chpt 1

Question 1

ABC psychopathology

Answer 1

a - affective
b -behavioural
c - cognitive

Question 2

characteristics of abnormal psych

Answer 2

• violation of norms
• statistical infrequency
• disability/dysfunction
• personal suffering
• unexpectedness

Question 3

psychologist via psychiatrist

Answer 3

pyschologist is practicing, cannot prescribe medication, has PhD

psychiatrist has MD, can prescribe meds

Question 4

demonology

Answer 4

trepanning: surgical procedure, hole in skull to release spirits…alleviate epilepsy symptoms

believed ab psych result of supernatural, demonic posession

Question 5

hippocrates

Answer 5

first to say ab psych is natural, not supernatural

mental classifications:
- phrenitis (brain fever)
- mania
- melancholia

somatogenesis: behaviour has physiological origin

psychogenesis: behaviour has psychological origin

Question 6

pre-scientific inquiry

Answer 6

belief that ab psych result of eclipses, fire, earthquake

disease and disorders of supernatural origin

Question 7

st vitus dance

Answer 7

dancing until death

theories:
- cult
- hallucinogenic substance
- stress of the plague

Question 8

st mary of bethlem hospital

Answer 8

became tourist destination, could pay to view patients

Question 9

benjamin rush

Answer 9

withdrew blood as treatment

Question 10

philippe pinel

Answer 10

began moral treatment

treat patients with dignity i.e. remove chains, saw sig improvement in psych

Question 11

dorothea dix

Answer 11

revived moral treatment after it was abandoned

Question 12

psychoanalyst

Answer 12

therapist specialized training in psychoanalysis after getting MD or phd

Question 13

social worker

Answer 13

mental health pro w masters degree

Question 14

asylums in canada

Answer 14

alberta last to open one, after WW1

ideas for asylums differed b/w provinces

Question 15

emil krapelin

Answer 15

made classification system to establish biological nature of mental illness

syndrome: clustered group of symptoms w underlying phys cause

1. dementia praecox
2. manic-depressive psychosis

Question 16

manic-depressive psychosis

Answer 16

early bipolar disorder

thought was result of irregular metabolism

made by emil krappelin

Question 17

dementia praecox

Answer 17

early schizo

thought result of chem imbalance

made by emil kraepelin

Question 18

general paresis

Answer 18

result of advanced syphilis

phys/mental deterioration, delusions of grandeur, progressive paralysis

Question 19

germ theory of disease

Answer 19

made by louis pasteur, demonstrated relation b/w general paresis and syphilis

says disease is caused by infection of body via viruses

inc interest in somatogenesis, idea that MI is result of body dysfunction

Question 20

desinstitutionalization of asylums

Answer 20

shift patients from psych hospitals to community

wanted to dec num of beds, allow home care

resulted in homelessness and incarceration

Question 21

trans-institutionalization

Answer 21

care is given in psych unit of general hospitals rather than psych hospitals

still hight rate MI and past addiction in prisons

Question 22

community psychologt

Answer 22

emphasize prevetion rather than wait for initial contact

Question 23

CTO

Answer 23

community treatment orders

legal tool saying the conditions under which a person may live in community, made by medical practitioner

Question 24

mental health in canada

Answer 24

1/10 canadians over 15 have symptoms of subs abuse

women meet criteria for mood disorders more, men for subs abuse

quebec highest self esteem, low happiness

NFL and lab high happy

Question 25

cost of MI in canada

Answer 25

cost of MI is 1.5x greater than all cancers

greatest cost for depression, bipolar, SAD, and alcohol use