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psychological disorders

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syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological biological or developmental processes underlying mental functioning

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biopsychosocial model

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social conditions: environments, cultural influence, family relations, social support

biological characteristics: genetic predisposition, exposure to germ, brain and nervous system development

psychological factors: thoughts/action, lifestyle, stress, health

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evidence based practice

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  • began in medicine and spread to psychotherapy and other helping professions
  • combined personal experience of the clinician, the best scientific evidence and a consideration of patient values and expectations to tailor scientifically valid treatments to the individual
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comorbidity

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Two or more disorders in the same individual.

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abnormal behaviour

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behaviour must interfere with at least one important aspect of the persons life

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diathesis stress model

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combination of both genetics, childhood, family, and stress that determines how likely someone is to develop a mental disorder

  • A model that suggests that the experience of stress interacts with an individual’s pre-existing vulnerability to produce a psychological disorder.
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psychoanalytic therapy

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  • bringing unconscious struggles into consciousness (free association, dream analysis)
  • increase understanding of their own psychological processes
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psychodynamic therapy

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  • in-depth form of talk therapy based on the theories and principles of psychoanalysis

-But psychodynamic therapy is less focused on the patient-therapist relationship

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person/client centered therapy

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  • encourage personal growth through self understanding - congruence
  • safe and comfortable setting, empathy, reflective listening
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cognitive behavioural therapy

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  • modify maladaptive thought patterns
  • challenge or dispute thoughts
  • recognizing automatic thoughts
  • identify cognitive distortions
  • replace with healthy more functional thoughts
  • correct faulty thinking and change maladaptive behaviours

anxiety and mood disorders treated well

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psychotropic medication

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drugs that affect mental processes

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pharmacotherapy

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medical treatment by means of drugs.

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neurodevelopmental disorders

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affect the development of the nervous system leading to abnormal brain function which may affect emotion, learning, self control and memory

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autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

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A disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behaviour.

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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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A disorder characterized by either unusual inattentiveness, hyperactivity with impulsivity, or both.

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schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

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  • alterations in perceptions, emotions, thoughts or consciousness
  • paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, residual type
  • A disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thought and speech, disorders of movement, restricted affect, and avolition or asociality.
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positive symptoms

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  • excesses in behaviour
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negative symptoms

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deficits in functioning:
- isolation, withdrawal, apathy, blunted emotion, slowed and monotonous speech

  • more difficult to treat
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mood disorders

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affect emotionally

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major depressive disorder

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  • 7% of the adult population yearly
  • more common in young adults and women
  • diagnosis requires presence of depressed mood and/or anhedonia along with other physical or cognitive symptoms (appetite, sleep disturbance, loss of energy, difficulty concentrating, feelings of worthlessness, death thoughts)
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depressive attributional style

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attribute failures to internal, global, stable causes

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cognitive triad

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-negative views about the world

-negative views about the future

-negative views about oneself

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bipolar disorder

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A mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of mania and depression.

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mania/manic episode

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elevated mood, increases activity, diminished need for sleep, grandiose ideas, racing thoughts, extreme distractibility

  • A period of unrealistically elevated mood.
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electroconvulsive therapy
small electric currents are passed through the brain, intentionally triggering a brief seizure. ECT seems to cause changes in brain chemistry that can quickly reverse symptoms of certain mental health conditions.
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deep brain stimulation
implanting electrodes in the brain and delivering a mild electrical current to a specific part of your brain.
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anxiety disorder
excessive anxiety in the absence of true danger - autonomic system arousal - worry/anxiety/tenseness - restlessness - excessive startle response - A disorder featuring anxiety that is not proportional to a person’s circumstances.
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generalized anxiety disorder
- hypervigilance: fatigue, irritability, headaches - A disorder characterized by excessive anxiety and worry that is not correlated with particular objects or situations.
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specific phobia
Fears of objects other than those associated with agoraphobia or social anxiety disorder.
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panic disorder
A disorder characterized by repeated panic attacks and fear of future attacks.
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agoraphobia
Unrealistic fear of open spaces, being outside the home alone, or being in a crowd.
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social anxiety disorder
A disorder characterized by an unrealistic fear of being scrutinized and criticized by others.
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obsessive compulsive disorder
involves frequent intrusive thoughts and or compulsive actions : anticipate catastrophe and loss of control
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obsessions
recurrent, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts or ideas or mental images; include fear of contamination, of accidents, or ones aggression - An intrusive, distressing thought.
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compulsions
particular acts that one feels driven to perform over and over; cleaning checking and counting - Repetitive, ritualistic behaviour associated with high anxiety.
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stigma
- one big barrier to treatment is the fear of being judged or discriminated against - certain mental health issues are more stigmatized than others
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stereotypes
- incurable - violent and dangerous people - behave in bizarre ways and are different from normal people
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biomedical model
- mental disorders are brain diseases and emphasizes pharmacological treatment to target presumed biological abnormalities - not the fault of the person
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assessment
involves examining a person mental state in order to diagnose and treat disorders
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treatment
interactions between practitioner and client/patient - increased understanding of causes of disorder does not necessarily lead to effective treatment
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psychotherapy
any psychological service provided by a trained professional that primarily uses forms of communication and interaction to assess, diagnose, and treat dysfunctional emotional reactions, ways of thinking, and behaviour pattern
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aaron beck
father of CBT
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behaviour therapy
- modify maladaptive behaviour and the environments that trigger them (reconditioning) - systematic desensitization (fear hierarchy, relaxation training, exposure therapy)
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anxiolytics
treatment of anxiety - benzodiazepines increases GABA activity
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antidepressants
SSRI increase serotonin levels
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antipsychotics
block dopamine, reduce positive symptoms of schizophrenia
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delusions
false personal beliefs based on incorrect inferences about reality
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hallucinations
false sensory experiences - A false perception.
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disorganized speech
loosening of associations; speech pattern in which thoughts are disorganized or meaningless
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disorganized behaviour
disorganizes or abnormal motor behaviour (catatonia)
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schizophrenia biological and environmental factors
- genetic component - structural and functional differences in the brain - frontal lobe dysfunction - environmental stress - socioeconomic status, prenatal environment - drug use (THC)
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schizophrenia treatment
- pharmacological are most effective - neuroleptics revolutionized schizo treatment - significant side effects: tardive dyskinesia - atypical (second gen) antipsychotics : clozapine which has lower risk of motor impairment - little to no effect on negative symptoms long term
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causes of depression
- caused by learned helplessness - depressive attributional style - heritability of depression is around 40% : genes affecting serotonin function or genes affecting circadian rhythm - experience severe stress
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depression treatment
- antidepressants - CBT - phototherapy - aerobic exercise - ECT : electroconvulsive therapy - deep brain stimulation
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causes of anxiety
- cognitive factors - attention to an perception of threat - ambiguous stimuli - interpretation of bodily sensations (panic disorder) - genetics - inhibited temperamental style - fear circuitry dysfunction (amygdala, prefrontal cortex)
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treatment of anxiety
- anxiolytics (xanax - increase gaba) - CBT - exposure therapy
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causes of OCD
- strong genetic - classical and operant conditioning process - anxiety paired with event (CC), behaviour linked with relief (OC)

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