Abnormal Psychiatry Flashcards
ID AKA
Pleasure principle
EGO AKA
Reality principle
SUPEREGO AKA
Moral principle
The executive organ of the psyche
Ego/Reality Principle
involuntary/unconscious behavior that an individual uses to reduce stress or solve self-conflicts
Defense Mechanism
Defense Mechanism: Expression of emotions through actions
Acting out
Defense Mechanism: Denying existence overwhelmed of disbelief
Denial
Defense Mechanism: Transfer unacceptable emotions onto a less threatening object/person
Displacement
Defense Mechanism: Transfers unacceptable feelings onto another person and believes they feel/think the same
Projection
Defense Mechanism: Going back to developmental stages
Regression
Defense Mechanism: Unconsciously erases negative experiences from consciousness
Repression
Defense Mechanism: Spacing out; detaches from reality
Dissociation
Defense Mechanism: Transforming unacceptable emotions to socially acceptable response
Sublimation
Defense Mechanism: Consciously avoiding disturbing thoughts
Suppression
Defense Mechanism: Consciously negate unacceptable actions
Undoing
Dedicated to help to reduce stress
Altruism
Defense Mechanism: Uses humor to minimize stress
Humor
Fixed false belief; Incorrect assumption about external reality
Delusions
Fixed false belief that a person’s thought is controlled by external forces
Control
Exaggerated conception of a person’s identity
Grandeur
Fixed false belief that one’s lover commits infidelity
Infidelity (Pathologic Jealousy)
Fixed false belief that a person is being persecuted
Persecution
Fixed false belief that a person is deprived of material possession
Poverty
MC type of Delusion
Persecution
False sensory perception; not based on reality
Hallucinations
Types of Hallucination
Auditory (MC)
Visual
Tactile
Olfactory
Gustatory
Symptoms of Schizophrenic DIsorder
DElusions
HAllucinations
DIsorganized speech
CAtatonic behavior
NEGAtive symptoms
DMS V Dx Criteria for Schizophrenic Disorder
- 2/5 Symptoms (1st 3 or any are included lasting at least 1 month)
- Overall sx at least 6 months
- (-) Mood disorder dx
Subtypes of Schizophrenic Disorder
Paranoid
Disorganized/Hebephrenia
Catatonic
Undifferentiated
Residual
1 or more delusional sx or frequent auditory hallucinations
Paranoid
MC Subtype of Schizophrenic Disorder
Paronoid
Characteristics of Paranoid
(+) Delusion of Persecution or Grandeur
Most Severe Subtype of Schizophrenic DIsorder
DIsorganized/Hebephrenia
Poor contact in reality
Inappropriate social & emotional responses
DIsorganized/Hebephrenia
Characteristics of DIsorganized/Hebephrenia
Disorganized thought process
Spontaneous laughter
Classic Feature of Catatonic
Marked inc in disorganized motor behavior (uncoordinated)
Characteristics of Catatonic
Stupor
Rigidity
Posturing
Negativism