Abnormal Psychology Flashcards
Biomedical Model of Abnormal Psych
Abnormality is illness of the body
Psychodynamic Model of Abnormal Psych
Abnormality is a product of hidden personality conflicts
Behavioral Model of Abnormal Psych
Abnormality is learned maladaptive behaviors that can be unlearned trough learning of adaptive behaviors
Cognitive Model of Abnormal Psych
Abnormality as stemming from disordered thinking about oneself and the world
Existential-Humanistic Model of Abnormal Psych
Abnormality is a person’s inability to successfully confront and address ultimate life questions
Schizophrenia
Type of psychotic disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking/speech, motor disturbances, negative symptoms
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Has own category in DSM-5. Features mania: little need for sleep, unrealistically high mood, incessant talking, impulsive decisions (bridge between MDD and SZ)
- BP I
- BP II
- Cyclothymic d/o
Depressive Disorders
- MDD: low mood, anhedonia, etc
- Seasonal affective d/o
- Persistent depressive disorder
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Anxiety Disorders
- Separation
- Specific
- Social
- Panic d/o
Agoraphobia - GAD
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Onset during developmental period
- ASD
- Intellectual disability (2 SDs below mean IQ)
- ADHD
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Now outside anxiety disorders in DSM-5 Repetitive, intrusive, disturbing thoughts and/or repetitive behaviors (problematic = one hour+ per day on compulsions) - OCD - Hoarding d/o - Body dysmorphic d/o
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Requires exposure to a traumatic event
- PTSD
- Reactive attachment disorder
Dissociative Disorders
Disruption in integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior
- Dissociative identity disorder
- Dissociative amnesia
- Dissociative fuge
- Depersonalization/Derealization d/o
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Feature prominent somatic symptoms
- Somatic symptom disorder ( when a person feels extreme anxiety about physical symptoms such as pain or fatigue)
- Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondria)
- Conversion disorder ( mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation)
Feeding and Eating Disorders
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binge eating d/o
