Psychology Chapter 11- Mental Disorders

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Intern's Syndrome Definition

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People studying illnesses often start thinking they have those illness
-"Psych student syndrome"
-result of many symptoms resembling life little problem

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Brief History of Mental Disorders

Greece&Rome
Renaissance
Enlightenment
**Classic Fall Back**

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Greece&Rome- biology, 4 fluids
Renaissance- lunacy, lunar cycle
Enlightenment- biology, freud's emphasis on brain
-biopschosocial
**classic fall back = possession**

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When is Behavior Abnormal?

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When it is Dangerous
Distressful
Strangeness
Causes intense suffering in the person

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Why certain people develop disorders according to the Diathesis Stress Model Definition?

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Genetic and other factors may predispose an individual to develop a mental disorder

Disorder will develop only if the environment is exposed to certain kinds of stressful environments

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DSM IV

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Resource that describes symptoms, onset and prevalence

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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Explain Major Depressive Disorder

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-mood disorder
-unipolar
-caused by low levels of nerophephrine and serotonin
-treatment: SSRIs: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
-extreme sadness
-loss of activity, interst
-suicidal thoughts
-symptoms must last for at least 2 weeks
-females are more prone

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Symptoms
Cause
Treatment

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Explain Bipolar Disorder

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"manic depression"
-mood disorder
-mood swings between depression and mania (happy)
-cycles vary: daily or yearly
-caused by low levels of nerophephrine and serotonin

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Symptoms
Cause

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Explain SSRIs

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Selective Serotoin Reuptake Inhibitors
-treat depression

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Explain Seasonal Affective Disorder

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-mood disorder
-greater mood fluctuation with the seasons
-related to the amount and intensity of light
-type of depression

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Symptom
Cause

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Explain Suicide

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-mood disorder
-It occurs when people are picking up from major depression because there energy level increases
-family with high incidents model the behavior
-those who don't succeed often try again

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Suicide Statistics

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19000 suicides per year

30% of depressed attempt suicide
-75% of females attempt (firearms and poison)
-80% of males succeed (firearms)

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How Many?

% of depressed
% of women + preference
% of men + preference

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Explain Phobia

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-anxiety disorder
-excessive or irrational fear
-must result in major interference or distress

There are two categories
-social
-specific

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Symptoms
Categories

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Explain Social Phobia

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fear of public embarrassment
results in avoidance

ex. agorophobia- fear of open spaces and crowds > stay safe

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General

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Explain Specific Phobia

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phobia that is classically conditioned

ex. fear of snakes

treated with systematic desensitization, flooding, modeling

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General
Example
Treatment

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Explain Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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-anxiety disorder
-6 months or more of low level anxiety
-no specific, obvious feared object

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Symptoms
Cause

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Explain Panic Disorders

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-anxiety disorder
-recurrent panic attacks
-misinterpret bodily sensations > cycle
-some start to avoid places where attacks were triggered

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Symptoms

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Explain Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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-anxiety disorder
-obsessive uncontrollable persestant thoughts
-compussive intensive inappropriate actions, that prevent obsession

Obsession > Anxiety > Compulsion < Obsession >

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Symptoms
Cycle

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What are the most common Compulsions? (OCD)

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cleaning/weighing
checking
arranging/organizing
collecting/hoarding
counting/repeating

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Explain Dissociative Amnesia

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-Dissociate Disorder
-total or partial loss of information about the self
-usually triggered by a traumatic experience

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Symptoms
Cause

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Explain Dissociative Fugue

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-Dissociative Disorder
-Dissociative Amnesia accompanied by fleeing
-more common in war zones and natural disasters

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Symptoms
Prevalence

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Explain Dissociative Identity Disorder

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-Dissociative Disorder
-usually many personalities (more than 2)
-extremely rare

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Symptoms
Prevalence

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Define Sexual Disorder

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sexual disfunction or parphila that causes distress to self or others

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Examples of Paraphilas

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-sexual disorders resulting from sexual attraction to---

-voyeurism- watching unconsenting nude or sexually engaged individuals

-fetishism- inanimate objects

-pedophilia- prepubescent children

- exhibitionism- exposing genitals to unsuspecting strangers

-masochism- being beaten, bound, or suffering

-sadism- hurting others

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voyeurism
fetishism
pedophilia
exhibitionism
masochism
sadism

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Explain Schizophrenia

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-psychotic disorder in which behavior and thoughts are profoundly altered

-positive symptoms - not found in non-schizos (hallucinations, delusions, disorganized behavior)

-negative symptoms- not present for non schizos (social withdrawal, limited speech/action, poor hygiene)

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Definition
Symptoms:

Positive - if you have it is positive you have schizophrenia

Negative - normal people don't have

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Define Personality Disorder

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Disorders involving extreme and inflexible personality traits that are distressing to the people who have them or disrupt their lives

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List/Explain Odd, Eccentric Personality Disorders

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Paranoid- everyone is out to get them, device them, or take advantage of them

Schizoid- little emotion and social skills, "fringe people"

Schizotypal- social isolation, avoid relationships, highly anxious
Schizotypal

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

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List/Explain Dramatic, Emotional, Erratic Personality Disorders

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Antisocial- deceitful, impulse, callous disregard for th safety or welfare of others, and a total lack of remorse for actions that harm others

Borderline- unstable in interpersonal relationships, self-image, moods

Narcissistic

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Antisocial
Borderline
Narcissistic

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List/Explain Anxious and Fearful Personality Disorders

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Avoidant- social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

Obsessive-compulsive- preoccupation with order and control

Dependent- excessive need to be taken care of

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Avoidant
Obsessive-Compulsive
Dependent