Psychology Chapter 12 & 13

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What is a psychological disorder?

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An ongoing pattern of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are Deviant, Distressful, and Dysfunctional.

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Deviant

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Occurs rarely

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Distressful

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Someone is having a hard time w/ it (others or self)

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Two approaches to understanding disorders

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*Medical Model

*Biopsychosocial Model

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Medical Model (HINT: 2 things)

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-Disorders as sickness

-Entirely Biological

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Biopsychosocial

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-Disorders have multiple causes

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What are the main anxiety disorders? (HINT: there's 5)

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*Generalized Anxiety Disorder

*Panic Disorder

*Phobias

*Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

*Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Constantly tense and uneasy for no apparent reason.

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Panic Disorder

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A person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread.

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder

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a person is troubled by repetitive thoughts or actions.

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Post-Traumatic stress disorder

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a person has lingering memories, nightmare, and possibly other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening, uncontrollable event.

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What are the two learning perspective?

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*Fear Conditioning
*Observational Learning

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Fear Conditioning

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Bad experience prompts later fears

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Dissociative

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Awareness becomes separate from painful thoughts, feelings

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

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Two or more separate personalities

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Personality Disorder

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Lifelong, bad personality traits

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What is a substance-related disorder?

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a maladapative pattern of substance use leading to clinically

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Psychoactive drug

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drugs that get into the brain and affect the way we think.

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Addiction

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need to use drug

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Tolerance

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decreased high after repeated use

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Dependence

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brain changes from always having drug

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Withdrawl

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problems when you stop using

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What are frequently abused substances?

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- Depressants

-Stimulants

-Haullucinogens

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Depressants

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drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.

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Stimulants

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drugs (such as nicotine, cocaine, and meth) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions.

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Hallucinogens

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drugs (such as LSD and marijuana) that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input

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Schizophrenia

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a group of severe disorders characterized by inappropriate emotions and actions

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Chronic

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*Slow developing

-positive and negative symptoms

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Acute

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*Develops quickly, as reaction to stress

-Mostly positive symptoms

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Symptoms of Schizophrenia (HINT: 3)

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Thought, Perception, Movement, and Emotion

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Types of Therapy

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-Psychotherapy

-Biomedical Therapy

-Eclectic Approach

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Psychotherapy

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talk therapy

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Biomedical

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drugs,surgery

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Eclectic Approach

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therapist use a variety of approaches when treating clients

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Antipsychotic Drugs

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Treat hallucinations, delusions

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Antianxiety Drugs

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Sedatives

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Mood Drugs

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Antidepressants