Abnormal Psychology Review Flashcards
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DSM-5
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- Categorical Classification
- Nonaxial Assessment System
- Outline for Cultural Formulation
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DSM
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Follows Polythetic Criteria
- to allow symptom heterogeneity
- individual only has to meet a subset of criteria for a given D/O
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Uncertainty about Dx
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- Other Specified D/O: when clinician indicates reason why they don’t meet d/o
- Unspecified D/O: does not want to specify why sx don’t meet dx for a d/0
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Neurodevelopmental D/Os
etiology unknown in 30% of cases
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- Intellectual Devel. D/O . deficits in intel. function . onset during devel. period . mild, moderate, severe & profound . level of adaptive functioning is based on conceptual, social & practical domains
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Croen et al (2001) study of intellectual disability
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- Low Birth Weight strongest predictor of both levels of disability (mild or severe ID)
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Communication Disorders
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- Childhood onset (stuttering) 2-7
- Tx: Habit reversal - awareness trng, regulated breathing, relaxation, motivation, competing responses & social support
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Requires:
- Persistent deficits in social comm. & interaction across multiple contexts
- Restricted repetitive patterns of behavior
- Sx during early developmental period
- Impaired social/occupation/other function
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Autism - Prognosis
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- better if acquire verbal skills by age 5/6
- IQ of 70+
- later onset of symptoms
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Lovaas
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- Shaping & discrimination training for Autistic individuals (improve communication skills)
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ADHD
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- Onset prior to age 12
- Evidence in at least 2 settings
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Distinguishing ADHD from Bipolar D/O
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Common in Pediatric Bipolar not ADHD
- elation
- grandiosity
- decreased need for sleep
- hyper-sexuality
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ADHD
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Low metabolic funct. in prefrontal cortex & Basal Ganglia (involved in mvmt)
- caudate nucleus (in basal ganglia)
- globus pallidus (in basal ganglia)
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Schizophrenia
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- 2 active phase sx for at least one mos
- impaired functioning for at least 6 mos
- 1 active phase has to be: hallucinations, delusions or disorganized speech
- onset late teens to early 30’s
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Schizophrenia Prognosis
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- generally poor
- worse if male, early onset and negative sx present
- better if female, acute & late onset
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Concordance Rate for Schizophrenia
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- Bio Sibs: 10%
- Fraternal Twins: 17%
- Identical Twins: 48% (45-50%)
- One GP w/disorder: 5%
- Two parents w/disorder: 46%
- Adopted sib: 1% (like general pop)
- For parent of child with d/0: 6%
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Dopamine Hypothesis
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- Oversensitivity to dopamine
- Drugs that reduce effects of dopamine will decrease sx of schizophrenia
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Depressive D/Os: Disruptive Mood D/O
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- Cannot be assigned for first time before age 6 or after age 18
- Onset must be before age 10
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Depressive D/Os: Major Depressive D/O
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- presence of at least 5 sx
- at least one sx loss of interest/pleasure or depressed mood
- Peripartum onset: during pregnancy or w/in 4 wks post partum
- Seasonal pattern: onset of sx & particular time of year
- Atypical: laden paralysis, hypersomnia
Mood-Congruent psychotic: delusions and hallucinations