Chapter 10 Abnormal Psych Flashcards
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Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
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- Current version of the APA’s diagnostic and classification guidelines for mental disorders
- no treatment listings
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biopschosocial approach
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- abnormality is from interactions that are biological, psychological (behavior and cognitive), and sociocultural factors
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What is abnormal?
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- Deviant: most people aren’t doing that behavior (culture’s expectations)
- Distress: causing stress to others/themself
- Dysfunctional: not functioning
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vulnerability-stress model
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- biophysical explaination of schizophrenia
- says genetic, prenatal, and postnatal biological factors lead someone to be vulnerable to schizophrenia
- however, environmental stress determines whether it develops or not
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psychotic disorder
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- a disorder characterized by a loss of contract with reality
- unusual experiences or behaviors
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hallucinations
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- physiological
- auditory, visual, tactile
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delusions
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- distorted beliefs
- grandeur (they are G-d)
- persecution (others are out to get them)
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schizophrenia
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- psychoic disorder
- “split from reality”
9
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specific phobia
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such as to snakes, bugs, etc
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social phobia
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reading aloud in class, etc
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agoraphobia
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fear of spaces
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anhedonia
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can’d find pleasure in things
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panic disorder
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- an anxiety disorder
- not necessarily triggered by anything
- Treatment: face fear head on, mimicking symptoms of the panic disorder
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
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- worrying about everything
- has excessive anxiety for at least 6 months
- Treatment: thought-stopping
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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- fear of something
- knows their fear is illogical/irrational
- causes significant disruption/distress in the person’s daily life
