Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders

Question 1

What are unipolar mood disorders and bipolar mood disorders? What is the difference? (2)

Answer 1

Unipolar: experiences only episodes of depression
Bipolar: experiences mania and often also depression

Question 2

What fall under unipolar mood disorders? (2)

Answer 2

-major depressive disorder
-dysthymia

Question 3

What falls under bipolar mood disorders? (3)

Answer 3

-Bipolar 1
-Bipolar 2
-cyclothymia

Question 4

What is dysthymia?

Answer 4

-depression that is less severe but lasts longer

Question 5

What is cyclothymia?

Question 6

What is Bipolar 1?

Answer 6

-based more on manic episodes than depression, experience more intense mood swings

Question 7

What is bipolar 2?

Answer 7

-less extreme mood swings called hypomania

Question 8

How can you remember how all the different schizophrenia spectrum disorders are related?

Answer 8

-as symptoms increase, the word has an increasing number of letter

Question 9

What are positive symptoms? What are negative? (2)

Answer 9

-presence of problematic behaviours
-absence of normal functions

Question 10

What are the delusions and associated belief options? (6)

Answer 10

Persecutory: belief that others are persecuting, spying on them.
Referential: belief that objects, events or people have particular significance to one
Grandiose: great power, knowledge
Identity: belief you are someone else, Jesus Christ
Guilt: belief you have committed a terrible sin
Control: belief that ones thoughts and behaviours are being controlled by external forces

Question 11

What are the features of a personality disorder?

Answer 11

-early onset
-stability
-pervasive
-clinically significant maladaption

Question 12

What are cluster A, B and C disorders characterized by? (3)

Answer 12

A: odd or eccentric
B: dramatic, emotional or erratic
C: anxious or fearful

Question 13

What are the characteristics of Cluster A, Paranoid disorder?

Answer 13

-distrust and suspiciousness of people

Question 14

What are the characteristics of cluster A Schizoid?

Answer 14

-lack of emotions (flat affect) and lack of desire to have social relationships

Question 15

What are the characteristics of cluster A Schizotypal?

Answer 15

-peculiarities of thought (magical thinking), emotionally detatched and socially withdrawn

Question 16

What are the characteristics of cluster B, antisocial?

Answer 16

-inability to respect the rights of others, irresponsible or unlawful behaviour that violates social norms

Question 17

What are the characteristics of cluster B, borderline?

Answer 17

-intense and unstable emotions and personal relationships, chronic anger, self-harm, fear of being abandoned

Question 18

What are the characteristics of cluster B, histrionic?

Answer 18

-excessive emotionality and attention seeking, inappropriate sexual or seductive behaviour

Question 19

What are the characteristics of cluster B, narcissistic?

Answer 19

-grandiose, need for admiration, lack of empathy

Question 20

What are the characteristics of cluster C, avoidant?

Answer 20

-avoidant of interpersonal contact because of risk of rejection, fear of criticism

Question 21

What are the characteristics of cluster C, dependent?

Answer 21

-need for others to take responsibility for major areas of life; feeling helpless without others

Question 21

What is social phobia?

Answer 21

-participant fear of being in a public situation

Question 22

What is the difference between OCPD and OCD?

Answer 22

-OCPD is about perfectionism and is a personality disorder, whereas OCD is an anxiety disorder

Question 23

What are the five core components of dissociative disorder?

Answer 23

-amnesia, derealization, identity confusion, depersonalization, identity alteration

Question 24

What is dissociative fugue?

Answer 24

-amnesic state where you assume a new identity and are unable to recall your previous identity and then you wake up in an unknown place