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clinical psychology Flashcards

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defining abnormal behavior

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requires “clinically significant” disturbance and significant distress or disability in social situations, occupations, etc.

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medical model

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treatment of disorders (biological orgin)

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biopsychological model

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biological, psychological, and social causes/treatments

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diagnosing

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DSM: manual listing and classification of all disorders

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generalized anxiety disorders

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generally anxious for no reason

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panic disorder

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prone to frequent panic attacks

usually comes with agoraphobia

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agoraphobia

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fear of being in places you can’t escape

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phobias

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irrational fear that disrupts life

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causes of anxiety disorders

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psychodynamic: repressed thoughts manifest in anxiety

behaviorist: fear conditioning leads to anxiety

biological: natural selection favored those with certain phobias (heights)

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anxiety disorders

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most common in USA, persistent worry and fear

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somatoform disorders

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psych disorders with no physical cause

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conversion disorder

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loss of feeling or usage in body part, no physiological cause

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illness anxiety disorder

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interpret normal symptoms as major diseases

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dissociative disorders

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involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity

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dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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person fractures into several distinct personalities who have no awareness of each other

usually caused by childhood abuse

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dissociative amnesia

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following a traumatic event, a person leaves, taking on a whole new personality with no memory of the previous one

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schizophrenia

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interpret reality abnormally

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positive symptoms of schizophrenia

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hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking

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negative symptoms of schizophrenia

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flat effect (inability to show emotions) and impaired decision making

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causes of schizophrenia

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brain abnormalities, genetics, excessive dopamine, diathesis: person predisposed to disease, has to be triggered by environmental triggers

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major depressive disorder

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extreme sadness and despair

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bipolar disorder

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bouts of severe depression and manic episodes

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mania

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heightened mood, characterized by risky behaviors, fast talking, etc.

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causes of depression and bipolar disorder

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biology (low levels of seratonin and norepinephrine) and cognitive

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personality disorders

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disruptive, inflexible, enduring behavior patters, very hard to treat

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antisocial personality disorder

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disregard to other people

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borderline personality disorder

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unstable interpersonal relationships and self image

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histrionic

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excessive emotionality and attention seeking

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narcissistic

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need for admiration and lack of empathy

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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overwhelmed with obsessions and compulsions

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post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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develops following a traumatic events, leads to flashbacks and problems with concentration

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autism spectrum disorder

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impairment in social relationships, communication, and activities

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psychodynamic approach to treatment

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looking at unconscious processes as they are manifested in client’s behavior

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client therapy

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humanistic approach

active listening, accepting environment, patient growth

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rational-emotional therapy

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cognitive approach

analyzing self defeating behaviors to change thought patterns, then change behaviors associated with thoughts

best for anxiety

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cognitive therapy

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cognitive approach

challenge illogical thoughts

best for depression

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classical conditioning

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behavioral approach

counterconditioning: break habits

aversive conditioning: assosciate bad experience with unwanted behavior to break habits (throwing up with alcohol)

exposure therapy: slowly expose people to whatever makes them anxious

best for anxiety and phobias

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systematic desensitization

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associate a pleasant state with an anxiety triggering stimuli to gradually desensitize it

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intensive exposure therapy

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force someone to experience fear

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operant conditioning

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use of rewards for behavior modification

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biological/biomedical therapies

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use of drugs/medical procedures to fix issues

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anti-psychotics

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decrease dopamine to treat schizophrenia

side effects: hand tremors, worsening of negative symptoms

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mood stabalizers

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treat bipolar disorder with lithium

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anti-anxiety drugs

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depress central nervous system

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anti-depressents

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increase seratonin through reuptake inhibition

side effects: anxiety, drowsiness, suicide in teens

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electroconvulsive therapy

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send electricity to induce minor seizures-rarely used to treat depression

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pyschosurgery (lobotomy)

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frontal lobe is surgically destroyed, used to treat depression for violent people

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