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Chapter 15 - Key Words Flashcards

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view of mental illness in which odd behaviour, hearing voices, or talking to oneself was attributed to evil spirits infesting the body.

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demonic model

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view of mental illness as due to a physical disorder requiring medical treatment

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medical model

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institution for people with mental illness created in the fifteenth century

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asylum

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approach to mental illness calling for dignity, kindness, and respect for those with mental illness

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moral treatment

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governmental policy in the 1960s and 1970s that focused on releasing hospitalized psychiatric patients into the community and closing mental hospitals

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deinstitutionalization

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scholars who argue that psychiatric diagnoses exert powerful negative effects on people’s perceptions and behaviours

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labelling theorists

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diagnostic system containing the American Psychiatric Association (APA) criteria for mental disorders

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DSM - diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

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Percentage of people within a population who have a specific mental disorder

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prevalence

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co-occurence of two or more diagnoses within the same person

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comorbidity

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model in which a mental disorder differs from normal functioning in kind rather than degree

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categorical model

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model in wihch a mental disorder differs from normal functioning in degree rather than kind

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dimensional model

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legal defence proposing that people shouldn’t be held legally accountable for their actions if they weren’t of sound mind when committing them

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insanity defence

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procedure of placing some people with mental illness in a psychiatric hospital or other facility based on their potential danger to themselves or others, or their inability to care for themselves

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involuntary commitment

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Condition marked by physical symptoms that suggest an underlying medical illness, but that are actually psychological in origin

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somatic symptom disorder

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an individual’s continual preoccupation with the notion that he or she has a serious physical disease

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illness anxiety disorder

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continual feelings of worry, anxiety, physical tension, and irritability across many areas of life functioning

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GAD

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brief, intense episode of extreme fear, characterized by sweating, dizziness, light-headedness, racing heartbeat, and feelings or impending death or going crazy

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panic attack

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repeated and unexpected panic attacks, along with either persistent concerns about future attacks or a change in personal behaviour in an attempt to avoid them

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panic disorder

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Intense fear of an object or situation that’s greatly out of proportion to its actual threat

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phobia

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fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or embarassing, or in which help is unavailable in the event of a panic attack

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agoraphobia

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intense fear of objects, places, or situations that is greatly out of proportion to their actual threat

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specific phobia

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intense fear of negative evaluation in social situations

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social anxiety disorder

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marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event

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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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OCD

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persistent idea, thought, or impulse that is unwanted and inappropriate, causing marked distress

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obsession

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repetitive behaviour or mental act performed to reduce or prevent stress

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compulsion

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fear of anxiety-related situations

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anxiety-sensitivity

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state in which a person experiences a lingering depressed mood or diminished interest in pleasurable activities, along with symptoms that include weight loss and sleep difficulties

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major depressive episode

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Theory that depression is caused by negative beliefs and expectations

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Cognitive model of depression

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tendency to feel helpless in the face of events we cannot control

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learned helplessness

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Experience marked by dramatically elevated mood, decreased need for sleep, increased energy, inflated self-esteem, increased talkativeness, and irresponsible behaviour

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manic episode

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condition marked by a history of at least one manic episode

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bipolar disorder

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condition in which personality traits, appearing first in adolescence, are inflexible, stable, expressed in a wide variety of situations, and lead to distress or impairment

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personality disorder

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condition marked by extreme instability in mood, identity, and impulse control

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borderline personality disorder

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condition marked by superficial charm, dishonesty, manipulativeness, self-centredness, and risk taking

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psychopathic personality

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Condition marked by a lengthy history of irresponsible and/or illegal actions

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antisocial personality disorder

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condition involving disruptions in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception

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dissociative disorder

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condition marked by multiple episodes of depersonalization

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depersonalizatoin/derealization disorder

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

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dissociative amnesia

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sudden, unexpected travel away from home or the workplace, accompanied by amnesia for significant life events

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dissociative fugue

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condition characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states that recurrently take control of the person’s behaviour

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DID

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severe disorder of thought and emotion associated with a loss of contact with reality

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schizophrenia

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strongly held, fixed belief that has no basis in reality

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delusion

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psychological problem reflecting serious distortions in reality

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psychotic symptoms

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sensory perception that occurs in the absence of an external stimulus

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hallucination

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motor problem, including extreme resistance to complying with simple suggestions, holding the body in bizarre or rigid postures, or curling up in a fetal position

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catatonic symptom

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perspective proposing that mental disorders area a joint product of a genetic vulnerability, called a diathesis, and stressors that trigger this vulnerability

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diathesis-stress model

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DSM-5 category that includes autistic disorder and Asperger’s syndrome.

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autism spectrum disorder

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childhood condition marked by excessive inattention, impulsivity, and activity

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ADHD

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