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Ch. 15 Flashcards

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phobias

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fears related to a specific object, person, or situation that are disproportional to the threat posed by them.

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specific phobias

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persistent excessive fear of a specific object or situation

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social phobias

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fear of a social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur

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what is the most treatable psychological disorder?

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phobias

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OCD stands for

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obsessive compulsive disorder

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OCD

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recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions

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obsessions

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thoughts/impulses/images that are intrusive/inappropriate/cause anxiety.

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compulsions

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repetitive behaviors/mental acts that a person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession.

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mood disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.

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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is diagnosed as:

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2 or more weeks of depressed mood, feelings of worthlessness, and anhedonia.

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anhedonia

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loss of interest/pleasure in activities.

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What is the most common mood disorder?

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MDD

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Seligman’s study:

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can people learn to be depressed?

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MDD is ____ in women than men.

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diagnosed 2x more

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what are some reasons that Women are more likely to be diagnosed with MDD than men are?

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  • reporting bias
  • hormones fluctuate more often
  • more likely to ruminate
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Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD) is diagnosed as:

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depressed for most of the day, more days the not, for at least 1 year.

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Which is more chronic: MDD or PDD

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PDD, it lasts for at least 1 year.

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Bipolar disorder is diagnosed as:

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1 or more manic episodes accompanied by 1 or more major depressive episodes.

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manic episode

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distinct period during which the predominant mood is abnormally elevated or irritable for at least a week

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symptoms of mania

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  1. decreased need for sleep
  2. increased talkativeness
  3. racing thoughts
  4. easily distracted
  5. hyperactive
  6. excessive involvement in pleasurable activities
  7. inflated self esteem
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dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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a person exhibits 2 or more distinct and altering personalities.

22
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DID is not the same as

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schizophrenia

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schizophrenia

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disorganized/delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions/actions.

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delusions

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beliefs that the rest of society would generally disagree with or view as misinterpretations of society

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what is the most common type of delusion?

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paranoid delusions (someone is following me)

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hallucinations

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disturbance in perception , can involve any sensory modality (auditory, visual, touch, olfactory)

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positive symptoms (schizophrenia)

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excess: seeing/hearing things that aren’t there

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negative symptoms (schizophrenia)

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deficit: e.g- no emotion in someone’s voice

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disorganized symptoms (schizophrenia)

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inappropriate emotions or not making sense of words

30
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Is schizophrenia common or rare?

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Very rare

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eating disorders are not really about ____.

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food

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eating disorders are often comorbid with?

A

depression and anxiety

33
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anorexia neurosa

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distorted body image and excessive dieting that leads to severe weight loss

  • 1% of the population
  • excessive concern with body shape/weight
  • restriction or binging/purging
34
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what psychological disorder has the highest mortality rate?

A

Anorexia

35
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Bulimia

A

recurrent episodes of binge eating and inappropriate compensating methods to prevent weight gain

  • excessive concern with body shape/weight
  • does not meet criteria for anorexia
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binge

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abnormally large amounts of food are consumed with a sense of lack of control

37
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types of compensating methods

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vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, exercise

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psychopharmacology

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use of medications to treat psychological disturbances

39
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all medications have _____?

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side effects

40
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Medication + _____ = best results

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therapy

41
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psychoanalysis

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patients gain insight into problems throughout therapists interpretation of free association, or hypnosis.

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psychoanalysis is NOT ______

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empirically supported

43
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transference

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client transfers onto therapist feelings/attitudes toward people in there lives

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