Ch 1

Question 1

Psychological symptoms or behavioral patterns that reflect an underlying cycle biological dysfunction, or associated with the stress or disability, and are not merely an expectable response to comments stressors or a losses

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Mental disorder

Question 2

A mental health condition that negatively affects a person’s emotions, thinking, behavior, relationships with others, or overall functioning

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Mental illness

Question 3

The scientific study who is objectives are to describe, explain, predict, and modified behaviors associated with mental disorders

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Abnormal psychology

Question 4

The study of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of mental disorders

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Psychopathology

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Healthcare practitioners (such as psychologist, psychiatrist, and social workers) Who’s services focused on improving mental health or treating mental illness

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Mental health professional

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And assessment and description of an individual’s psychological symptoms, including inferences about what might be causing the psychological distress

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Psychodiagnosis

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A proposed course of therapy, developed collaboratively I am therapist and client, that addresses the clients most distressing mental health symptoms

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Treatment plan

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Cause or causes for a condition

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Etiology

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A program of systematic intervention with the purpose of improving her clients behavioral, emotional, or cognitive symptoms

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Psychotherapy

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– must hold a PhD or PsyD
-training includes coursework in psychopathology, personality, diagnosis, psychological testing, psychotherapy, and human physiology

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Clinical psychologist

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– Academic an internship requirements are similar to those for clinical psychologist, but with a focus on life adjustment problems rather than mental illness

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Counseling psychologist

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– Training usually include a masters degree in counseling or psychology and many hours of supervised clinical experience

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Mental health counselor; marriage/family therapist

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– Hold a M.D. Degree; can prescribe medication
– Completes the four years of medical school required for a M.D. , And an additional three or four years of training in psychiatry

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Psychiatrist

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– Holds a masters degree from a social work graduate program

– Specializes in assessment, screening, and therapy with high need clients and out reach to other agencies

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Psychiatric social worker

Question 15

– Professional training requirements vary; many practitioners have personal experience with addiction
– Works in agencies that specialize in the evaluation and treatment of drug and alcohol addiction

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Substance abuse counselor

Question 16

The DSM indicates that a mental disorder has the following components:

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(A) involves a significant disturbance in thinking, emotional regulation, or behavior caused by a dysfunction in the basic psychological, biological, or developmental processes involved in normal development;
(B) Causes significant distress or difficulty with day-to-day functioning; and
(C) is not merely a culturally expected response to common stressors or losses or a reflection of political or religious believes that conflict with societal norms

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The percentage of individuals in a targeted population who have a particular disorder during a specific period of time

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Prevalence

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The percentage of people in the population if you have had a disorder at some point in their life

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Lifetime prevalence

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And oversimplified, often inaccurate, image or idea about a group of people

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Stereotype

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A negative societal believe about a group, including the view that the group is that somehow different from other members of society

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Social stigma

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An unfair, preconceived judgments about a person or group based on supposed characteristics

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Prejudice

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Unjust or prejudicial treatment towards a person based on the persons actual or perceived membership in a certain group

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Discrimination

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Acceptance of prejudice and discrimination based on the internalize negative so societal believes or stereotypes

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Self stigma

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A belief in one’s ability to succeed in a specific situation

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Self efficiency

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A surgical method from the stone age in which part of the skull was chipped away to provide an opening through which an evil spirit could escape

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Trephining

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A practice used to cast evil spirits out of an afflicted person’s body

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Exorcism

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An outdated term referring to excessive or uncontrollable emotion, sometimes resulting in somatic symptoms (such as blindness or paralysis) that have no apparent physical cause

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Hysteria

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A form of mass hysteria prevalent during the middle ages, characterized by wild rating, jumping, dancing, and composing

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Tarantism

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A philosophical movement that emphasizes human welfare and the worth and uniqueness of the individual

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Humanism

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Crusade to institute more humane treatment of people with mental illness

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Moral treatment movement

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Certain symptoms that tend to occur regularly in clusters

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Syndrome

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Psychological processes occurring within the mind

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Intrapsychic

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A branch of psychology that focuses on culture, race, ethnicity, gender, age, socioeconomic class, and other similar factors in its effort to understand behavior

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Multicultural psychology

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The philosophical and scientific study of positive human functioning and the strengths and assets of individuals, families, and communities

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Positive psychology

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Believe in an animating life force energy beyond what we can perceive with our senses

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Spirituality

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The philosophy that with appropriate treatment and support those with mental illness can improve and live satisfying lives even with any limitations caused by their illness

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Recovery movement

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Drugs used to treat or manage psychiatric symptoms by influencing the brain activity associated with emotions and behavior

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Psychotropic medication

Question 38

The industrialization of healthcare, whereby large organizations in the private sector control the delivery of services

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Managed healthcare