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Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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Psychological Disorder

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Condition characterized abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

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Psychopathology

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Study of psychological disorders including their symptoms, etiology.

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Atypical

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Deviates from norm in someway; abnormal, does not make something disordered

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Distressful

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Person with disorder is upset with what’s happening

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Dysfunctional (Harmful Dysfunction)

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Causes problems in normal functioning

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Culture and Disorder

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What is Considered disordered in one population might not be considered disordered in another population

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Culture Disorders

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Some disorders only happen in some countries

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Males Disorder: Koro

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Penis/Scrotus being sucked into their bodies

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APA Psychological Disorder Definition

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Significant Disorder in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Biological, psychological, or development dysfunction
Significant distress or disability in ones life

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

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The 5th edition had 297. Now there’s 237.

There was more emphasis and on culture in the past.

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Diagnostic Criteria / Diagnostic Features

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Overview of Disorder / Specific Symptoms required for diagnosis

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Prevalence Information

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Percent of population is thought to be afflicted with the disorder risk factors associated with disorder

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Comorbidity

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Cooccurrence of 2 disorders

Example: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Major Depression Disorder- 41 %of pupilarion

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International Classification of Diseases ( ICD )

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Published by World Health Organization (WHO)
After WW2
ICD AND DSM COME TOGETHER
Disorders represent extremes of inner experiences and behavior, we experience some of these as part of normal life

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SuperNatural Perspective

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Disorders attributed to forces behind scientific understanding

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Biological Perspective

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Disorders linked to biological phenomena ( genetic factors, chemical imbalances, and brain abnormalities)

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Biomedical Model

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Mental Illness: Disease where the cause can be Identified, and thus can be treated

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Diathesis-Stress Model

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Emphasizes importance of learning, stress, faulty and self defeating thinking patterns , and environmental factors

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