Abnormal Behavior Flashcards
Historical causes of abnormal behavior
Biology
Physiological Issues
Supernatural Issues
Emphasizes treatment of disorders due to having a biological origin
Medical Model DORTHEA DIX
Stresses biological, psychological and social causes of abnormal behaviors
Biopsychosocial model
Manual listing all currently accepted psychological disorders
DSM
When a person is generally anxious all the time for NO REASON
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Person is prone to frequent panic attacks
Panic Disorder
Irrational fear that disrupts your life
Phobia
when a person is overwhelmed with obsessions or compulsions
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Characterized by flashbacks, problems with concentration, and anxiety following a traumatic event
Post traumatic stress disorder
Repressed thoughts and feelings manifest in anxiety and rituals
Psychodynamic Anxiety Disorders
Fear conditioning leads to anxiety, which is then reinforced
Behaviorist Anxiety Disorder
Natural selection favored those with certain phobias
Biological Anxiety Disorders
Loss of feeling or usage of a limb but no physiological cause
Somatoform Disorders
Person interprets normal symptoms as a major disease to the point that it disrupts their life
Hypochondriasis
Person fractures into distinct personalities who have no awareness of each other.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Following a traumatic event a person leaves, taking on a whole new life & personality with no memory of previous one
Dissociative Fugue
Extreme sadness and despair, apathy towards life with no known cause
Major Depressive Disorder
Milder form of depression, lasts for years
Dysthmia
Bouts of severe depression and manic episodes
Bipolar Disorder
heightened mood, characterized by risky behaviors, fast talking, flights of ideas
MAnia
form of depression that occurs typically in winter; mostly found in the north
Seasonal Affective Disorder
lower levels of serotonin and norepinephrine linked to depression
Biological Causes of Depression
negative though patterns that lead to depression
Cognitive Causes of Depression
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Positive: Hallucinations Delusions Disorganized thinking Disorganized speech
Negative:
Flat effect: lack ability to show emotion
Impaired decision making
Inability to pay attention
become frozen over periods of time
Catatonia
Causes of Schizophrenia
Brain abnormalities
Genetics
Dopamine overload
Diathesis-stress
Personality disorders
Antisocial: disregard for others, anti society
Borderline: unstable interpersonal relationships and self-image
Histrionic: excessive emotionality and attention seeking
Narcissistic: need for admiration and lack of empathy
