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Psychological disorders: are patterns of ____________ or _________ processes that are connected with various kinds of distress or disability.
BEHAVIORS OR MENTAL PROCESS
Behavior or mental processes are suggestive of psychological disorders when they meet some combination of the following criteria:
•They are UNUSUAL..
•They suggest faulty PERCEPTION or interpretation of reality

•They suggest severe personal DISTRESS.
•They are SELF DEFEATING
•They are _______ to self or others DANGEROUS
•The behavior is socially UNACCEPTABLE
UNUSUAL
PERCEPTION
DISTRESS
SELF DEFEATING
DANGEROUS
UNACCPETABLE
The most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders is the ___________________ of the American Psychiatric Association.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR)
CLASSIFYING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
-IV-TR groups disorders on the basis of __________ behaviors or symptoms.
OBSERVABLE
The DSM-IV organizes each psychiatric diagnosis into ______ ________ (axes) relating to different aspects of disorder or disability:
FIVE LEVELS
•Axis I: _________disorders as well as developmental and learning
CLINICAL
Axis II: underlying pervasive or _________conditions as well as mental retardation
PERSONALITY
•Axis III: Acute _________ conditions and physical disorders
MEDICAL
Axis IV: ______________and environmental factors contributing to the disorder
PSYCHOSOCIAL
: Global Assessment Functioning (GAS) or_____________ for children (on a scale from 100 to 0)
CHILDREN'S GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE-GAS
GAS
Anxiety Disorders: Anxiety has _________ and ________features.
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL FEATURES
P&P
Psychological features include:
WORRYING
FEAR OF THE WORST
Psychological features include:
TREMBLING
SWEATING
POUNDING HEART
ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
FAINTNESS
WHAT IS PHOBIA:
Extreme irrational fear and avoidance of that fear
_______ phobias: excessive, irrational fears of speific objects or situations.
SPECIFIC PHOBIA
ARACHNOPHOBIA
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
PHOTOPHOBIA
S______ phobias: persistent fears of scrutiny by others or of doing something that will be humiliating or embarrassing.
SOCIAL PHOBIA
COMMON SYMPTOMS:
NAUSEA, BLUSHING, SWEATING, TREMBLING, DIFFICULTY SPEAKING
Panic Disorder: is an abrupt attack of acute ______ that is not triggered by a specific object or situation.
ANXIETY
Symptoms OF PANIC DISORDER may last minutes or hours and include:
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, SWEATING, TREMORS, POUNDING OF HEART, SUFFOCATION, FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: is persistent anxiety that cannot be attributed to a phobic object, situation or activity. It seems to be _____- ___________.
FREE FLOATING
Symptoms OF GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER include:
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM OVER AROUSAL,
FEELINGS OF DREAD,
FOREBODING, EXCESSIVE THOUGHTS
Obsessions are ________, anxiety-provoking_____ or images that seem irrational and beyond control. These thoughts are so compelling that they _______ daily life
RECURRENT THOUGHTS
RECURRENT OBSESSIONS,
AFFECT
ANXIETY PROVOKING THOUGHTS OR IMAGES
OCD
Compulsions are _________ or___________ that tend to _______ the anxiety connected with obsessions. They are irresistible urges to repeat an act or engage in ritualistic behavior
THOUGHTS OR BEHAVIOR TO REDUCE (ANXIETY)
EXCESSIVE HAND WASHING
COUNTING ITEMS
TURNING THINGS OFF & ON CALMING****
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by a rapid heart rate and feelings of anxiety and helplessness that are caused by a ___________ experience.
TRAUMATIC (EXPERIENCE)
TRAUMA
•Traumatic experiences include natural or man-made disasters, _______, or assault, or witnessing a _________.
THREATS
DEATH
MAN MADE DISASTER
ASSULTS
WITNESS OF _________
•The traumatic event is revisited in the form of ________ memories, recurrent _______, and ___________.
INTRUSIVE (MEMORIES)
DREAMS (REOCCURENT)
FLASHBACKS
Dissociative Disorders: (five times more prevalent in ________) are characterized by a __________ of mental processes such as thoughts, emotions, identity, memory, or consciousness.
FEMALES,
SEPARATION OF MENTAL PROCESSES
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Dissociative Fugue–characterized by the person _______ leaving their home or place of work and ___________ to another place, having lost all ________ of their past.
ABRUPTLY LEAVING,
TRAVELING TO ANOTHER PLACE,
LOST OF ALL MEMORY
VIDEO OF MAN TODAY SHOW AMNESIA SYMPTOMS
•Dissociative identity disorder (formerly termed multiple personality disorder)–Characterized by two or more ________ or ________, each with _______ traits and memories, occupying the same person.
TWO OR MORE IDENTITIES OR PERSONSONALITIES,
DISTINCT TRAITS
Somatoform Disorders are characterized by complaints of ______ (somatic) problems in people.
PHYSICAL (SOMATIC)
SOMATIC PROBLEMS IN PEOPLE SUCH AS:
such as:
•p______
•p______
•p_________ ________that they have a serious disease
Yet, ____ evidence of a physical abnormality can be found.
PARALYSIS
PAIN
PERSISTENT BELIEF
NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Hypochondriasis characterized by people _________ that they are ________ with a serious physical illness even though _____ medical evidence of illness can be found.
INSISTING THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM A DISEASE BUT NOT MEDICAL EVIDENCE
HYPOCHONDRIAC
Major depression
Characteristics include
•LACK of energy.
•LOSS of self-esteem.
•DIFFICULTY concentrating.
•LOSS of interest in activities and other people.
•PESSIMISUM, crying, and thoughts of suicide.
•POOR appetite and serious weight loss.
•Psychomotor RETARDATION.
•FAULTY perception including delusions of unworthiness, guilt for imagined wrong doings and possible hallucinations of strange bodily sensations.
LLDLPPRF
LOST LOVE DOWN on LUCK POOR PITIFUL RETARDED FAMILY
SHORT ANSWER

