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Define primary prevention
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Large groups who haven't developed a disorder
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Define secondary prevention
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Address emerging problems while there still manageable
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What is indicated prevention?
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High-risk persons with minimal but detectable signs foreshadowing mental disorder but don't meet criteria for disorder
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Define tertiary prevention
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Reduce severity, duration and negative effects of disorder after it occurs
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What is a psychological disorder?
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*Violation of norms & culture expectations (Frequency, duration, intensity)
*Distress & impairment (Individual vs. others, appropriateness to situation, degree of impairment) |
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Focus of studying psychological disorders (3)
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*Clinical description
*Causation (etiology) *Treatment and outcome |
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Clinical description of abnormality (6)
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*Presenting problem
*Clinical description (dysfunction vs. common experience) *Statistics (prevalence, incidence) *Course (episodic, time-limited, chronic) *Onset (acute vs. insidious) *Prognosis (good vs. guarded) |
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What are the folded bulges called and what do they do?
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*Gryi
*Create deep furrows called sulci and fold the brain leaving more gray matter and amount of information that can be processed |
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Parts of Brainstem (hindbrain) and their functions
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*Medulla (heart rate, blood pressure, respiration)
*Pons (regulates sleep stages) *Cerebellum (physical coordination) |
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Lobes of cerebral cortex
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*Frontal (thinking and reasoning, memory)
*Parietal (touch recognition) *Occiptital (visual input) * Temporal (sight and sound recognition, long term memory) |
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Describe the forebrain (cerebral cortex)
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*Most sensory, cognition and emotional processing
*Specialized hemispheres (r=perceptual, l=verbal, math, logic) |
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What do the thalmus and hypothalmus do?
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*Relays between brainstem and forebrain
* Behavioral and emotional recognition |
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Define diathesis
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*biological or psychological predisposition or vulnerability to disorder that must be triggered
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What is a retrospective design?
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*Collect historical information from people after they have developed a disorder and Infer what factors were present in the past that predict the disorder
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What is population (behavioral) genetics?
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*Examines the importance of both genes and environment on a trait
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What is molecular genetics?
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*Examines which variations in genetic material are associated with phenotypes of interest
*Requires DNA |
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What are the goals of assessment?
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*Description
*Diagnosis *Treatment planning *Prediction |
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DSM IV and DSM IV TR (6)
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*Basic characteristics
*Comprehensive *Clear inclusion and exclusion criteria *Broad categorization headings * Empirically grounded *Prototypic approach |
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Parts of mental status exam (5)
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*Appearance and behavior
*Thought process *Mood and affect *Intellectual functioning *Sensorium |
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A clinical interview is used to assess what (6)
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*Evaluating persons strengths and weaknesses
*Chief complaint *Detailed history *Attitudes *Emotions *Current and past behavior |
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What is a PET scan?
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*Injection of radioactive isotopes
*React with brain oxygen, glucose *Show metabolic deficiences |
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What is a spectroscopy?
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*Provides measurements of brain chemicals
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What is a psychogenic perspective?
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*Emphasizes psychological causes of behavior
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(4) principles of psychodynamic model
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*Childhood experiences shape adult personality
*Causes of human behavior are partially unconscious *People use defense mechanisms to control anxiety *Everything we do has meaning and is goal directed (psychic determinism) |
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What is a phenomenological approach?
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*Assumption that ones behavior is determined by perceptions of oneself and others
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What does the cognitive perspective suggest?
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*Emotions and behavior are influenced by how we perceive and think about our present and past experiences
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What is functional analysis?
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*Evaluating antecedents and consequences of behavior
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What is rational restructuring?
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*Beliefs about activating events or situations determine problematic emotional or behavioral consequences
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