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Abnormal Flashcards

1
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What is abnormal psychology?

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Study of psychological/mental disorder

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What is abnormal psychology made up of?

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  • Understanding
  • Treatment
  • Prevention
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What is the medical model?

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Psychological disorders as disease with symptoms, causes and possible cures

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What is a high burden on disease?

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Loss of years of healthy life

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How much of the European population has a psychological disorder?

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50%

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How many elements are required to qualify as a mental disorder under DSM.5?

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Three

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What are the key symptoms under DSM.5 in order for a person to qualify having a mental disorder?

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  • Behaviour disturbances
  • Thoughts
  • Emotions
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What are the four things central to being human?

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  • Think
  • Feel
  • Behave
  • Engage with others
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What is a psychological disorder made up of?

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  • Thoughts
  • Feelings
  • Behaviours
  • Interactions
  • Relationships
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What are the three key components of a psychological disorder?

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  • Psychological dysfunction
  • Distress or impairment
  • Atypical response
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What three concepts contribute to a persistent breakdown in function?

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  • Cognitive
  • Behavioural
  • Emotional
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What happens when a response is atypical or culturally unexpected?

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  • Deviations from average

- Violation of social norms

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What are the seven models of abnormal psychology?

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  • Religious and criminal
  • Medical
  • Diathesis-Stress
  • Symptom orientated
  • Cognitive Behavioural
  • Biopsychosocial
  • Te Whare Tapu Wha
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What occurs within the religious model?

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-Control of the insane by the church in prisons or lunatic asylums

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What are the three key symptoms of depression?

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  • Low mood
  • Disturbed sleep
  • Low energy
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What are the two significant causes of depression?

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  • Genetic predisposition

- Socio-economic disadvantage

17
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What are the two systems used to classify disorders?

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  • The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders
  • Diagnostic and statistical manual or mental disorders
18
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What are New Zealands two systems to classify a disorder?

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ICD-10 and DSM.

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What is the Diathesis-stress model?

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A predisposition to a psychological disorder may remain unexpressed until triggered by stress

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What is the cognitive-behavioural model?

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It is a dynamic interplay of thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, and behaviours

21
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What is behaviourism?

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learned maladaptive patterns of behaviour

22
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When was the biopsychological model if psychological disorders developed?

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Late 1970’s/early 80’s

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What is the Te Whare Tapa Whā?

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Māori health model

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What are the four sides of the Te Whare Tapa Whā?

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  • Psychological health
  • Physical health
  • Family health
  • Spiritual health
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What are common difficulties with the physical health side?

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  • Access to services
  • Nutrition
  • Physical disease
  • Substance use
  • Physical symptoms of depression, anxiety, and anger
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What are common difficulties with the psychological health side?

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  • Unhelpful thinking
  • Core beliefs
  • Emotional reactivity
  • Mental health
  • Depression, anxiety, feeling and behaving
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What are common difficulties with the family health side?

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  • social isolation and withdrawal
  • connection
  • conflict
  • interpersonal deficits
  • impact of symptoms on interpersonal relationships and vice versa.
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What are key aspects of the spiritual health side?

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  • Religion
  • Identity
  • Values and beliefs
  • Connectedness and attachment
  • Ancestors, whakapapa
29
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What is comorbidity?

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Comorbidity is the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual.

30
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What percentage of people with psychological disorders do not seek help?

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70%.

31
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What are labeling and stigma viewed as?

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A weakness, sin, wrongdoing, one’s own fault.

32
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What is an diagnostic issue?

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Separating the person from the diagnosis.

33
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What happens once a diagnostic label is attached to someone?

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We come to see that person differently.

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