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Abnormal Psychology Flashcards

1
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Infrequency

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Statical infrequency

Depends on type of mental disorder

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Deviance

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Contextual eg gender roles

Symptoms abnormal from society norms

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Distress

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Suffering and desire to discontinue the behaviour
Insight needed (need to know they are suffering)
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Disability

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Impairment

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Danger

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Harm to self and others

Not all dangerous

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Psychological disorder =

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Psychological dysfunction
Distress/impairment
Atypical response

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Defining mental illness

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Increase risk taking
Not an expected response to situation
Dysfunction across many areas

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Biological treatment

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As a disease
Changing physical functioning
Medication

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Psychodynamic

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Focus: past
Behaviour stem from unsolved tension from early childhood traumas
In-sight oriented

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Behavioural

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Focus: present
Modify problem behaviour via conditioning
Reinforce positive behaviour

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Cognitive

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Focus: how and what we think
Interpreting situation influence how we feel
Adaptive thoughts

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Humanistic

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Seek fulfillment and reach potential

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Eclectic

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Techniques from various types that meets individual’s needs

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Forms of therapy

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Individual, couple, family,…

Use evidence-based interventions

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What is anxiety

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Apprehension about anticipated issue

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Fear/panic

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Apprehesive response to immediate threat

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3 components to anxiety

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Cognitive
Physiological
Behavioural

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18
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Fight/flight response sympathetic

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Sweat
Shake
Heart racing
Shallow breathing

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Fight/flight response automic

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Physical
Social
Thoughts

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Yerkes-Dodson Law

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Performance and anxiety level

Optional arousal

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Generalised anxiety disorder

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generalised and persistent
“free floating”
Difficult to control worry

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Panic disorder

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Period of intense fear in absence of real danger
Sudden
Not predictable
Free of anxiety b/w attacks

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Agoraphobia

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Fear from being in public, open or enclosed spaces and being outside home alone

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Social anxiety disorder

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Be negatively evaluated by others

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Specific phobias

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Specific situations
Fear disproportion to situation
Avoidance of situation

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Obsessive - compulsive - related disorders

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Repetitve thoughts = distress, feel uncontrollable and time intensive

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder obsession

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Intrusive thoughts

Persistent

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder compulsions

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Repeative excessive behaviour that reduce anxiety or prevent expected consequences

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PTSD

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Exposure to traumatic experiences
Intrusive symptoms and avoidance of stimuli
negative affects to cognition and mood
> 1 month

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Psychological treatment

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Limited but effective

Eg relaxation, cognitive restructuring

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31
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Exposure therapy

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Relonged and consistent
In vivo vs imaginal
Desensitisation
70-90% successful

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Major depressive episode

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5+ symptoms
2 week period
Change from previous functioning

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Major depressive episode symptoms

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Depressed mood most of day
Diminished interest or pleasure 
Weight loss or gain
Sleep problems
Fatigue
Worthlessness
Indecisiveness
Suicidal
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34
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Etiology depression

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Combination of biological, social, psychological

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BIological factors

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Behaviour genetics
Biochemical
Brain abnomalities

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36
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Biochemical

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Neurotransmitters

Hormones

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Neurotransmitters

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Communicate b/w neurons (absent = depression)
Norepinephrine - energy, motor activity
Serotonin - memory, concentration
Dopamine - rewarding stimuli

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Hormones

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HPA axis

Cortisol

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Brain abnormalities

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Profronal cortex
Emotion regulation system
Left frontal hemisphere asymmetry - right more activated = more depressed

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Emotion regulation system

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Amygdala - emotional importance
Emotion regulation
Subgenual anterior cingulate
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Hippocampus
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Social/ environmental factors

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Life stress

Biological vulnerability and stress reactivity

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42
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Diathesis-stress model

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Mental health disorders due to predisposition and stress

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43
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Cognitive theories

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Negative thoughts & beliefs = depression

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Cognitive distortiosn

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Should-ing
Over-generalisation
Discount positives
Black and white thinking
Unfair comparisons
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45
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Beck’s cognitive therapy

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4 phases (~20 sessions)
1 elevate mood
2 challenge antomatic thoughts
3 identity negative thinking
4 change primary attitude
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Cognitive restructuring

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Effective and reduced relapse

Online and face to face

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Antidepressant drugs

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MAO inhibitors
Tricyclics
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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For severe depression
Side effect - damaging
relapse common

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49
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Psychosis

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Difficulty determining whether what is real or not

