Psychology 102- Psychological Disorders

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psychological disorders

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mental processes and or behavior patterns that cause emotional distress and or substantial impairment in functioning

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DSM-IV-TR, 2000

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by American Psychiatric Association, describes the criteria used to classify and diagnose mental idsorders

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What does the biological perspective view as the cause of abnormal behavior?

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arises from physical cause, favor biological treatments (drugs)

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What does the biopsychosocial perspective view as the cause of abnormal behavior?

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physical, biological causes and psychological and social factors are important in studying identifying and treating psychological disorders

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what type of treatments do biopsychosocialist recomend to treat abnormal behavior?

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drugs and pscychotherapy

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what does the psychodynamic perspective believe is the cause of abnormal behavior?

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early child hood experiences, unresolved, unconscious conflict of sexual or aggressive nature

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who proposed the psychodynamic perspective?

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freud

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What cure do psychodynamisist propose?

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psychoanalysis

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what do learning perspectivist view as the cause of psychological disorders?

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-thought to be learned and sustained.
-victims of faulty learning or have failed to learn appropriate behavior

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What treatments do learning perspectivist propose to treat psychological disorders?

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learning principles of classical and operant conditioning to eliminate distressing behavior, replace with appropriate behavior

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what do cognitive perspectivist propose as thee cause of psychological disorders?

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faulty thinking or distorted perception

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What treatments do cognitive perspectivist propose?

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changing thinking in order to change behavior

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anxiety disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by frequent fearful thoughts about what might happen in the future

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panic attack

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an episode of overhwelming anxiety, fear, or terror

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what are uncued attacks symptomatic of?

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-psychological disorders
-dysfuntion in nervous system, brain perceives normal change as a danger

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what are cued attacks symptomatic of?

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result of learning

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agoraphobia

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an intense fear of being in a situation where escape is not possible or help would be unavailable

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generalized anxiety disorder

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an anxiety disorder in which people experience chronic, excessive worry for 6 months or more

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panic disorder

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an anxiety disorder in which a person experiences recurring unpredictable episodes of overwhelming anxiety, fear or terror

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phobia

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a persistent irrational fear of some specific object situation or activity that poses little or no real danger

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social phobia

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an irrational fear and avoidance of any social or performance situation in which one might embarrass oneself in front of others by appearing clumsy, foolish, or incompetent

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specific phobia

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a marked fear of a specific object or situation, a general label for any phobia other than agoraphobia and social phobia

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(OCC) obsessive-compulsive disorder

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an anxiety disorder in which a person suffers from recurrent hand or compulsions

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obsession

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a persistent, involuntary thought image, or impulse that invades consciousness and causes great distress

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compulsion

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a persistent, irresistible and irrational urge to perform an act or ritual repeatedly

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mood disorders

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disorders characterized by extreme and unwarranted disturbances in emotion or mood severe enough to interfere with normal functioning

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major depressive disorder

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a mood disorder marked by feelings of great sadness, despair, and hopelessness as well as the loss of the ability to experience pleasure

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psychotic depression

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depression so severe that it causes hallucinations

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what are the key symptoms of major depressive disorder

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psychomotor disturbances (slowed movement or constant movement(fidgeting))

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what factors contribute to the development of mood disorders?

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biological factors, individual's life circumstances, cultural factors, gender roles

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psychosis

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a condition characterized by loss of contact with reality

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schizophrenia

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a severe psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate or flat affect, some disturbance in thinking, social withdrawal, and or other bizarre behavior

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hallucination

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an imaginary sensation

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positive symptoms of schizophrenia

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-abnormal behaviors that are present in people with the disorder
-hallucination
-delusion

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negative symptoms of schizophrenia

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flat affect
avolition
alogia