Clinical Psych Flashcards
Deviant
Harmful
Distressful
Upsetting
Dysfunction
Not being able to do normal tasks.
Medical Model
Biological causes Drugs can help the disorders
Biopsychosocial
Combo of biological and behavioal/cultural
Diathesis stress Model
Mental disorders develops when you have the genetic predisposition and then experience certain triggering life events.
DSM-V
A book of every mental disorder and the symptoms needed to be diagnosed.
Rosenhan Study
Pseudo-patients tried and succeed in being admitted into a mental hospital the had to get back out.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Wide Range, Constantly tense, severe fear but can not pinpoint the cause.
Phobic Disorder
A very specific fear of a thing.
Agoraphobia
Fear of panic attacks.
Social anxiety
Fear of social interaction
Panic disorder
Panic attacks, feels like a heart attack.
OCD
Having repetitive thought and actions
Obsessions: Thoughts
Compulsion: Behaviors
Hoarding and Body Dysphoria
Part of OCD.
Hording: HAs to keep things is mission out is they don’ have it.
Body dysphoria: Has one thing wrong and can not see past it (Not true)
PTSD
After a traumatic. event usually have anxiety, night terrors.
Post Traumatic Growth
Positive psychological changes resulting from struggle.
Somatic Symptom disorder
Constantly searching for treatments for something. (have a mole believes it is cancer searchs out treatment for cancer.
Conversion Disorder.
You believe that 1 specific thing is wrong. But not actually. (Usually something to do with can’t walk)
Illness Anxiety Disorder
The fear of getting sick.