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50
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Schizophrenia

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Mental illness in which people interpet reality abnormally

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Positive symptoms

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Things that occur in excess

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52
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Negative symptoms

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Absent or lack of things

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53
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Criteria for schizophrenia

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2+ symptoms
Social dysfunction and decline
Continuous for 6 months

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Symptoms for schizophrenia

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Delusion
Hallucination
Disorganized speech
Grossly disorganized behaviour
Negative symptoms
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55
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Persecution

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Someone is out to harm them

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56
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Grandeur

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Fixed belief that they are higher status

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57
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Reference

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Objects directing speaking to them

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58
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Erotomania

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Fixed belief someone is in love with you

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Somatic

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Fixed belief that something medically wrong

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60
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Nihilistic

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The world is about to end

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Bizzarre vs non-bizarre

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Non - bizzare
Not the truth but can be rational
Bizzare
Not real

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Positive symptoms hallucinations

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All senses

Auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, tacile

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Loose association

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Makes sense to the person, not to others

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Neologisms

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Making new words that make no sense

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65
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Clang associations

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Speak in rhyme

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66
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Echolalia

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Repeating what has been said to them

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Echopraxia

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Mimicking non-verbal behaviour

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Word salad

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Jumble speech

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Negative symptoms

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Affective flattening
Alogia
Thought blocking
Avolition
Anhedonia
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Affective flattening

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Shallow emotions

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Alogia

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Poverty of speech (loss)

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Avolition

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Lack of motivation

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Anhedonia

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Inability to experience pleasure

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74
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Course of schizophrenia

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1 prodromal
2 active
3 residual

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75
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% of pop suffer from schizophrenia

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0.7 - 1.5%

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76
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3/4 cases schizophrenia occurs b/w

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15 - 45 years

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77
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Male’s first psychotic break

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18 - 25

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78
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Schizophreniform Disorder

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Short duration of symptoms

Good prognosis

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Schizoaffective disorder

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Independent symptoms of SZ and mood disorder

Prognosis similar to SZ

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Delusional disorder

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1+ months
Delusions, few negative symptoms
Less observable impairment
Rare Subtypes

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% of pop suffer from schizophrenia

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0.7 - 1.5%

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82
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Etiology

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Brain disorder

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83
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Schizophrenia environmental causes

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Birth month (winter & spring)

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Schizophrenia predisposing causes

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Pregnancy and birth complications

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85
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Schizophrenia neuropsychological deficits

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Maternal drug use

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86
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Schizophrenia genetic influences

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50-60% heritability index

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87
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Schizophrenia molecular genetics

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DTNBP1, NGR1
Neurotransmitters, white matter development
COMT, DDNF
Prefrontal functioning

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Schizophrenia brain abnormalities

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Enlarged ventricles

Prefrontal hypometabolism

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Neurodegenerative hypothesis

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Schizophrenia is a disorder caused due to the degeneration of the brain

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Enlarged ventricles Schizophrenia

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Reduced bloodflow
Lower brain volume
12/15 twins can be identified

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Prefrontal hypometabolism Schizophrenia

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Less activity, esp left side

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Schizophrenia biological treatment 1st generation

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Anti-psychotics
Reduce positive symptoms
Side effects: Tardive Dykinesia, neuroleptic malignat syndrome

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Schizophrenia biological treatment 2nd generation

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Anti-psychotics

Reduce positive and negative symptoms

94
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Schizophrenia cognitive treatment

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Rehabilitation
Modify over- & under-attention
Restructuring
Challenge delusional beliefs
Psychoeducation
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Manic episode

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1 week
3 symptoms
Impairment
Not attributed to substance/medical condition

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Manic episode (ME) symptoms

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Lower need of sleep
Grandios self-esteem
Overly talkative
Racing thoughts
Easily distracted 
Engagement in high risk activities
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Hypomanic episode (HME)

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4 days
Mood disturbance doesn’t crtitcally impair work/ social responsibilities
Not stable mental state

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Bipolar I disorder

99
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Bipolar II disorder

100
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Cyclothymic disorder

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MDE

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Major depressive episodes

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PDD

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Persistent Depressive Disorder

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Bipolar epidemiology U.S

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12 months: 1.6% (men); 1.5% (women)

Lifetime: 2.2% (men); 2.0% (women)

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Bipolar epidemiology NZ

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3.8%

Maori x2 more likely

105
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Bipolar genetic factors

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80% heritable

106
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Bipolar twin studies

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FInland: 93%

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Bipolar adoption studies

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Doesn’t explain timing of mania

