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what does the humanistic school claim?

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suggests that disordered behavior is a result of people being to sensitive to the criticisms and judgements of others (people being unable to accept their own nature and having low self esteem

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obsessive compulsive disorder OCD

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characterized by persistent thoughts or obsessions as well as compulsions, or repetitive behaviour that are time consuming which an individual believes will help prevent a risk of a negative future ocurrence or outcome (example needing to make sure all doors are locked or your gas stove is off before you can continue your day)

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obsessions

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are thoughts

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compulsions

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are actions

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body dysmorphic disorder/hoarding disorder

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involve obsessive thoughts about bodily defects or the need to save possessions

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post traumatic stress disorder

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can involve intrusive thoughts or dreams related to a past or existing trauma, irritability, avoidance of situations that might recall the traumatic event, and sleep disturbances these symptoms lead to a decreased ability to function as well as a general detachment from reality

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reactive attachment disorder

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occurs in seriously neglected children who are unable to form attachments to adult caregivers

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what is the main thing that gets dissociated

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is primarily consciousness or identity

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derealization

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the sense that something is not really happening

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depersonalization

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the sense that something is specifically not happening to me

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dissociative amnesia

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an inability to recall life events that goes beyond normal levels of forgetfulness

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dissociative identity disorder

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risk of not only losing time but could potentially manifest an entirely different personality during that lost time and one personality would have no idea the other existed (this disorder is most often associated with significant trauma or abuse in childhood

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Distress

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a subjective feeling something is very wrong

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dysfunction

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when a persons ability to work and live is clearly, often measurably impaired

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medical model

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psychological disorders have physiological causes that can be diagnosed on the basis of symptoms, treated, and sometimes cured

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why did bipolar disorder change to disruptive mood disorder

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because to many kids were getting diagnosed as bipolar and the medicine they needed to take where very extreme for their age

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egosytonic

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the person experiencing it does not think they necessarily have a disorder

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personality disorders

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psychological disorders marked by inflexible disruptive, and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning and other types of functioning

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cluster A

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odd or eccentric personality characteristic’s a paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder

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dif between paranoid and schizoid personality disorder

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someone who is paranoid may be distrusting of others or suspicious someone who is schizoid aloof and few emotional responses, no interest in relationships

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Cluster B

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dramatic, emotional or impulsive personality characteristics antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder

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narcissistic personality disorder and histrionic PD

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narcissistic selfish, grandiose sense of self-importance and entitlement histrionic PD attention seeking and dramatic acting a part to get attention and putting themselves in dangerous situations behavior of cluster B can be truly self destructive and frightening

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Cluster C

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avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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cluster C

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avoidant, lack of confidence, excessive need to be taken care of, fear of abandonment due to early childhood events

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borderline personality disorder BPD

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learned how to use unhealthy ways to get their basic psychological needs met outbursts of rage, self harm crazy emotions

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BPD

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a complicated set of learned behavior’s and emotional responses to traumatic or neglectful environments, particularly in childhood

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antisocial personality disorder

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a disorder in which a person typically men exhibits a lack of conscience for committing wrongs and not agreeing with the rules of society even towards friends or lovers

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when is behavior first shown for people with ASPD

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destructive behavior starts in childhood beginning with excessive lying, fighting, stealing, violence

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what is the percent of the population with antisocial personality disorder and how many are in the incarcerated population

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one percent in prisons sixteen percent of the inmate population had ASPD

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what is said about relatives of those with psychopathic features

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they are more likely to have psychopathic behavior themselves early signs can be detected at age 3 or 4

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what is impairment in fear conditioning

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lower than the normal level response to things that frighten children like loud and unpleasant noises

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how is ASPD contracted or developed

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by environmental and genetic reasons

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conduct disorder

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diagnostic first diagnosis before risk of being diagnosed with ASPD

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psychological disorder

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a distressful and dysfunctional pattern of thoughts, and feelings that interferes with the ability to function in a healthy way

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anxiety disorders

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are distressing persistent anxiety but also by the dysfunctional behaviors that reduce that anxiety

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OCD

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characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts which become obsessions sometimes accompanied by actions, which can become compulsions (example needing to wash your hands to feel clean so often that they start to bleed)

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what does someone with OCD use their habits for?

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they use these compulsive ritualistic behaviors to help relieve intense anxiety or avoid the risk of a more scary future outcome to any given situation

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GAD generalized anxiety disorder

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continually tense and apprehensive, experiencing unfocused, negative, and out of control feelings (example piglet)

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panic disorder has to do with panic attacks

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sudden episodes of intense dread or sudden fear that comes without warning

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what does schizophrenia mean?

