chap 15 Flashcards
5 points of normality
– apt perception of reality
– ability to have control on their behaviour
– self esteem and acceptance
– ability to form affectionate relationships
– productivity
relatively less serious mental disorders that dont require hospitalization
neuroses
relatively more serious mental disorders due to which a person is out of touch w reality
psychoses
criteria to call someone abnormal
deviation from social norms, from statistical norms, personal distress, maladaptiveness of behaviour
classification system used for mental health probs
icd-10 (international classification of diseases) and dsm-4 (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edition)
classification system used for mental health probs
icd-10 (international classification of diseases) and dsm-4 (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edition)
4 kinda symptoms of anxiety
physiological (sweating, heart racing)
cognitive (panicking)
behavioural (freezing)
emotional (feeling of dread)
fear of being in a place where they can be trapped or unable to get help in case of emergency (emergency = panic attack)
agoraphobia
panicking abt stuff like incr heart rate thinking youll get a panic attack
interoceptive conditioning
agoraphobia due to
classical and instrumental (avoidance) conditioning
phobia where a person fears a particular animal situation object
simple phobia
The attachment of the child to the parent of the opposite sex, accompanied by envious and aggressive feelings toward the parent of the same sex
oedipus complex
irresistible urges to do certain acts that reduce anxiety
compulsions
persistent intrusions of unwanted thoughts or images or impulses that elicit anxiety
obsessions
phobias due to —-conditioning
classical
ocd might be due to — conditioning
operant
inability to feel joy
anhedonia
bipolar disorder aka
manic depression
latest method of classifying diseases
dsm V
drawing a big conclusion from a single event
overgeneralization
focussing on a mild detail rather than the important parts
selective abstraction
magnifying small bad events and minimizing big good events
magnification and minimization
incorrectly assuming responsibility abt things that happen in the world
personalization
drwing a conclusion when there is little evidence to support it
arbitrary inference
5 cognitive distortions in depression
overgeneralization
magnification and minimization
arbitrary inference
personalization
selective abstraction
associations of rhyming words
clang associations
beliefs that certain ppl/grps are plotting against u
delusion of persecution
beliefs that u are powerful and important
delusion of grandeur
person with schizophrenia being still in one position, not moving
catatonic immobility
— is characterized by disturbances in
thought, including disorganized thought processes,
delusions, and lack of insight.
schizophrenia
brain abnormalities seen in schizophrenia
ventricles - enlarged
prefrontal cortex - smaller and less active
antisocial personality disorder aka
dissocial personality disorder
sociopathy
psychopathy
viewing ppl as all good or all bad
splitting
3 deficits in ppl with autism
social interaction, communication, activities and interests
echoing what one has heard instead of using their own words
echolalia
person with autism having special skills
scavant
condition in which children develop nornally at first and then suddenly have a loss of social/lang/movement skills
rett’s disorder/ childhoood disintegrative disorder
a pdd (pervasive development disorder) similar to autism but have normal iq and seem normal in the first 3 yrs
asperger’s syndrome
a syndrome aka little professor syndrome (due to formal talks)
asperger’s syndrome
pdd [pervasive development disorder] aka
autism spectrum disorders
parenting style can cause autism. t or f
f
mood disorders due to improper regulation of - and -
serotonin and norepinephrine
difficult environmente cannot cause schizophrenia. t or f
t
caregivers of people with this
disorder required their children to be highly
dependent and alternated between extreme
expressions of love and hostility
bpd
sensing that smthn is happening in ones body like snake crawling inside
somatic hallucinations
perceptions without external stimuli
hallucination
disorders that manifest in the early stage of development
neurodevelopmental