108
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Bipolar and unipolar

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Vulnerability for unipolar or bipolar mood disorder inherited separately

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Bipolar biochemical factors

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Low 5HT + Hi NE -> mania
Low 5HT + low NE -> depression
Dopamine involvement
Ion activity in brain

110
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Bipolar brain abnormalities

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Deficits in membranes

Basal ganglia & cerebellum

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Bipolar treatment

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Medication and in conjuction psychotherapy

112
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Bipolar medication

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Mood stabilizers - lithium
Anticonvulsants
Atypical antipsychotics

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Bipolar psychotherapy

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Focuses: medication management, self-care, social skills, interpersonal relationships

114
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Bipolar psychotherapy benefits

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Reduced hospitalization

Improves social and occupational functioning

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Restriction of energy intake = less 15% of normal weight; arbitrary
Fear for gaining weight

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Anorexia Nervosa types

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Restriciting type - no bingeing/purging

Binge-eating/purging type - regular

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Bulimia Nervosa

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Binge eating with no control
Inappropriate compensatory behaviour
From 1 week to 3 months
Influnced by body image

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Bulimia Nervosa associated features

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Normal weight/over weight
B/w binge, restrict caloric intake
Low self-esteem, mood
High smoking, substance abuse

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Binge eating disorder

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Recurrent binge (2x week, at least 6 months) 
DOESN'T involve use of compensatory behaviour
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Binge eating disorder symptoms

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Eating more rapidly
Eating until uncomfortably full
Binging when not hungry
Eating alone (embarrassment)
Feeling negative after overeating
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Epidemiology AN U.S

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  1. 42% women

0. 12% men

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Epidemiology BN U.S

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  1. 46% women

0. 08% men

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Epidemiology BED U.S

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  1. 25% women

0. 42% men

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Epidemiology Anorexia NZ

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  1. 0% w

0. 1% m

125
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Epidemiology Bulimia NZ

126
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Epidemiology any ED

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  1. 9 w

0. 5 m

127
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Maori x…. ED

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x2 (primarily BN)

128
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Risk of ED

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Multidimensional

More = greater risk

129
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Biological factors ED

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Genetic influence
x6 more likely to have ED with relatives with ED
Neurotransmitters
Hormones (AN - hypothalamus functioning - weight set point)

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Sociocultural factors ED

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Societal pressure

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Treatment AN

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Restoration of proper weight
REsidential programs
Cognitive Behvioural Therapy

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Treatment BN/BED

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Cognitive Behvioural Therapy

Medication

133
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Defining disorder of childhood

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Difficult
Likely to act out vs seek help
Some deviance normal
Some psychological disorder = little conscious distress

134
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Intellectual disability

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Onset before 18
Persists throughout life
Deficits - communication, social, practical
Range from mild to profound

135
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Intellectual disability etiology

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Genetic abnormalities
Metabolic abnormalities
Prenatal & postnatal complication

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Genetic abnormalities intellectual disability

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Down syndrome

Fragile X Syndrome

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Metabolic abnormalities intellectual disability

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PKU

Tay-Sachs Disease

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Prenatal & postnatal complication intellectual disability

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Drug exposure

Anoxia at birth

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Deficits in social communication
Restricted, reptitve behaviour patterns
Onset in early childhood

140
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Autism Spectrum Disorder epidemiology

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<1% pop
Recognized during 2nd year of life
4x more common in boys
No period of normal development, just gained in later childhood

141
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Autism Spectrum Disorder etiology

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Genetics - highly heritability
Brain abnormalities
Prenatal and birthing factors

142
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Autism Spectrum Disorder brain abnormalities

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Cerebellum, white matter

Neurotransmitter

143
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Autism Spectrum Disorder treatment

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Modeling conditioning
Communication training
Parent training
community intergration

144
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ADHD

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Inattention, hyperactivity, inpulsivity

145
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ADHD 3 types

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Predominantly inattentive type
Predominantly hyper-impulsive typee
Combined type

146
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ADHD etiology

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50 - 75% heritability rates
Structural abnormalities - dorsolateral regions
Neurotransmitter abnormalities - dopamine

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ADHD treatment biological

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Stimulant or non-stimulant medications

148
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ADHD treatment psychological

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Behaviour therapy

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Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)

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Early onset
Argumenative
Temper tantrums
Authority problems
Anger
150
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Conduct disorder

