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CHAPTER 13 PT 2 Flashcards

1
Q

The _____ Model: mental illness attributed to
evil spirits, use of exorcisms, witch hunting

A

Demonic Model

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The _____ model: mental illness is a physical
disorder, use of asylums, bloodletting

A

Medical model

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3
Q

Modern Era Mental health conceptions: 1950s onward, use of
medication, therapy, research-based
approaches
TRUE OR FALSE

A

TRUE

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4
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Diagnostic System containing criteria for mental disorders

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DSM-5

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5
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THE APA is the ____________

A

American Psychiatric Association (APA)

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6
Q

THE DSM-5 Diagnoses, High level of comorbidity (2+ disorders at
once. TRUE / FALSE

A

TRUE

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7
Q

If a person commits a crime while suffering from a
serious mental illness they may bring a claim of

A

Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental
Disorder (NCRMD)

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8
Q

This assessment is used for psychopathology but has LOW FACE VALIDITY

A

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory (MMPI)

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9
Q

What disorder has symptoms such as: Continual
feelings of worry, anxiety, physical
tension, and irritability about many areas
of life

A

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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What disorder has symptoms such as: Repeated, unexpected panic attacks,
along with persistent concerns about future attacks
and/or change in personal behavior to avoid them

A

Panic disorder

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11
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brief, intense episodes of extreme fear
characterized by sweating, dizziness, lightheadedness,
racing heartbeat, and feelings of impending death

A

Panic Attack

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12
Q

Intense fear of an object or situation that’s
greatly out of proportion to its actual threat; severe,
restricts life and/or causes significant distress is known as a _________

A

Phobia

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13
Q

fear of being in a place from which
escape is difficult or embarrassing, or in which
help is unavailable

A

Agoraphobia

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14
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intense fear of negative
evaluation in social situations

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Social Anxiety

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15
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marked emotional disturbance after experiencing
or witnessing a severely stressful event

A

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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16
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develops out of longer term, chronic forms of traumatic stressors
(violent relationships, abuse, ongoing environmental harms)

A

Complex PTSD

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Condition marked by
repeated and lengthy (at least one hour per day)
immersion in obsessions, compulsions, or both

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder

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18
Q

persistent ideas, thoughts, or impulses that
are unwanted and inappropriate and cause marked
distress

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Obsessions

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19
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repetitive behaviour or mental act
performed to reduce or prevent stress

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Compulsions

20
Q

Ways Anxiety Disorders can occur cognitively

A

Learning model: We learn fears by observing others or by hearing
misinformation
Catastrophic thinking - predicting terrible events despite low probability
Anxiety sensitivity – a fear of anxiety-related symptoms

21
Q

Ways Anxiety Disorders can occur biologically.

A

Twin studies show high genetic component to anxiety disorders and
neuroticism
Anxiety is correlated with trait neuroticism and may involve the same genes
Brain activity and neurotransmitters

22
Q

depressed mood or loss of
interest in previously enjoyable activities, changes to
sleep, eating/appetite, concentration

A

Major depressive disorder

23
Q

low level
depression of at least two years duration; low energy,
poor appetite, hopelessness, depressed mood

A

Dysthymia

24
Q

mental disorder characterized by extreme
swings between major depressive episodes and manic
episodes

A

Bipolar disorder

25
Q

elevated mood, lowered need for sleep, high
energy, talkativeness, inflated self-esteem, euphoria, risky
and impulsive irresponsible behaviour

A

Manic episodes

26
Q

Bipolar Disorder has a strong genetic component TRUE / FALSE

A

TRUE

27
Q

less severe extremes in depressive and manic
phases (hypomanic)

A

Cyclothymia

28
Q

depressive episode that
occurs within a month after childbirth (15% of
mothers)

A

Postpartum depression

29
Q

serious depressive symptoms, anger, anxiety, and self-
harming feelings in the week prior to menstruation

A

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

30
Q

depressive episodes
that display a seasonable pattern, most often
occurring in fall/winter and improving in spring

A

Seasonal affective disorder

31
Q

tendency to feel helpless
in situations we believe we cannot control

A

Learned Helplessness

32
Q

depression is caused by negative
beliefs and expectations (TRUE/FALSE)

A

TRUE: Cognitive Model

33
Q

instability in mood, identity, and impulse control, often highly self-destructive

A

Borderline Personality Disorder

34
Q

impulsivity, irritability, deceitful, irresponsibility
Reckless behaviour, risk-taking, repeated criminal acts
Disregard for norms, conventions, courtesy
Aggression, hostility, violence toward others

A

Antisocial Personality Disorder

35
Q

Marked by LACK OF EMPATHY, remorse, guilt
Low, shallow emotional life
Charming, likeable, manipulative, dishonest, parasitic, crue

A

Psychopathy

36
Q

multiple incidents of feeling
detachment (like you’re observing yourself). Can include
derealization – sense that the external world is unreal.

A

Depersonalization disorder

37
Q

inability to recall important personal
information—most often related to a stressful
experience—that can’t be explained by ordinary
forgetfulness

A

Dissociative amnesia

38
Q

sudden, unexpected travel away from
home or the workplace, accompanied by amnesia

A

Dissociative fugue

39
Q

Characterized by presence of two or more distinct identities (alters), each with unique
traits and differences

A

Dissociative Identity Disorder (Formerly Multiple Personality Disorder)

40
Q

Severe disorder of thought and emotion associated with
a loss of contact with reality; disturbances in attention,
thinking, language, emotion, and relationships

A

Schizophrenia

41
Q

Schizophrenic people experience
1. ___________: strongly held fixed beliefs with no basis in
reality
2. _______: psychological symptoms reflecting distortions
in reality
3. _________: sensory perceptions that occur without
external stimuli
4. __________: disorganized speech (word salad),
echolalia (repeating speech)
5. _________: motor problems – holding body in
rigid position, curling up, withdrawal of speech and
communication

A

Delusions: strongly held fixed beliefs with no basis in
reality
Psychosis: psychological symptoms reflecting distortions
in reality
Hallucinations: sensory perceptions that occur without
external stimuli
Speech disturbances: disorganized speech (word salad),
echolalia (repeating speech)
Catatonic symptoms: motor problems – holding body in
rigid position, curling up, withdrawal of speech and
communication

42
Q

Etiology is the study of

A

cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.

43
Q

Schizophrenias origins are thought to be explained through.

A

Diathesis-stress model: Genetic vulnerability
and stressors together produce illness

44
Q

Symptoms appear in early development,
persistent challenges with social
communication, restricted interests, and
repetitive behaviours

A

Autism
Spectrum
Disorder
(ASD)

45
Q

Two main Types of AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

A

Category A:
Social/communication
▪Deficits in social-emotional
reciprocity
▪Deficits in non-verbal
communication
▪Deficits in developing
/maintaining relationships
▪Discomfort with eye contact
Category B:
Restrictive/repetitive behaviour
▪Repetitive motor behavior,
speech (stims)
▪Inflexibility, rigidity, rituals
▪Highly restricted, fixated
interests
▪Hyper/hypo reactive to
sensory inpu

46
Q

Inattention, restlessness, impulsivity, emotion
regulation
Difficulties with adjustment at school, with
friends, may engage in risky behaviour
Independent of intelligence

A

Attention-
Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder

47
Q

The two types of ADHD are:

A

Two subtypes:
A) inattentive
B) hyperactive

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