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Chapter 11 - Abnormal Psychology Flashcards

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Prevalence of MI

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Prevalence
Point prevalence
-How common is a mental illness over a discreet period of time (1 yr)
=26% met criteria for mental illness

Lifetime prevalent

  • What percentage of people will be diagnosed with one over their life
  • 46%
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Etiology

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Etiology

What is the cause of something

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Prognosis

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Prognosis

Why’s is the long term outcome of this

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Egosyntonic v egodystonic

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Egodystonic
Recognizing symptoms as not part of who you are

Egosyntonic
Symptoms are really who you are are a part of you.

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M v W

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M
Substance abuse (4x), autism
W
Depression (2x) anxiety (3x) eating disorders

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Defining mental disorder (2 things)

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Defining mental disorder

Cluster of symptoms
-The symptoms have to occur for a period of time

Functional (behavior)
-Does the illness keep your from functioning properly

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Perspectives on psychological disorders (5)

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Medical

Behavioral

Sociocultural

  • Cultural general
  • Cultural specific

Cognitive

Diathesis/stress

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Perspectives on psychological disorders (5)

Medical

Behavioral

Sociocultural

  • Cultural general
  • Cultural specific

Cognitive

Diathesis/stress

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Medical
-Disorders have biological bases, may be linked to vervain areas of the brain

Behavioral
-Can be the result of conditioning and learning

Sociocultural
-Cultural general
Some disorders exist in all cultures (depression)
-Cultural specific
Disorders that only occurred specific cultures

Cognitive
-Same event can lead to different psychological reactions based on people’s thinking

Diathesis/stress
-People have biologically predisposition vulnerability to psychological disorder, but stress makes this order appear

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DSM

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DSM

Diagnostic and statistical manual, fifth edition

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DSM-IV

5 axes

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DSM-IV
Axis one – all clinical disorders
Axis two – personality disorders
Axis III – physical/medical problems
Axis four – psychological/environmental problems
Axis five – global assessment of functioning scale of 0 to 100

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DSM-V changes

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DSM-V changes

  • Multi axial system removed
  • Dimensional assessment introduced
  • Thinking about disorders on a continuum, not just diagnosed or not
  • Reorganized of the disorders
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Cons of DSM

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Cons of DSM

Overpathologizes

Overlap of systems
-Comorbidity: More likely to be diagnosed with multiples

Creates a stigma - labeling people, bad media

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Anxiety Disorders: 5 types

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Anxiety disorders
-Overwhelming fear and avoidance

Specific phobia

Social anxiety disorder

GAD

Agoraphobia

Panic disorder

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Specific phobia

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Specific phobia

Afraid of specific situations or objects

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Social anxiety disorder

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Social anxiety disorder

  • Specific social situation fear
  • Fear of negative evaluation
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GAD

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GAD
General anxiety disorder
Free flowing anxiety

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Agoraphobia

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Agoraphobia
People are afraid of being in places where escape is dificult
End up being housebound

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Panic disorder

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Panic disorder

Pattern of having panic attacks

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PTSD

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PTSD

Has a specific trigger
React to traumatic experiences direct/observed

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OCD

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Obsessions and compulsions

Obsessions:
Recurring intrusive thought that you can’t get off your mind

Compulsions
Repetitive behavior undos it
Negative reinforcement

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Body dismorphia disorder

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Body dismorphia disorder
Believe a part or while ob them is ugly

Two big things are mirror, asking others

BDD by proxy
Obsessed with another’s bad appearance

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Etiology of MI’s (5)

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Etiology

Genetic

Cognitive
-People with disorders interpret things differently

Preparedness
We are biologically prepared based on evolutionary history to fear things

Conditioning
We condition to fear things

Learning
Two factor theory
Take something neutral it bites you now you associate dog with pain

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Two types of depression

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Depression
Major depression disorder
At least two weeks most of the say

Symptoms
-Mood, Loss of interest, Appetite, Sleep, Psychomotor activity, Fatigue, Thoughts of death,

Persistent depression disorder/Dysthymia
-Chronic low level depression lasting long time
Similar symptoms less severe
Almost like personality disorder

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Two theories of depression and neurotransmitter

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Cognitive theory
-Partially covered by how you view a situation (“automatic thoughts”)
-Your immediate thoughts impact mood
Basically related to core beliefs about yourself

Related to serotonin neurotransmitter

Interpersonal/social activity theory of depression
-Less likely to be active, so less likely to experience fun, maintains depression

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Mood Dissorders: 6 types

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Depression

Mania

Bipolar

Schitzophrenia

Anorexia

Bulimia

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Manic/Mania

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Manic/Mania
Presence of abnormally elevated expansive mood

  • Racing thoughts
  • Grandiosity
  • Less sleep
  • Pressured speech
  • Distracts easily
  • Increase goal directed
  • Increased involvement in pleasure activity with high risk
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Schizophrenia

Symptoms

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Schizophrenia
Symptoms

Hallucinations
-Sensory experiences without having sensory input

Delusions
-Odd beliefs not in touch with reality

Thought disorder

Impaired social functioning

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Schizophrenia

Positive v negative symptoms

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Positive v negative symptoms

Positives: Present in people with schizophrenia but not in normal people

Negatives: Behaviors that are present in normal that aren’t in schizophrenia

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Anhedonia

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Anhedonia (two types: pleasure in moment, anticipatory: pleasure in future no enjoyment, amortization, flat affect

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Schizophrenia:

Causal factors

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Causal factors:

Genetics
-1% of pop has schitzo

Neurotransmitter
-Dopamine: either too much or the sensors are too sensitive

Neurological problems

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Anorexia nervosa

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Anorexia nervosa
-Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a Minimal weight for age and height

  • Restrict food intake/purge
  • Caused by starvation
  • Low body temperature
  • Low blood pressure
  • Reduced bone density
  • Slow heart rate
  • Lanugo hair
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Bulimia nervosa

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Bulimia nervosa

Recurrent episodes of binge eating with the following:

  • Lack of eating control during episode
  • Eating within a time period that is much larger than most

Recurrent compensatory in order to prevent weight gain
Purging, laxatives, exercise, etc

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Bulimia nervosa

Two types

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Two types

Purging type
-Regularly engage in vomiting laxatives etc

Non purging
-Fasting or excessive exercise

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