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Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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3 aspects of abnormal / disordered behaviour

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Infrequent / deviates trim culturally accepted norms

Maladaptive

Personally distressful

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Maladaptive

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Interferes with ability to function normally in everyday life

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Personally distressful

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Individual is stressed or troubled

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It is a combination of _____ / ______ behaviours

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Abnormal / disordered

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Disorders across cultures

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Disorders are present across all cultures and regions

Depression and anxiety is usually most common

Some disorders are more common in one culture than others

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Schizophrenia means

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The split mind

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Schizophrenia is characterized by

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Disturbances in thought, processes, and emotions

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Positive symptoms

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Things present that are usually not normally present

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Delusions

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Abnormal thoughts

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Hallucinations

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Distorted perceptions

Hearing voices

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Disorganized speech

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Positive symptom

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Unusual behaviour

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Positive behaviour

Such as twisting hair

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Negative symptoms

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Things are not present when they should be

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The flat effect

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Little or no emotional reaction

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Lack of engagement in normal activities

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Negative symptom

Doesn’t bath, dress, make social connections

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Supernatural theories of mental illnesses

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Attribute disorders to possession, the gods!

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Example of supernatural theory

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Trephination

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Trephination

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Drilling holes in the skull to release evil sprits

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Somatogenic theories of psych disorders

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Attribute them to disruptions in physical functioning

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Examples of somatogenic theory’s

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Ilness, genetics, brain damage

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Dopamine hypothesis

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Schizophrenia involves an excess of dopamine

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Symptoms of schizophrenia can be reduced with

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Antagonists

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Neauroanatomy

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Means structures of the brain

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Schizophrenia patients show less activity in

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The frontal lobe

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Summary of somatogenic theories

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Genetics play a role

Genetics don’t completely explain psychothapy

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Anxiety disorders

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Generalized anxiety disorder

Panic disorder

Phobic disorder

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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Excessive worrying, free floating anxiety

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GAD must last for

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At least 6 months

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Physical symptoms of GAD

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Muscle tension
Fatigue
Difficult sleep

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How to reduce GAD

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Benzodiazepines

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Panic disorder

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Sudden panic attacks occurs, often without warning or apparent cause

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Panic disorder time and other disorders

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A person must experience anxiety and avoidance behaviour related to the attack for one month

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Cause and development to PD

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Sensitivity to internal bodily or somatic cues

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External cues

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Places and reminders that may induce panic disorder

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Agoraphobia

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A fear of public places

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Phobic disorder

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Highly focussed fear of a specific object or situation

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Psychgenetic theories of psych disorders

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Disruptive patterns in cognitive functioning

Examples: traumatic or stressful experiences

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Summary of psychogenic theories

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Cognitive patterns serve to create, exaggerate, or reduce the symptoms of psychological disorder

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The medial models assumptions (3 points)

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Disorders can be classified by their symptoms

Disorders are caused by underlying “disease”

Disorders can be diagnosed and treated

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40
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Classifying psychological disorders

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition

DSM-5

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Stigmas

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May be a result of labelling people with psychological disorders

42
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Roughly ___% of individuals with symptoms do not seek treatment

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_____ May affect how we interpret a persons behaviour

44
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May lead to viewing onselfs of _____ or _______

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Flawed or hopeless

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People believe, those with disorders may be ______

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Obsessions

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Persistent, upsetting, repetitive, and or intrusive thoughts

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Compulsions

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Ritualistic

Repetitive behaviour

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Mood disorders

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Major depressive episode

Manic episode

Bipolar disorder

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Major depressive episode (MDD)

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Feeling of sadness, hopelessness

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Anhedonia

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Loss of interest or pleasure in things a person enjoys

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Persistent depressive disorder

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(PDD)

Symptoms for 2 or more years

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Double depression

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PDD with bouts of MDD

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Causes of major depressive episode (MDD)

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Genetics

Neaurotransmitters / brain activity

Combinations of factors likely

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Manic episode

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Symptoms last at least one week
Presence of euphoria (elevated mood)
Symptoms not due to drugs or medical conditions

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Bipolar disorder

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Moods alternate between manic and depressive

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Bipolar disorder one (BD1)

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One manic episode, commonly worn depressive episode

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Bipolar disorder 2 (BD2)

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Hypomanic episode, with depressive episode

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Bipolar disorder 3 (BD3)

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Cyclothymia or alternating periods of hypomania and dysthymia for 2 years

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Comorbidity

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2 or more disorders in a single person

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Where do psych disorders come from?

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Environment/ social factors

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Learned helplessness

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Related failures in attempts to control the environment may produce a general sense of uncontrollability

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The diathesis stress approach

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Psychopathology results when a predisposition for a disorder combines with sufficient amount of stress to trigger symptoms

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Personality disorders

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Deeply ingrained, inflexible patterns of thinking, feeling, or relating to others or controlling impulse

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3 clusters of personally disorders

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1) odd / eccentric
2) dramatic / erratic
3) anxious / inhibited

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Odd / eccentric

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Paranoid

Schizoid

Schizotypal

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Paranoid

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Distrust in others

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Schizoid

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Extreme introversion —> doesn’t like people

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Schizotypal

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Eccentric manner of speaking

Mild schizophrenia

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Dramatic / erratic

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Narcissistic
Histrionic
Boarderline
Antisocial

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Narcissistic

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Inflated sense of self importance

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Histrionic

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Attention seeking —> drama queen

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Boarderline

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Unstable mood

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Antisocial

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Lack of morals. Impulsive, illegal acts

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Anxious / inhibited

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Avoidant

Dependant

Obsessive

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Avoidant

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Socially anxious

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Dependant

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Submissive clingy

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Obsessive compulsive

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Sociopathy

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Anti society view, individuals, a product of the environment, sociopathic personality disorder

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ASPD

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Based on behavioural assessment

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Psychopathy

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Behavioural and affective components

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A psychopath has a

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Selfish orientation

Profound emotional deficit

Little or no conscious

82
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Measuring psychopathy

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PCL-R

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20 items, 3 point scale

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30/40

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True psychopath

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Biophyschosocial model

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A model in which the interaction of biological, psychological, sociocultural factors is seen as influencing the development of the individual

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Cathartic method

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Breuer and Freuds method of making a patient recall and relive traumatic events

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Etiology

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The description of factors that contribute to the development of a disorder

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Supernatural

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Developing from origins beyond the visible observable universe

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Somatogenisis

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Developing from physical/ bodily orgins

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Phychogensis

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Developing from physiological orgins

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Humorism

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Greeks believe four bodily affected their health

Blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm

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Medical model

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Abnormal psychological experiences are conceptualized as illnesses that have biological and environmental causes, symptoms, and cures

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Disthesis stress model

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A person may be predisposed for a disorder until triggered by stress

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Specific phobia

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Irrational fear of particular objects or situations

Elevators

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Specific phobia categories (5)

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1) animals (dogs, snakes, rats)
2) natural environments (heights, darkness)
3) situations (bridges, tunnels)
4) blood injections and Injury
5) other phobias (choking, vomiting)

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Biopsychological perspective

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Explains mental disorders as the result of interactions among biological, psychological, and social factors

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Social phobia

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Irrational fear of being publicly embarrassed

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Preparedness theory

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Idea that people are instinctly predisposed toward certain fears

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of trauma, and avoidance of things that call traumatic even to mind

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Dysthymia

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Same aspects of depression although less severe and longer lasting

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Catatonic behaviour

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Decrease in all movement for a schizophrenia person

Psychology 121 (6 decks)

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