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disorganized thinking; emotions and behaviors that are often incompatible with situations and disturbed perceptions including delusions hallucinations chronic condition that is more common for men in mid 20s split mind or a split from reality

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symptoms of schizophrenia

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loss of contact with reality known as psychotic symptoms, disorganized thinking and speech, false beliefs and delusions not based in reality losing the ability to focus on one thing while filtering other stimulus out IE selective attention

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what is the word used when speech is so fragmented it is unintelligible

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word salad

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what is classic schizophrenia remarked by? one example

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Delusions or false beliefs not based in reality (example someone believes I am the queen of england and these are my royal subjects)

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second example on schizophrenia

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they can become narratives of persecution and paranoia the belief that someone is always following you or you are being spied on

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what might someone also suffer from if they had schizophrenia

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perceptual disturbance’s and hallucinations when someone sees or hears something that is not there (example needing to take out a phone to video a room to check if the person infront of you is real or just in your hand

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what are positive symptoms

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the type of symptoms that add something to the patients experience like hallucinations or inappropriate laughter

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what are negative symptoms

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those that subtract from normal behavior a reduced ability to function, lack of emotion or personal hygiene

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what are disorganized symptoms

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jumbles of thought or speech that could include word salad or other problems with attention and organization

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panic attacks can cause

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chest pains, racing heartbeat, difficulty breathing general sense of going crazy or feeling helpless to your surroundings

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what is a common trigger for panic disorder

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is the fear of having another panic attack

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phobias

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persistent, irrational fears of specific objects, activities or situations

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phobias can lead to what?

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avoidance behavior

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social anxiety disorder

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has to do with anxiety related to interacting or being seen by others (example being paralyzed running into someone you know at the grocery store or being called on in class

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what is an example of avoidance behavior

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someone needs to drive over the chesapeake bridge every day they hate driving over the bridge so every day they spend an extra 45 minutes getting to work simply to not be on the bridge

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how would fear of something from a parent slowly develop into a fear the child possesses?

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say the parents have a phobia of water they may act extremely nervous near the child when water is close by or violently pull them away from pools and rivers over time the child will realize their fear and then start to develop fear themselves

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the statement that most people with panic attacks, GAD, or OCD confirms what in the areas of the brain?

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it shows they display over arousal in areas of the brain that deal with impulse control and habitual behaviors

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what statement is reinforced by people with GAD displaying over arousal in areas of the brain that deal with impulse control and habitual behaviors

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everything thats psychological is simultaneously biological (everything that happens in our mind is the result of a biological event- a series of nerve impulses)

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what has research revealed on people with schizophrenia?

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extra receptors for dopamine,

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what drugs are used as dopamine blocking drugs in people with schizophrenia

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antipsychotic medications, haloperidol, clozapine, and lithium in general clinical practice

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diathesis stress model

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a combination of biological and genetic vulnerabilities (diathesis) and environmental stressors (stress) that both contribute to the beginning of schizophrenia and when it first starts showing

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true or false do the rates of schizophrenia tend to be lower with people in poverty or more work force economic stress?

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false the rates tend to be higher

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what happens if you have a parent or siblings with diagnosed schizophrenia

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the likelihood of one out of a hundred odds becomes almost one in ten percent chance

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what is a dissociative disorder

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disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts and feelings

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dissociative amnesia

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when a person may block out specific info or have no memory of a particular event (example danny almost fell off a skyscraper and that experience was so intense that he blocked it out entirely and now does not even remember how he got on top of the skyscraper

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dissociative fugue

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a person may suddenly start out on a journey that could last for hours or even months traveling around with no awareness of their identity. (famous example hannah upp)

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Dissociative Identity disorder DID

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when a person displays more than one distinct and alternating personality (example sybil expect she was a liar! and made up her personalities and her therapist capitalized on it

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moods

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emotional states that are harder to define than emotions themselves

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mood disorders

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characterized by emotional extremes and challenges in regulating mood

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signs of depression that are important indicators

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depressed mood, significant weight or appetite loss, or gain, too much or too little sleep, decreased interest in activities, feeling worthless

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bipolar disorder

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a mood disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania formerly known as (manic depressive disorder) bad judgement is common

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what is the cause of mood disorders

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often a combination of biological, genetic, psychological and environmental factors

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what increases arousal and focus?

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norepinephrine severely lacking levels in depressed brains

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what can be assumed if someone has low levels of serotonin

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that they are experiencing depressive moods or in a depressive state.

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what do drugs that seek to reduce mania primarily do?

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reduce norepinephrine levels because in states of mania norepinephrine can be off the charts

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what do drugs that seek to treat depression primarily do?

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raise levels of serotonin or norepinephrine in the brain

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how can a depressive state control how you react to certain events in your life and what perspective you take on them

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a depressive mind believes the humiliation will last forever or that it was their fault any inconvenient things happened attributing it to internal factors versus external and believing it is all the fault of the person versus the events they were placed in

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learned helplessnes

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when you start experiencing a stressful situation so much that you believe there is nothing that can be done so you stop trying to change the situation and “give up” even when their are opportunities to change the outcome

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