TREATMENT FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION:
MEDICATION
PSYCHOTHERAPY
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
ECT
Munchausen syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which those affected _____ disease, illness, or psychological trauma in order to _____ __________or _________ to themselves.
FEIGN DISEASE
DRAW ATTENTION
SYMPATHY
PERSON FEELS
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy involves a caregiver who ______ or induces an illness in _______ __________, usually to gain power and control over the victim as well as attention or sympathy from others.
FEIGNS OR INDUCES ILLNESS IN ANOTHER PERSON
DRAW ATTENTION
SYMPATHY
SIX SENSES-MOTHER
Bipolar Disorder (formerly known as manic-depressive disorder) is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s _______, energy, and ability to function.
SHIFTS IN PERSONS MOOD
SEVERE
ADOLESCENCE OR
EARLY ADULTHOOD
Bipolar disorder causes _____ mood ________—from overly “high” and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, and then back again, often with periods of normal mood in between.
DRAMATIC MOOD SWINGS
Severe changes in ______ and _______ go along with these changes in mood. The periods of highs and lows are called ________ of mania and depression.
ENERGY AND BEHAVIOR
CHANGES
EPISODES OF MANIA & DEPRESSION
MANIC DEPRESSION
People with bipolar disorder who have these symptoms are sometimes incorrectly diagnosed as having _________________.
MISS DIAGNOSED AS
SCHIZOPHRENIA OR ANOTHER SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS
Schizophrenia is a c_______, ________ psychological disorder that touches every aspect of a person’s life.
CHRONIC SEVERE
SHORT QUESTION MAYBE

