Chapter 14 Mental Illnesses Flashcards
Lost of interest in activities one used to enjoy
Anhedomia
What are the diagnonstic procedures for mental illness?
medical histor, techonological vizualization, family history, mental health exam, psychosocial history
Person is compulsive, are meticulous to a fault, are intolerant of others
Obsessive
Person has a low self image of themselves, doormat, no backbone, a personality disorder
Dependant
A shy person that want to belong. Personality disorder
Avoidant
Person who is self-absorbed, egocentric. Personality disorder
Narcissistic
A caregiver who is abusing a person because they want attention
Munchausen’s by proxy
Exaggerated, theatricaL, pathologcal liar. Having a Munchausen’s personality, wants attention
Histrionic
Person who is unstable, needy and clingy; a personality disorder
Borderline
Person has no regard for other people. disrespectful, manipulative. a personality disorder
Antisocial
Person who is hostile and suspicious. a personality disorder
Paranoid
A person who is cold, distant, withdrawn and isolated. a personality disorder
Schzoid
What are the 9 personality disorders?
Schzoid, paranoid, antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial
A persistant, inflexible pattern of behavior that affects interpersonal relationships
personality disorder
A neurological withdrawl. person has delusions, convulsions, and hallucinations
Delirium Tremens
They sudy abnormal and normal behavior
Psychologist
They diagnose and treat mental illness
Psychiatrist
A behavior that is conditioned through reinforcement
Emotional state
is our outward expression of the emotional state
affect
common with mental illness
co-mordid disorders
false beliefs
delusions
a mental disorder. a disconnect form reality. can be familial. apears in a person’s teens or 20’s
Schizophrenia
an unreal perception. no basis in reality
halucinations
what are the developmental disorders?
intellectual disability, autistic disorder, tic disorder dimentia
Causes of mental illness, there are 5
emotional state, environment, life changes, biological imbalance, isolation
physical limitation on cognition
intellectual disability
person demenstrates an extreme sensitivity and social limitation
autistic disorder
this a common tic disorder, characterized by patterns of motor and vocal tics
tourette’s syndrome
deficit in memory, language, or mood
dimentia
loss of language
aphasia
lose the ability to express language
Broca’s aphasia
Cannot understand written and spoken words
Wernicke’s aphasia
person has problem with reticular formation. the reticular formation is too weak (ovr-stimulated) treated with ritalin
attention deficit hyperactive disorder
