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AP Psychology - Mental Health Flashcards

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psychological disorder

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syndrome marked by clinically significant disturbance in individuals cognition, behavior, or emotion regulation

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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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psychological disorder marked by appearance at 7 years old; extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

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medical model

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concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and (in most cases) cured

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biological influences

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evolution, individual genes, and brain structure/chemistry

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psychological influences

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stress, trauma, learned helplessness, and mood-related perceptions/memories

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social-cultural influences

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roles, expectations, definitions of normality and disorder

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DSM-5

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American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; classifying psychological disorders

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ICD-10

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codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, external causes, etc.

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Philippe Pinel

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humane treatment of the mentally ill

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Dorothea Dix

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fought for better conditions in prisons and asylums; rehabilitation in the treatment of criminals and mentally ill

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schizophrenia

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psychological disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate emotional expression, and disorganized speech

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psychosis

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person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions

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neurosis

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emotional disturbance characterized by excessive anxiety, can function in life

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delusions

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false beliefs

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hallucinations

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false sensory experiences

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acute schizophrenia

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recovery is likely, life stressors

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chronic schizophrenia

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recovery is doubtful, slow-developing process

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abnormal brain activity

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low activity in frontal lobes, dopamine over-activity, and decline in brain waves

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genetics

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environmental factors (stress) can “turn on” genes that predispose schizophrenia

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obsession

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anxious thoughts

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compulsion

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behaviors to decrease anxiety

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U(njustifiable) M(aladaptive) A(typical) D(isturbing)

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varies with culture and time period

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somatic symptom disorder

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psychological disorder in which symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause

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conversion disorder (somatoform)

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person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms that have no physiological basis

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illness anxiety (somatoform)

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person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease (paranoid)

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dissociative identity disorder

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rare dissociative disorder where a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities (unconscious)

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anorexia nervosa

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eating disorder where person (usually adolescent female) maintains starvation diet despite being underweight

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bulimia nervosa

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eating disorder where person alternates binge eating with purging or fasting

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binge-eating disorder

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significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt (without purging or fasting)

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personality disorder

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psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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antisocial personality disorder

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a personality disorder where a person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing (wild)

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borderline PD

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engaging in risky behaviors (wild)

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histrionic PD

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attention seeking, uncomfortable in situations that don’t revolve around them (wild)

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narcissistic PD

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large “ego” and constant need of admiration (wild)

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schizoid PD

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loner, difficult for them to read emotions, appears emotionless (odd)

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schizotypal PD

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lacking relationships, has very strange beliefs (odd)

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paranoid PD

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general distrust in others (odd)

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dependent

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lack of self confidence, difficult for them to make decisions for themselves (worried)

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avoidant

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extreme fear of rejection (worried)

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obsessive-compulsive

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extreme perfectionism (worried)

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major depressive disorder

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anxiety, insomnia, depressive episodes

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bipolar I disorder

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episodes of mania (escalated), depressive episodes

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bipolar II disorder

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episodes of hypomania (mild), depressive episodes

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seasonal affective disorder

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change in melatonin or seretonin, caused by change in climate/amount of sunlight

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dysthymia

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depression and low self-esteem over 2 years (not as severe)

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dissociative identity disorder

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amnesia - memory loss
fugue - adopts new identity

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obsessive-compulsive disorder

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obsessive thought (fear based), anxiety, compulsion (action based), temporary relief

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generalized anxiety disorder

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extreme anxiousness, restless, irritated

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panic disorder

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sudden panic attacks, overwhelming anxiety

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post traumatic stress disorder

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flashbacks and nightmares, severe anxiety

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