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More severe than ODD
Limited prosocial emotions
2+ for at least 12 months, in more than 1 relationship or setting

151
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Conduct disorder symptoms

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Lack of remorse or guilt
Callous-lack of empathy
Unconcerned about performance
Shallow or deficient affect

152
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Etiology of ODD and CD

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Genetic factors
Familial risk factors (child abuse, family conflict)
Sociocultural risk (poverty, past antisocial behaviours)

153
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Treatment of ODD and CD

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Family focused
Child focused
Prevention focused

154
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Best predictor for ODD and CD

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Peer groups + past antisocial behaviour

155
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NZ alcohol facts

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Hazardous drinking
Higher in Maori, men and age group from 18 - 24 years
Economically deprived areas 1.7x more likely to be hazardous drinkers

156
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NZ Illicit drugs

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x2 rate in Maori

x0.25 in asian ethnicities

157
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Substance Use disorder

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Problematic pattern of use, 2+ symptoms, within one year period

158
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Substance use symptoms

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Failure to meet obligations
Continue use despite problems
substance taken for longer time or in greater amounts than intended
Impairment to functioning
Cravings
159
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Substance use diagnosis

A

Substance specific

160
Q

Addiction

A

Severe substance use

6+ symptoms

161
Q

Tolerance

A

Larger doses required

Effect of drug less

162
Q

Withdrawal effects

A

Dependence increses
Physical
Psychological

163
Q

Drug classes

A

Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens
Cannabis

164
Q

Polysubstance use

A

Using 3 drugs, interchangably

165
Q

Gender difference substance use men

A

Men more likely to use alcohol and psychoactive drug

166
Q

Gender difference substance use women

A

More likely to misuse in respoonse to stress or self-medicate
Lower tolerance to alcohol

167
Q

Etilogy of substance abuse

A

Genetics
Biochemical factors
Behavioral
Sociocultural

168
Q

Treatment substance abuse

A

Biological treatments - detoxification, antagonist therapy
Aversion therapy
Motivational interviewing
12-step program

169
Q

Alcholics/Narcotics Anonymous

A

Self-help program

Alcoholic = disease without cure, abstinance

170
Q

Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous

A

Self-help program

Alcoholic = disease without cure, abstinance

171
Q

Personality disorder

A

Persisent maladaptive/culturally infreguent, thought, feeling, behaviour
Infelexible
Significant distress
Traced back to adolescence

172
Q

PD categorical

A

Psychiatric classification

173
Q

PD dimensional

A

From normality to severe

174
Q

PD normal vs abnormal traits

A

Extreme variants of normal traits

Abnormal traits in only disordered individuals

175
Q

Cluster A

A

Odd

Eccentric

176
Q

Cluster B

A

Dramatic
Emotional
Erratic

177
Q

Cluster C

A

Anxious

Fearful

178
Q

A PD

A

Paranoid PD
Schizoid PD
Schizotypal PD

179
Q

Paranoid PD

A

Deep mistrust of others
Hypersensitivity, caution
Pathological jealousy
Control, anger

180
Q

Schizoid PD

A

Persistent avoidance
Limited emotional expression
Withfrawn
<1% of pop (more likely to occur in men)

181
Q

Schizotypal PD

A

Odd beliefs/ magical thinking
Unusual perceptual experiences
Suspiciousness
Excessive social anxiety

182
Q

Etiology A

A

Genetic link - family members of schizophrenic at higher risk for schizotypal
Schizotypal - linked to positive symptoms of schizophreniz
Schizoid - linked to negative symptoms

183
Q

B PD

A

Antisocial PD
Borderline PD
Histrionic PD
Narcissistic PD

184
Q

Antisocial PD

A 
Disregard social norms
Reckless behaviour
Prone to anger
Lack of guilt or remorse
Evidence of CD before 15
185
Q

Antisocial PD diagnosis

A

Low cut-off criteria (3/7)
Mostly behavioral
50-80% of correctional inmates

186
Q

Alternative “diagnosis” for ASPD

A

Psychopathy

15-25%

187
Q

what is psychopathy?

