Abnormal Psych Test 2 Flashcards
b. One or more somatic symptoms that are distressing or disrupting in one or more aspect of daily life
c. Excess thoughts feelings or behaviors associated with this symptoms that lead to some bad things
d. Is Something that is actually going on but they’re overly concerned
Somatic Symptom Disorder
i. Disproportionate thoughts about the seriousness of symptoms
ii. Consistently high levels of anxiety about symptom
iii. Devote excessive time and energy to the symptoms or related concerns
symptoms of somatic symptom disorder
Illness Anxiety Disorder
a. Easily alarmed by their personal health
b. Avoid medical care or complete excessive health related behaviors
c. The person has a preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious disease
d. Person afraid to get a check up because they might have cancer
e. Disproportionately concerns them
Conversion Disorder
a. Has one or more symptoms of altered voluntary motor sensory functions
b. Distress or impairment due to symptoms but sometimes it doesn’t always concern them
a. Has a somatic medical condition other than a mental disorder and has one of the following behviors
i. Influences the course of the medical condition
1. Migraines because of a panic attack
ii. Factors interferes with the medical treatment
b. The person is not making this up
Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions
Facitious Disorder
a. Person is faking illness for the purpose of none external reward
b. Doing it for a nontangible reward ex: love, support
c. Can be diagnosed by proxy
i. Imposing it on someone else
d. A mental disorder
Malingering
a. Person is faking illness
b. Can be diagnosed b
c. Faking for a tangible reward
d. NOT A MENTAL DISORDER
a. Most severe form of Bipolar Disorder
b. The person is too happy and must be hospitalized so the person doesn’t do something they regret
i. Symptoms severe !!
c. Has a full blown manic episode
d. They can be irritated also
Bipolar I Disorder
Symptoms of Bipolar I
i. Inflated self esteem
ii. Extremely chatty/ talking fast
iii. Feeling their thoughts are racing
iv. Hard time staying on track
v. Increase in goal directed activities
a. One or more Manic symptoms but not as severe
i. Can be helpful in being productive
b. May have major depressive mood
Bipolar II
a. Has one or more hyper manic episodes
b. Also one or more dysymic episodes
Cyclothymic disorder
Personality Disorder
Moderate or greater impairment in 2 or more areas of personality functioning
Long Lasting Disorder
Person has one or more pathological traits/areas
OCEAN personality traits
a. Openness to experience: willingness to experience new things
b. Conscientiousness : extent to which you are reliable
c. Extraversion: the extent to which you are outgoing
d. Agreeableness: extent to which you want to get along with people
e. Neuroticism: extent to which you let things affect you
Delusional Disorder
a. Person has one or more delusions with the duration of one month or more
b. Aside from the delusions and ramifications, there is no behavioral abnormities and the person is ok
c. Person is not open to evidence that something is wrong with them. more to do with the person than with the earth
d. Delusions get classified as bizarre or non bizarre
Common types of delusions
i. Erotomanic- person is convinced someone is in love with them. Can lead to stalking
ii. Grandiose- believe they have done incredible things
iii. Jealous- convinced that their spouse or partner is being unfaithful
iv. Persecutory- has a central theme that someone is out to get them in a very particular way
v. Somatic- delusions about their bodily function or sensation