SCHIZOPHRENIA EXHIBIT DELUSIONS:(false, persistent beliefs)
–G__________
–P__________
–R___________
GRANDEUR
PERSECUTION
REFERENCE
GPR
Types of Schizophrenia
•Paranoid
•Disorganized type: Incoherent
•Catatonic type
•Paranoid type
•–have systematized delusions and frequently related _______ hallucinations.
–Usually the delusions are of ________ and _________ including jealousy
–May experience vivid _________ that are consistent with their delusions
AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS
DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR & PERSECUTION
VIVID HALLUCINATIONS
•Disorganized type: Incoherent*
–loosening of ____________
–disorganized __________
–disorganized d________
–fragmentary _______ or hallucinations
–and flat or highly inappropriate ________ responses
ASSOCIATIONS
BEHAVIOR
DISORGANIZED DELUSIONS
HALLUCINATIONS
INAPPROPRIATE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
•Catatonic type : striking impairment in ________ activity.
•-________of activity into a stupor that may suddenly change into an ________ phase.
-Maintain unusual, even difficult ______ for hours, even as their limbs swell or stiffen.
-_______ flexibility in which the person maintains positions into which he or she has been manipulated by others.
______-does not speak to others.
IMPAIRED MOTOR ACTIVITY
SLOW ACTIVITY INTO AN AGITATED PHASE
POSTURES
WAXY FLEXIBILITY
MUTISM
MOVEMENT BY OTHERS
DO NOT SPEAK
Possible causes of Schizophrenia:
•Heredity. (pg 539)
•Complications during _______
• Prolonged ______
•Birth during ______.
•Poor maternal _______
•Atypical _________ of the central nervous system.
• Alcohol _______
•Heredity.
•Complications during PREGNANCY
•Birth during WINTER.
•Poor maternal NUTRITION
•Atypical DEVELOPMENT of the central nervous system.
• Alcohol ABUSE
•The Dopamine theory of schizophrenia suggests that people with schizophrenia o_________ dopamine. They may have larger numbers of dopamine receptorsas well as increased concentrations of dopamine which may lead to confusion
OVERUTILIZE DOPAMINE
The multifactorial model suggests that genetic factors create a __________ toward schizophrenia. Then other factors contribute to the cause of the disorder.
PREDISPOSITION
Multifactorial Model of Schizophrenia According to the multifactorial model of schizophrenia, people with a genetic vulnerability to the disorder experience increased risk for schizophrenia when they encounter problems such as
• viral __________
• _______complications,
• stress,
• poor _________
• viral INFECTIONS
• BIRTH complications,
• stress,
• poor PARENTING
People ____________ the genetic vulnerability would ______develop schizophrenia despite such problems (see figure 14.2)
WITHOUT GENETIC VUNERABILITY,

NOT DEVELOP
Personality disorders
–characterized by enduring _________ of behavior that are inflexible, and maladaptive and occurs over a broad range of situations. Pattern is stable or of long duration, beginning in childhood or adolescence
ENDURING PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR
Personality disorders –These behaviors typically _______social or personal functioning and are a source of distress to the individual or to other people.
IMPAIR SOCIAL FUNCTION
Personality disorders D________ getting along with other people. May be irritable, demanding, hostile, fearful or manipulative.
DIFFICULT TO GET ALONG WITH
•Disorganized type: Incoherent*
–loosening of ____________
–disorganized __________
–disorganized d________
–fragmentary _______ or hallucinations
–and flat or highly inappropriate ________ responses
ASSOCIATIONS
BEHAVIOR
DISORGANIZED DELUSIONS
HALLUCINATIONS
INAPPROPRIATE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
•Catatonic type : striking impairment in ________ activity.
•-________of activity into a stupor that may suddenly change into an ________ phase.
-Maintain unusual, even difficult ______ for hours, even as their limbs swell or stiffen.
-_______ flexibility in which the person maintains positions into which he or she has been manipulated by others.
_______, can not speak
IMPAIRED MOTOR ACTIVITY
SLOW ACTIVITY INTO AN AGITATED PHASE
POSTURES
WAXY FLEXIBILITY
MUTISM
MOVEMENT BY OTHERS
DO NOT SPEAK
Possible causes of Schizophrenia:
•Heredity. (pg 539)
•Complications during _______
• Prolonged ______
•Birth during ______.
•Poor maternal _______
•Atypical _________ of the central nervous system.
• Alcohol _______
•Heredity. (pg 539)
•Complications during PREGNANCY
• Prolonged ______
•Birth during WINTER.
•Poor maternal NUTRITION
•Atypical DEVELOPMENT of the central nervous system.
• Alcohol ABUSE
•The Dopamine theory of schizophrenia suggests that people with schizophrenia o_________ dopamine. They may have larger numbers of dopamine receptorsas well as increased concentrations of dopamine which may lead to confusion
OVERUTILIZE DOPAMINE
The multifactorial model suggests that genetic factors create a __________ toward schizophrenia. Then other factors contribute to the cause of the disorder.
PREDISPOSITION
Multifactorial Model of Schizophrenia According to the multifactorial model of schizophrenia, people with a genetic vulnerability to the disorder experience increased risk for schizophrenia when they encounter problems such as
• viral __________
• _______complications,
• stress,
• poor _________
• viral INFECTIONS
• BIRTH complications,
• stress,
• poor PARENTING
People ____________ the genetic vulnerability would ______develop schizophrenia despite such problems (see figure 14.2)
WITHOUT GENETIC VUNERABILITY,

