Psych Exam 4 Ch 12

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Abnormal

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Statistical definition (rare behavior)
Deviance from social norms
Personal Distress
Inability to function normally (maladaptive behavior)

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Shrink's Definition of 'Abnormal'

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Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or interferes with their ability to function in daily life.

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(T/F) Clinical Shrinks take some factors into account when determining abnormality.

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False; All

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Medical Model

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Psychological disorders have a biological cause.
It is a Biological Model.

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Psychological Models

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Psychoanalysis
Behaviorism
Cognitive Perspective

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Psychoanalysis

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Behavioral abnormality is the result of repressing undesirable thoughts, memories, or concerns.

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Behaviorism

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Abnormal behaviors are learned

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Cognitive Perspective

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Abnormal behavior results from illogical thinking patterns.

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What do shrinks use to diagnose Psych Disorders?

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)

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Contains:
1. Each known disorder
2. Description
3. Symptoms
4. Checklist of Criteria
5. Other Relevant Facts
It is divided into 5 parts.

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Axis I

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Clinical Disorders
ex: Depression, anxiety, academic or social problems

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Axis II

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Personality Disorders and Retardation
ex: Borderline Personality Disorder

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Axis III

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General Medical Conditions
ex: Illnesses that have an impact on mental health

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Axis IV

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Psychosocial and Enviromental Problems
ex: Loss of job, difficulty coping

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Axis V

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Global Assessment of Functioning
ex: Judgement of current functioning

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What % of adults suffer from mental disorders /year?

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22

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How many people in the US suffer from mental disorders /year?

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44 million

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What % of causes in the US is from Psychological Disorders?

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4 out of the top 10

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What is the most prevelant of Psychological Disorders?

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Depression

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Rosenhan Study

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Fake patients couldn't be distinguished from real patients in psych ward
Behaviors were viewed as abnormal because of contextual bias

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Psychology Student Syndrome

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Students that read about symptoms often begin to see those symptoms in themselves and others.

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Anxiety Disorders

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unrealistic or excessive anxiety
Sometimes can by tied ot something specific (fear) but other times it cannot (free-floating anxiety)

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Phobia

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irrational fear

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Social Phobia

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fear of interacting with others or being in a social situation

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Specific Phobias

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fear of something in particular
ex: spiders, needles, enclosed places

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Agoraphobia

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fear of being in a place where escape is difficult should something go wrong.

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Obsessions

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Intruding thoughts that occur again and again.

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Compulsion

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Because of intrusive thoughts, they engage in ritualistic behavior that reduces anxiety
ex: fear of germs engages in repeatedly washing hands.

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Panic Disorder

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sudden onset of extreme panic
Sense of impending doom

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Panic Disorder

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Racing heart rate
Rapid Breathing
Out of body experience
Sweating
Dry mouth

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General Anxiety Disorder

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Excessive anxiety and worry occur more days than not for at least 6 months
Interferes with normal functioning
Causes personal distress
Can often lead to depression and other disorders

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Causes of Anxiety disorders

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Psychoanalytic - repressed feelings or thoughts
Behaviorist - learned over time
Cognitive - illogical, irrational thought

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Cognitive as cause of Anxiety Disorders

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Magnification
All-or-nothing- thinking
Overgeneralization
Minimization

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Mood Disorders

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Disturbance in affect or emotion
(affective disorders)

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Dysthymia

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A moderate depression that lasts for 2 years or more adn is typically associated with some outside stressor

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Cyclothymia

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A cycle between sadness and happiness that lasts more than 2 years

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Major depression

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deeply depressed mood that comes on fairly suddenly and is out of proportion with the circumstances surrounding it

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Bipolar Disorder

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manic episode (extreme happiness) followed by depression episode.

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Long lasting psychotic disorder (going crazy)

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Positive symptoms:
hallucinations
delusions
disorganized thinking
irrational thought
word salad
Negative Symptoms:
flat effect
catatonia
social withdrawal
lack of speech

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What are harder to treat in LLPD: Positive or Negative symptoms?

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Negative.

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Disorganized

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confused speech patterns, vivid and frequent hallucinations, inappropriate affect, socially impaired, poor hygiene

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Catatonic

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does not respon to the outside world
will not move for hours on en, often staying in off postures.
totally on or off

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Paranoid

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suffers from hallucinations and delusions, often auditory.
Often believe they are being persecuted or pursued.

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Undifferentiated

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may shift from one type of schizophrenia to another

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Residual

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after a major episode of schizophrenia that is over. Person mau return to 'somewhat' normal but retain odd, quirky symptoms.

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schiz is genetic?

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probably

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Dopamine Hypothesis

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theory that it is excessive dopamine that causes schiz