A

Use charm, manipulation, violence to cotrol other an satisfy own selfish needs.
Lack conscience and feelings for others
Violate social norms
No sense of guilt

188
Q

Psychopathy

Interpersonal deficits

A

Grandiosity
Social potency
Low anxiety

189
Q

Psychopathy

Affecive deficits

A

Shallow emotions
Inability to form deep relationships
Fearlessness

190
Q

Etiology

Factor 1

A

Affective/interpersonal
Amygdala
Poor fear conditioning, inability to read distress cues

191
Q

Etiology

Factor 2

A

Antisocial behaviour
Orbitofrontal cortex
Disinhibition, poor emotional decision making

192
Q

Borderline personality disorder instability of self-image and relationships

A

Intense interpersonal attachments

Idolization vs devaluation

193
Q

Borderline personality disorder affective instability

A

Dysphoria, feelings of emptiness
Emotional outbursts
Extreme emotional response to abandonment

194
Q

Borderline personality disorder impulsive, unpredictable, destructive behaviour

A

Suicidal gestures
Substance abuse
Reckless behaviour

195
Q

Borderline personality disorder

Etiology Psychodynamic

A

Early parent relationships

196
Q

Borderline personality disorder

Etiology Object-relations

A

Lack of early acceptance of parents

197
Q

Borderline personality disorder

Etiology Biopsychosocial Theory

A

Invalidating childhood environments

198
Q

Borderline personality disorder

Treatment

A

Dialectical behavior therapy

199
Q

Histrionic PD symptoms

A

Extremely dramatic
Shallow emotion
Center of attention

200
Q

Histrionic PD

Etiology and treatment

A

No research

201
Q

Narcissistic PD symptoms

A

Need constant admiration
Lack of empathy
Superiority

202
Q

Narcissistic PD Etiology

Psychodynamic therorists

A

Cold, rejecting parents

203
Q

Narcissistic PD Etiology

Behaviour and congitive theorists

A

Too much positive reinforcement

204
Q

Narcissistic PD Treatment

A

None

Seeking treatment very rare

205
Q

Cluster C

A

Avoidant PD
Dependent PD
Obsessive-compulsive PD

206
Q

Avoidant PD symptoms

A

Inhibited in social situations

207
Q

Dependent PD symptoms

A

Difficultly with separation
Relys on others
Clingy
Dislike themselves

208
Q

Obsessive-compulsive PD symptoms

A

Preoccupied with order, control (no flexibility, openness)
High standards for themselves and others
RIgid, stubborn, trouble expressing affection

209
Q

Borderline personality disorder

Etiology Biopsychosocial Theory

A

Invalidating childhood environments

210
Q

Borderline personality disorder

Treatment

A

Dialectical behavior therapy

211
Q

Histrionic PD symptoms

A

Extremely dramatic
Shallow emotion
Center of attention

212
Q

Histrionic PD

Etiology and treatment

A

No research

213
Q

Narcissistic PD symptoms

A

Need constant admiration
Lack of empathy
Superiority

214
Q

Narcissistic PD Etiology

Psychodynamic therorists

A

Cold, rejecting parents

215
Q

Narcissistic PD Etiology

Behaviour and congitive theorists

A

Too much positive reinforcement

216
Q

Narcissistic PD Treatment

A

None

Seeking treatment very rare

217
Q

Cluster C

A

Avoidant PD
Dependent PD
Obsessive-compulsive PD

218
Q

Avoidant PD symptoms

A

Inhibited in social situations

219
Q

Dependent PD symptoms

A

Central feature
Clingy, obedient
Rely on others for decisions
Distressed, lonely, hate themselves

220
Q

Obsessive-compulsive PD symptoms

A

Preoccupied with order: no flexibility, openness
High standards
Rigid, trouble expressing affection

221
Q

Limitation with DSM-5 system

A

Excessive comorbidity
Inadequate coverage
No boundary b/w normal and pathological personality
Inadequate scientific base

222
Q

Solutions to DSM-5 system

A

Dimensional personality traits define disorders

Analogous to intellectual disability

223
Q

Dimensional personality traits define disorders

A

Vary in degree vs in kind

Extreme manifestation of personality traits = disorder

224
Q

Analogous to intellectual disability

A

Extreme standing on a dimension (intelligence) + impairment in functioning = disorder

225
Q

DSM-5 Section 3 model

Criterion A

A

Impairment in self (identity/self - direction) and interpersonal (empathy/intimacy) functioning

226
Q

DSM-5 Section 3 model

Criterion B

A

Personality profile

5 personality trait domains

227
Q

5 personality trait domains

A 
Negative affectivity
Detachment
Antagonism
Disinhibition &amp; compulsivity
Psychoticism
228
Q

Personality types

A

Defined by trait profile

Personality disorder trait specific (PDTS)

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