NOT DEVELOP
Personality disorders
–characterized by enduring _________ of behavior that are inflexible, and maladaptive and occurs over a broad range of situations. Pattern is stable or of long duration, beginning in childhood or adolescence
ENDURING PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR
Personality disorders –These behaviors typically _______social or personal functioning and are a source of distress to the individual or to other people.
IMPAIR SOCIAL FUNCTION
Personality disorders D________ getting along with other people. May be irritable, demanding, hostile, fearful or manipulative.
DIFFICULT TO GET ALONG WITH
Cluster A The ______ People
ODD
ODD BALLS
•Paranoid personality disorder tendency to interpret other people’s behavior as _______ or demeaning
THREATENING
MISTRUST
PREOCCUPIED W/ TRUSTWORTHINESS OF OTHERS
HIDDEN DEMEANING
SHIFT BLAME
PERCEIVES ATTACKS
CONSTANT SUSPICION
HIDDEN MEANING OTHERS
CHALLENGE LOYALTIES
•Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by _________of thought, perception, or behavior such as excessive fantasy and suspiciousness, feelings of being unreal, or odd usage of words
PECULIARITIES
THOUGHT PECULIARITIES
ODD USAGE OF WORDS
ODD BELIEFS
SOCIAL ANXIETY
ISOLATION
ECCENTRICITIES
DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATION
•Schizoid personality is defined by ____________ to relationships and _______ emotional response.
INDIFFERENCE TO RELATIONSHIPS
FLAT EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
LONERS
LITTLE SOCIAL CONTACT
PERCEIVED AS HUMORLESS
PERCEIVED AS DISTANT
Cluster B The_________ People
Egocentric
Histrionic Personality Disorder are excessive _________ and are constant attention seeker. (GRACIE)
EXCESSIVE EMOTIONALITY
CENTER OF ATTENTION
GRANDIOSE
PROVOCATIVELY DRESS
EXAGGERATED FRIENDSHIPS
MANIPULATIVE
Borderline personality disorder Is characterized by i_________ in relationships and mood, poor self-image, and_______ of impulse control.
(PRINCESS DI AND MARILYN MONROE)
INSTABILITY
LACK OF IMPULSE CONTROL
CONSTANT MOOD SWING
EMPTY BORED
SHIFT ABRUPT
STORMY RELATIONSHIP
SELF MUTILIATED
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by ___-__________ grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. (FOREST)
SELF CENTEREDNESS
SEEK ATTENTION
PRAISE
EXAGGERATE ACHIEVEMENT
CHOOSY ABOUT FRIENDS
Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by persistently________ the rights of others and being in conflict with the law. (MANSON AND BUNDY) ***CAMELEONS
VIOLATION OF RIGHTS OF OTHERS

