Chapter 15 - Psychological Disorders

Question 1

DSM

Answer 1

system containing the American Psychiatric Association criteria for mental disorders

Question 2

Prevalence

Answer 2

amount of people in a population that have a mental illness

Question 3

Co-morbidity

Answer 3

the diagnoses of 2 or more psychological disorders at the same time

Question 4

Categorical model

Answer 4

disorder is either present or it’s not (DSM)

Question 5

Dimensional model

Answer 5

there can be levels of a disorder (non-DSM)

Question 6

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 6

continuous feelings of worry, anxiety or physical tension; harms normal bodily functioning

Question 7

Panic disorder

Answer 7

repeated and unexpected panic attacks, concerned about a future attack and tries to avoid situations in which they can happen

Question 8

Phobia

Answer 8

an intense fear about something that is greatly out of proportion of it’s actual threat

Question 9

Social anxiety disorder

Answer 9

fear of negative evaluation in social situations

Question 10

OCD

Answer 10

marked by repeated and lengthy immersion in obsessions or compulsions or both

Question 11

Catastrophizing

Answer 11

making small things into a big deal (eg, going to die by opening the door)

Question 12

Catastrophizing

Answer 12

making small things into a big deal (eg, going to die by opening the door)

Question 13

Major depressive episode - highly related to suicide

Answer 13

person experiences long depressed mood and it affects amount of pleasurable activities, appetite, weight

Question 14

Learned helplessness

Answer 14

feel helpless in events we can’t control

Question 15

Bipolar disorder (most genetically influenced) - highly related to suicide

Answer 15

switching between depressive and manic moods

Question 16

Major suicide risk factors

Answer 16

1. Depression
2. Hopelessness
3. Substance abuse
4. Schizophrenia
5. Homosexuality

Question 17

Borderline personality disorder

Answer 17

extreme instability in mood, identity, and impulse control

Question 18

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Answer 18

the presence of 2 or more personality states that take control of a person’s behaviour

Question 19

Schizophrenia

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Schizophrenia

Answer 20

severe disorder of thought and emotion associated with a loss of contact with reality; passed on genetically

Question 21

Catatonic schizophrenia

Answer 21

Waxy flexibility, echolalia

Question 22

Paranoid schizophrenia

Answer 22

Delusions of persecution

Question 23

Disorganized schizophrenia

Answer 23

illogical, incoherent thoughts and speech; flat or inappropriate emotion

Question 24

Classical Conditioning

Answer 24

how phobias develop

Question 25

Operant Conditioning

Answer 25

how phobias are maintained