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Chapter 15 - Abnormal Psych - Exam 4 Flashcards

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1
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What are the 5 types of abnormal psych issues

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Cultural relativism(standards/rules)
Unusualness
Discomfort - Emotional Distress
Mental Illness - Diagnostic Label
Maladaptive - Harmful
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Is Insanity a mental health term

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no!

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What is necessary to be legally insane?

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cant Tell right vs wrong

no control over behavior

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What % of people will experience some form of mental illness at some point during their lives?

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25% - US has highest rate in survey of 14 countries but we also have a higher % of mental health practitioners

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What was the supernatural model?

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Middle Ages - Posession - mental illness was the result of evil deeds and sins - god’s punishment

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What was the biological model

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16th to 18th century - mental illness result of internal malfunctions in the body. Caused by disease, balancing +- forces and problems with basic humors of the body

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What was the psychological model

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18th century - mental illness is a maladaptive behavior learned from social and cultural influences

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What do the various people think the psychiological model is caused from

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FREUD - unconscious
WATSON - Behaviorism (environment)
ELLIS - Cognitive (thoughts)
ROGERS - Humanistic, free will - doesn;t believe in DSM

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What are the 5 Axis’s of the DSM

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I - Symptoms
II - Personality factors / Developmental
III - Medical History
IV - Recent Stressors
V - Highest level of functioning (number from 0-99) global assessment.
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What was Rosenhan’s Experiment

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Normal people admitted with schizophrenia - words were empty hollow and thud.

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What are 3 problems with the DSM

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Improper diagnosis
Labeling
Self Fulfilling prophecy

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What 3 disorders are in cluster A

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

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What 4 disorders are in cluster B

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Antisocial personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Histrionic
Narcissistic

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What 3 disorders are in cluster C

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Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive Compulsive PERSONALITY DISORDER (NOT OCD)

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What is Schizoid?

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Loner - doesn’t care about others, indifferent

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What is schizotypal?

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symptoms that resemble schizophrenia - odd personality - Kramer from seinfeld

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What is Antisocial personality disorder

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sociopath, psychopath, serial killers, over age 18 - more males. No remorse or conscience

18
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What is borderline personality disorder

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Pattern of instability - more females - recurrent suicide attempts gestures, ideation

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What is histrionic

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drama queen

20
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What is Obsessive Compulsive PD

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pattern of perfection and inflexibility. NOT OCD

21
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What are the different types of anxiety disorders

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OCD - pervasive thoughts and compulsions
PTSD - flashbacks
GAD (Generalized anxiety disorder) - consistent, worry wort

22
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how many weeks of symptoms are required to diagnose major depression

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2 weeks

23
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What is SAD

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Seasonal Affective disorder - lack of blue light waves causes depression in some individuals

24
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What is a somatoform disorder

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Physical symptoms caused by psychological problems - conversion disorder (problem converted to body) and Hypochondriacs

25
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What is a dissociative disorder?

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Splitting off - NOT SCHIZOPHRENIA

Loss of part of identity / memory

26
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What is amnesia

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Loss of memory following PSYCHOLOGICAL trauma - Fugue = new identity

27
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What is DID (dissociative identity disorder)

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multiple personalities - possibly after child abuse and incest - maintains contact with reality

28
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What are psychotic disorders

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Extreme and incurable mental dysfunction

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What is schizophrenia

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loss of contact with reality. Extreme disturbance in perception thoughts and mood

30
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What are the symptoms of schizophrenia

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Delusions
Hallucinations
Word Salads
Echolalia (repeating back)
Emotional abnormality
Withdrawal (asocial)
31
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What are the 3 types of schizophrenia

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Disorganized - thinking and emotional mildest
Catatonic - most severe
Paranoid - most dangerous

32
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What is NOS

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Not otherwise specified - can apply to any disorder

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