CONFLICT WITH LAW
SOCIOPATHIC
SUPERFICIAL CHARM
LACK GUILT
FAIL TO LEARN BY PUNISHMENT
DO NOT BOND W/OTHERS
LIE & STEAL-
W_______ are more likely than men to have anxiety and depressive disorders.
WOMEN
M_____ are more likely to have antisocial personality disorder.
MEN
BUNDY-CAMELEON
Cluster C the ________ People
ANXIOUS
Avoidant personality disorder individuals are generally unwilling to enter a relationship without some assurance of acceptance because they fear _______ and criticism.
FEAR REJECTION
Dependent Personality Disorder is characterized by _______ and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of.
SUBMISSIVE AND CLINGING BEHAVIOR
CLING, SUICIDAL AT BREAK UP
OTHERS MAKE DECISIONS
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
SENSITIVE TO DISAPPROVAL
HELPLESS, NO HEALTH
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is similar to obsessive-compulsive anxiety disorder. Preoccupation with _______, perfectionism and control.
ORDERLINESS
OVERLY ORDERLINESS
EVERYTHING RIGHT
DETAILS & MISS BIG PICTURE
HIGH STANDARDS,
CRITICAL, AVOID DECISIONS
DIFFICULTY W/EMOTIONS
Understanding and Preventing Suicide
About _______ people each year take their lives in the U.S.
30K
Risk Factors in Suicide:
Linked to ______ of depression and hopelessness.
–______ achieving.
–R______ perfectionists.
–Set impossibly _______ expectations for themselves.
–_______themselves negatively with others.
FEELINGS OF DEPRESSION,
HIGH ACHIEVERS
RIGID PERFESSIONISTS
HIGH EXPECTATIONS
COMPARE THEMSELVES NEGATIVELY
–About three times as many females as males ______ suicide; but about five times as many males _______.
ATTEMPT

SUCCEED
Males are more likely to _____ or ______themselves while females are more likely to use _____ and overdose
SHOOT OR HANG

SIMPLER METHODS AND OVERDOSE
–In adolescents, _______ or _______about another teen who has committed suicide (cluster suicides).
–________ to commit
KNOWING OR HEARING ABOUT OTHER TEENAGE SUICIDES
(CLUSTER SUICIDES)
Warning Signs of Suicide:
–________in eating and sleeping patterns.
–Difficulty _______ on school work.
–A sharp _______ in school performance and attendance.
–Loss of _______in previously enjoyed activities.
–Giving away prized___________.

–________ to commit
CHANGE EATING-SLEEPING
CONCENTRATION
DECLINE IN PERFORMANCE
LOSS OF INTEREST
GIVE AWAY POSSESSIONS
Warning Signs of Suicide:
–_____________ from social relationships.
–Personality or mood _________.
–Talking or writing about death or dying.
–a________ of drugs or alcohol
–An attempted __________.
–Availability of a _________
–A ____________event
WITHDRAWL SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
PERSONALITY CHANGE
TALK ABOUT DEATH
ABUSE OF DRUGS
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
AVAILABILITY OF HANDGUN
PRECIPITATIVE EVENT
What Can You Do? PERSON SUICIDE ATTEMPT
KEEP TALKING
ENCOURAGE PERSON TO TALK
BE A GOOD LISTENER
SUGGEST SOMETHING OTHER THAN SUICIDE
EMPHASIZE PERSONS SUICIDE WOULD BE DEVESTATING TO YOU & OTHERS
___ how the person how they intend to commit suicide. Individuals with a concrete plan are at a greater risk.
–Suggest that the person go with you to obtain _______l help now.–Call a professional immediately
Do ______ tell people threatening suicide that they are silly or crazy.
ASK HOW
OBTAIN PROFESSIONAL HELP
DO NOT TELL THEY ARE CRAZY OR SILLY