14 - Psychological Disorders

Question 1

How many people have psychological disorders?

Answer 1

1 in 4

Question 2

_____ _____ views abnormal behavior as a disease.

Answer 2

Medical model

Question 3

To be diagnosed with abnormal behavior how many criteria needs to be met?

Answer 3

Only one criteria needs to be met.

Question 4

Abnormal Behavior diagnoses involves _____ _____.

Answer 4

value judgments

Question 5

3 Criteria of Abnormal behavior

Answer 5

1) Deviance
2) Personal Distress
3) Maladaptive Behavior

Question 6

Deviance

Answer 6

Does it violate or deviate from social norms?

Question 7

Personal Distress

Answer 7

person must report distress and suffering

Question 8

Maladaptive Behavior

Answer 8

anything that significantly impairs every day functioning

Question 9

Axis I (classification)

Answer 9

Clinical Syndromes

Question 10

Axis II (classification)

Answer 10

Personality Disorders or Intellectual Disability

Question 11

Axis III (classification)

Answer 11

General Medical Conditions

Question 12

Axis IV (classification)

Answer 12

Psychosocial & Environmental Problems

Question 13

Axis V (classification)

Answer 13

Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale

Question 14

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 14

Feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety (negative mood state)

Is it normal or abnormal?

• Level
• Justification
• Consequences

Question 15

What disorder is this?

No specific Threat

“Free-floating anxiety”

Experience physical symptoms, difficulties with sleeping or concentrating

Answer 15

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 16

What disorder is this?

Recurring attacks of overwhelming anxiety

Develops agoraphobia (fear of places or situation that may cause panic)

Answer 16

Panic Disorder

Question 17

What disorder is this?

irrational fear of specific object or situation

Answer 17

Specific Phobia

must substantially interfere with daily ability to function

Question 18

Blood
Situational
Heights
Animal
Other

Answer 18

5 main categories of phobias

Question 19

What disorder is this?

Extreme fear and anxiety associated with social situations that causes avoidance and great distress.

Answer 19

Social Anxiety Disorder

7 % of population
requires treatment
progress can be made

Question 20

What disorder is this?

Experience with major traumatic event

Most common traumas include combat and sexual assault

Experiences flashbacks

Sensitive to internal and external cues

Answer 20

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Question 21

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Answer 21

Obsessions = unwanted thoughts

Compulsions = senseless rituals that are repetitive or excessive

Question 22

List of Common Compulsions:

Answer 22

Checking
Washing
Need to ask or confess
Symmetry and precision
Counting
Hoarding
Multiple

Question 23

Contributing factors in Anxiety Disorders

Answer 23

Biological factors - abnormalities in neurotransmitters

Conditioning and learning

Cognitive factors - thinking styles

Stress

Question 24

disorders that are psychological in origin with physical symptoms are called ______

Answer 24

somatoform disorders

Question 25

Somatic symptom disorder

Answer 25

diverse physical complaints

Question 26

Conversion Disorder

Answer 26

- Significant loss of physical function in single organ system - "Craft palsies" - symptoms related to activity or occupation

Question 27

Hypochondriasis

Answer 27

Excessive worrying about health | Associating physical symptoms with serious illness

Question 28

(Contributor to somatoform disorders) Cognitive factors

Answer 28

excessive focus on physiological processes

Question 29

(Contributor to somatoform disorders) Personality factors

Answer 29

higher on neuroticism trait

Question 30

(Contributor to somatoform disorders) The sick role

Answer 30

People using "sickness" as an excuse to avoid things | OR to get attention

Question 31

3 Contributors to somatoform disorders

Answer 31

1) Cognitive factors 2) Personality factors 3) The sick role

Question 32

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 32

Sudden loss of memory - single event or period of time

Question 33

Dissociative fugue

Answer 33

Loss of memory for entire lives

Question 34

Dissociative identity disorder

Answer 34

Multiple personalities co-existence of 2 or more completely different personalities

Question 35

Emotional disturbances that are episodic

Answer 35

Mood Disorders

Question 36

major depressive disorder

Answer 36

profound sadness feeling empty, hopeless trouble sleeping increased appetite/weight gain more common for women

Question 37

Bipolar disorder

Answer 37

- manic episodes and depression - Age of onset is late teens or early adulthood equal b/w men and women

Question 38

Contributing factors of Mood Disorders

Answer 38

``` Genetic vulnerability Neurochemical factors Cognitive factors Interpersonal factors Precipitating stress ```

Question 39

T or F? Schizophrenia disorders are the most popular type of disorder

Answer 39

False Only about 2% of population

Question 40

T or F? Schizophrenia is a young person's disorder

Answer 40

True

Question 41

T or F? Rate of recovery for Schizophrenia depends on quality of care and treatment

Answer 41

True

Question 42

General symptoms of ________ Delusions and irrational thought Deterioration of adaptive behavior Distorted perception Disturbed emotion

Answer 42

Schizophrenia

Question 43

Schizophrenia means _____

Answer 43

"split mind" not to be confused with dissociative disorders

Question 44

Four subtypes of Schizophrenia

Answer 44

1. Paranoid type (dominated by delusions of persecution or granjour) 2. Catatonic type (very rigid to very random motor activity) 3. Disorganized type (incoherent, emotionally indifferent, centered on bodily processes) 4. Undifferentiated type ( can't be put into aforementioned categories - mixture of other categories)

Question 45

Subtype of schizophrenia dominated by delusions of persecution or grandeur

Answer 45

Paranoid type

Question 46

Subtype of schizophrenia very rigid to very random motor activity

Answer 46

Catatonic type

Question 47

Subtype of schizophrenia incoherent, emotionally indifferent, centered on bodily processes)

Answer 47

Disorganized type

Question 48

Subtype of schizophrenia that can't be put into aforementioned categories - mixture of other categories

Answer 48

Undifferentiated type

Question 49

T or F? | Schizophrenia is driven by more than 100 genes

Answer 49

True | 108 genes that regulate dopamine

Question 50

Biological Factors of Schizophrenia

Answer 50

Enlarged: Right ventricle Left ventricle 3rd and 4th ventricle

Question 51

Review prenatal biological factors slide

Answer 51

Okay... done :-)

Question 52

T or F? Viral infections increase vulnerability to schizophrenia

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Environmental Factors of Schizophrenia Parental communication deviance ---->

Answer 53

Poor sense of reality -----> Withdrawal into personal world -----> Schizophrenic thinking

Question 54

Environmental Factors of Schizophrenia (def on test) highly critical or emotionally involved attitudes in patient's family predicts course of illness

Answer 54

Expressed Emotion

Question 55

Environmental Factors of Schizophrenia (def on test) highly critical or emotionally involved attitudes in patient's family predicts course of illness

Answer 55

Expressed Emotion

Question 56

Stress Vulnerability Models | Review slide

Answer 56

Got it!

Question 57

T or F? Intersection of high stress and high vulnerability lead to onset of schizophrenic disorder

Answer 57

True

Question 58

Relativistic view

Answer 58

Mental illness varies greatly across cultures

Question 59

Universalistic or pancultural view

Answer 59

Mental illness is the same around the world