12 Extra Flashcards
DSM IV TR faults
Almost any kind of behavior is a compass of psychiatry
View labeled people differently
rosenhan study
Had 19 people admitted into hospital, diagnosed with no actual disease
Labels bias society
Hallucinations
Sensory experience without sensory input (hearing voices)
Schizophrenia causes
Genetics
Over dopamine activity
Low brain activity in frontal lobe
Share plecenta
Major factor for psychological disorder environment
Poverty
Risk for psych disorder
Academic failure
Birth complications
Stressful life
Substance abuse
Mood disorder causes
Genetic influence
Linkage analysis
Left frontal lobe in inactive
Learned helplessness a
Dissociative disorder skeptics
It’s just an extension of our capacity for personality shifts
What produces anxiety
Fear conditioning
Natural selection and predisposition
Genes
The brain- anterior cingulate cortex
Counterconditioning
Pairing the trigger stimulus the fear with a new stimulus relaxation
Deep brain stimulation
Pin points brain centers for depression
Experimentally excite neurons
Psychosurgery
Surgery that removes or destroys the brain tissue to alter behavior
EMDR
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing a placebo
Rapid eye movement
Light exposure therapy
Season affective disorder therapy sparks activity in brain regions for influencing arousal and hormones
Goals of psychotherapy
Hope for demoralized people
A new perspective
An empathetic trusting caring relationship