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chapte 14 Flashcards

1
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what do physical and mental illness have in common

A

both have a biological basis

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2
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the medical model

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comparing mental illness to physical disease

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3
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criteria of abnormal behavior

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  1. deviance
  2. maladaptive behavior
  3. personal distress
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4
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observable, specific situations

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phobic disorders

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5
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observable, more generalized

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agoraphobia and panic disorder

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6
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observable. widely generalized

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GAD and OCD

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7
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inferred, generalized

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somatoform and dissociative disorders

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8
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generalized anxiety disorder

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  • free floating anxiety with no specific cause

- continuing worry

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9
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phobic disorder

-2 types

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  1. specific phobias

2. social anxiety disorders

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10
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specific phobias

-ex

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if a dog bites you, you might be afraid of all dogs

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11
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social anxiety disorder

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fear of embarrassing yourself in public

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12
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panic disorders

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feels symptoms of a heart attack

  • spontaneous, abrupt
  • have to have recurrent panic attack for more than 1 month
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13
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agoraphobia

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fear that something is going to happen (panic attack) and person cannot get help

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14
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OCD

  • definition
  • 2 things involved
  • when do they emerge
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  • persistent unwanted fearful thoughts
    1. obsessions
      1. compulsions
  • before age 30
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15
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obsessions

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irrational thoughts

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16
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compulsions

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ritualistic behaviors

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17
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etiology of anxiety disorders: biological factors

  • evolutionary predisposition
  • anxiety sensitivity theory
  • neurochemical activity
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  • biological awareness
  • people might experience anxiety differently
  • GABA deficiency = anxiety (makes them more excitable)
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18
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dissociative disorders

  • definition
  • 3 types
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  • person loses contact with memory
    1. dissociative amnesia
      1. dissociative fugue
      2. dissociative identity disorder
19
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dissociative amnesia

  • definition
  • ex
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  • forgetting a specific event and everything surrounding it

- car crash, attack

20
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dissociative fugue

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person doesn’t know who they are so they leave the area

-experience generalized amnesia

21
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dissociative identity disorder

  • known as
  • definition
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  • split personality

- 2 or more personalities within an ind.

22
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types of amnesia

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  1. generalized
  2. continuous
  3. anterograde
23
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generalized amnesia

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forget event and anything before that

24
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continuous amnesia

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cannot make new memories after event

25
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anterograde amnesia

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from physical brain injury

26
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dissociative identity disorder

-4 types

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  1. mutually cognizant
  2. mutually amnesia
  3. one way amnesia
  4. switching
27
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mutually cognizant

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all of the personalities are aware of others

28
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mutually amnesia

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none of the personalities are aware of others

29
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one way amnesia

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some are aware of the personalities but not all

30
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switching

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going from one personality to another

31
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mood disorders

-2 types

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  • depressive

- bipolar

32
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depressive disorders

-3 types

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  1. major depression
  2. dysthymia
  3. seasonal affective disorder
33
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major depression

-symptoms

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  1. change in appetite
  2. change in sleep
  3. mood swings
  4. decrease involvement in activity
  5. feeling of overwhelming sadness
34
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major depression

  • characterized by
  • rule out
A
  • 1 major depressive episode

- any experience of mania

35
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dysthymia

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  • chronic mild form of major depression

- overwhelming sadness (2 years)

36
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seasonal affective disorder

  • deficiency in
  • occurs where
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  • vitamin D

- areas where there isn’t enough sunlight

37
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bipolar disorder

  • definition
  • 2 types
A
  • bouts of mania and bouts of depression (more depression)

- bipolar I and bipolar II

38
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mania

A

feeling elated, unstoppable (risky behavior)

39
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bipolar I

A

regular bipolar disorder

40
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bipolar II

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hypomania and depressive episodes

-not as intense and bipolar I

41
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schizophrenia

-6 processes

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  1. incoherence (makes no sense)
  2. neologisms (making up words)
  3. word salad
  4. loose associations
  5. clang associations (rhyming behavior)
  6. echolalia (repeating back what they heard)
42
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schizophrenia: content

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delusions, false beliefs

43
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delusions

  • definition
  • ex
A

false belief

-someone is after me

44
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hallucinations

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hear, smell, taste, see something that is not there

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