard for acceptable conduct.
Failure to conform to social norms or the usual minimum standards for social conduct. Someone in a car has a pink wig on, walking on campus or a flowing purple robe. |
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What are "Psychotic Disorders?"
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A severe mental disorder characterize by retreat from reality by hallucination, delusion and by social withdrawal
Example: Homeless person talking to themselves; hear or see things others don't |
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a) What are the general risk factors
that contribute to a mental disorder? b) What is the meaning to mental disorder? |
a) Poverty, family, social conditions
b) A significant impairment in psychological functioning. |
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What is Generalized Anxiety Order?
Give an example. |
Irrational; anger against society
Example: Timothy McKay; Uni bomber |
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A person with an Organic Brain Disorder?
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A mental emotional problem cause by brain diseases or injuries
Contracted by virus Car Accident |
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What is a Mood Disorder?
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A serve re psychological disorder characterized by a retreat from reality, by hallucination and delusions, and by social withdrawal
Example: Schizophrenia, mind plays tricks on you, Hallucinations:"It's A Beautiful Mind" (Movie) |
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What does DSM IV (4)stand for?
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Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
In the US & Canada the DSM helps psychiatrist identify mental disorders & select the best therapies to treat them. Guide & Ranking the category of the disorder |
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How Do Humanist see mental illness?
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Roger believed that anxious individuals have build up an un-realistic mental images of themselves, which leave them vulnerable to contradictory information.
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Define Hallucinations?
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Imaginary sensation such as seeing, hearing or smelling something that doesn't exist.
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What are Delusions?
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A false belief held against all contrary evidence
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What do major mood disorders appear to be?
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Emotional Extremes, very moody, sudden mood changes (happy then sad)
Feelings of failure, sinfulness, guilt, worthlessness and total despair Major depressive disorder: Bi-Polar disorders I and II |
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What are Anxiety Disorders?
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Feeling of panic, disruptive, irrational fears, worries
Distorted Behaviors 2 Additional Anxiety Disorders: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Acute Stress disorder |
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Define Mood Disorders:
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A mature disturbance in mood or emotion such as: depression, mania
Feel sad, hopeless Talk too loud, fast Have a rush of ideas, feelings that others think are unreasonable Also called "Bi-Polar Disorder" |
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What is the behaviorist approach to mental illness?
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The use of learning principle to make constructive changes to ones behavior.
They can alter their behavior through lifestyle changes, heavy brain meds, or conditioning. |
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What is Somatoform Disorder?
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Physical symptoms that mimic disease or injury for which there is no unidentifiable physical cause.
You feel psychically sick, but your doctors says nothing is wrong w/you. You are preoccupied with thoughts about being sick. |
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What is Dissociative Disorder?
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Temporary amnesia, multiple personality, or depersonalization.
You feel like your are a robot or a stranger to yourself. Others tell you that you have done things that you don't remember doing. |
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What are the 3 major systems of "Mental Illness?"
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Exceptive anxiety (biting your nails)
Inter-personal relations: You think your hair looks bad that you don't want to go out, don't want people looking at your hair. Loss of control |
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Chap. 13
An approach that is incompatible with insight therapy is |
Action Therapy
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Which type of therapy is LEAST likely to bring about personal change?
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Supportive Therapy
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