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Ch 14 Psychological Disorders Flashcards

1
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What is the medical model?

A

Abnormal behavior=disease

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2
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Define diagnosis

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distinguishing and identifying illness

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3
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Define etiology

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Cause and development (why someone thinks they have it)

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4
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Define prognosis

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Forecast about corse and outcome of disorder

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5
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Define chronic

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Long lasting- over a persisting time

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6
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Define acute

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Rapid onset- short duration

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7
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Define episodic

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Periods of illness separated by periods of wellness

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8
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Three most used criteria for abnormal behavior

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Personal distress, maladaptive behavior, deviance

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9
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Which of the three methods is not used in the DSM-V

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Deviance

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10
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What is the DSM?

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Diagnostician and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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11
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What are some of the tests in the DSM-V

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diagnoses mental disorders with interviews and self-repots

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12
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What are anxiety disorders?

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Excessive fear and anxiety and opprenension

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13
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Anxiety not tied to any specific event- past or future

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GAD- Generalized anxiety disorder

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14
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Irrational fear of an object

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Specific phobia

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15
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What are the specific phobia types

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Animals, situation, natural environment, or blood injection

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16
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Fears of being negatively judged

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Social anxiety disorder

17
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What is a panic attack?

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Intense fear, abruptly, within 10 minutes

18
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What is panic disorder?

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Recurrent panic attacks- fear of having another

19
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Fear of going into public

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Agoraphobia

20
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What is OCD

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Unwanted thoughts (O) with repetition behaviors (C)

21
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What is PTSD

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Post traumatic stress disorder

22
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Class of disorders with emotional disturbances

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Mood disorders

23
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What is MDD

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Major depressive disorder- persistent feeling of sadness and despair- loss of interest in pleasurable experience

24
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What is bipolar disorder

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Ian Gallagher- manic and depressive episodes

25
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What is a positive symptom

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Adding something- either good or bad

26
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What is a negative symptom

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Taking something away- good or bad

27
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What is the autism spectrum

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neurodivergent disorder- Impairment of social interactions and communication

28
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Three clusters of personality disorders

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Odd/eccentric, dramatic, and anxious

29
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Engaging in binge-eating, followed by vomiting, fasting, and other unhealthy efforts

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Bulimia nervosa

30
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Intense fear of gaining weight, disturbed body image, dangerous measures to lose weight

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Anorexia nervosa

31
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Distress-inducing eating that are not followed by the purging, fasting, and exercise

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Binge-eating disorder

32
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About ________ of patients diagnosed with anorexic and bulimic disorders are female.

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