Chapter 8 - Mental Disorder Flashcards
Mental disorder
pattern of abnormal thoughts, emotions, or behaviors
Psychosis
cannot distinguish difference between reality and fantasy
Symptoms of psychosis
delusions and hallucinations
Positive symptom
addition of thought, feeling, or behavior
Delusion
false beliefs about the world
Paranoid
People are plotting against them
Grandiose
one holds special power and unique knowledge
Thought withdrawal
thoughts removed from the head
Thought insertion
beliefs placed inside someone’s mind
Somatic
something abnormal happening in the body
Hallucination
sensing or perceiving things that others don’t
What are the most common hallucinations
Auditory
Command hallucination
false hearing of being ordered to do something
Negative symptom
lacking in psychological functioning or emotions
Flattened affect
cannot express appropriate emotion
Alogia
lack of communication
Avolution
Lack of energy in usual activities
Disorganized symptoms
weird behavior and confusing speech
Word salad
nonsense speech and unconnected ideas
Catatonia
lack of movement
Loosening of association
shifting train of thought
Waxy flexibility
staying in an uncomfortable position (like a wax figure)
How likely is someone who has schizophrenia will commit violent crimes
Level of violence may be high, but chances are low
Delusional disorder
having non-bizare delusions
Delusional jealousy
SO is being unfaithful
Erotomanic
someone with high status is in love with them
Grandiose
big ego
Persecutory
belief they are being attacked or harassed
Delusional distress
Fear, sadness, and anxiety that can lead to risk of violence
Belief Maintenance
increased likelihood of acting on delusions
Major Depressive Disorder
mood changes - loss of enjoyment
childhood abuse and trauma are influences
Most common mood disorder
Major depressive disorder
Bipolar disorder
alternating moods - higher chance of suicide
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Can experience multiple personalities - memory gaps
PTSD
caused by trauma - experience flashbacks to a traumatic event
What is unique about PTSD
only disorder with an explicit cause - stress
NCRMD
Not being held criminally responsible due to mental disorder - they did not know the severity of the crime they commited at the time
Fitness to stand trial
mental state of defendant at time of the the trial
What is the most common mental disorder
depression
What mental disorder is most associated with violence
schizophrenia
Deinstitutionalization
Provide community based care
Principle of rationality-within-irrationality
violence done from rational response of someone with an MD responding to irrational symptoms
Threat symptoms
makes someone feel like they are goin to be harmed
Control override symptoms
someone feels like they are being controlled and doesn’t have freedom
How does substance abuse pair with mental disorders
it can increase chances of criminal behavior because it intoxicates the mind of those who are already impaired
How does SES play a role in MD
higher rates of MD in low SES - more violence in poor neighborhoods
