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psychopathology

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any pattern of emotions or behaviors inappropriate to the situation and leading to personal distress or the inability to achieve important goals

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psychological disorder

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persistently harmful thoughts feelings and actions

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4D’s of psychological disorders

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-deviant
-distressful
-dysfunctional
-dangerous

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indicators of abnormality

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maladaptiveness, irrationality, unpredictability, undesirable behavior

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neurobiological model

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when physiological factors influence behavior

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neurobiological causes

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-genetic or biological defects
-chemical imbalances in the brain

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neurobiological treatment

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prescribing medications such as antidepressant drugs

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behavioral model

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behavior is learned by rewards and punishments and associations

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behavioral causes

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bad behaviors are learned

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behavioral treatment

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focus on eliminating unwanted behavior

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cognitive model

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how we think of a situation influences our behavior and the current thoughts we are aware of

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cognitive causes

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abnormal or irrational thoughts cause abnormal behavior

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cognitive treatment

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strategies to change abnormal thoughts

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humanistic model

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problems arise when feelings and perceptions are denied

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humanistic causes

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person has lost sight of one’s own feelings, goals, perception of the self

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humanistic treatment

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emphasize the individual’s ability to help himself with some assistance

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psychoanalytic model

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stresses the influence of the unconscious fears, desires, and motivations on thoughts and behaviors

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psychoanalytic causes

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unconscious conflicts that have been repressed

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treatment

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psychoanalysis - probing the unconscious mind to identify unconscious conflicts so that they can be resolved

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medical model

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view that mental disorders were diseases of the mind that have objective causes and treatment
-biological approach

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philippe pinel

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had idea that mental illness needed to be diagnosed on basis of symptoms and cured through therapy

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general anxiety disorder

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a psychological problem where persistent and pervasive feelings of anxiety occur without any eternal cause

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panic disorder

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a disturbance marked by unpredictable episodes of intense dread where a person my experience terror, chest pains, choking among other symptoms.

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Ataque de nervios

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disorder than resembles panic disorder but is seen in Latin-Mediterranean and Latin-American cultures

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agoraphobia

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panic that develops when people find themselves in situations from which they cannot easily escape

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phobias

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a persistent and irrational fear associated with a specific object, activity, or situation

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specific phobia

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phobias with specific triggers
-ex: spiders

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social phobia

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shyness taken to the exterme

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taijin kyofusho

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japanese version of social phobia but it’s the fear that people are judging their bodies as undesirable and unpleansant

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preparedness hypothesis

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this theory suggest we carry and innot tendency to respond quickly and autmatica to similar that posed a survial theater tour ancestors
-explaisn why we fear snakes and lightning more than electrical outlets and cars

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Anterior cingulate cortex

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monitors actions and checks for errors, hyperactive in patients with OCD

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obsessive compulsive disorder

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performing compulsive rituals to relieve anxious tension

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ptsd

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reliving traumatic event through memories and dreams

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hypervigilance

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the experience of being in a high state of alert

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flashbacks

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a vivid experience in which you relieve some aspects of a traumatic event

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two common depressive disorders

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-major depression
-bipolar disorder

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major depression

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-a form of depression that doesn’t alternate with mania
-lasts a prolonged period of time

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causes of depression

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-genetic dispositions
-serotonin deficiency
-low self esteem

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cognitive approach to depression

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negative thinking styles are learned and modifiable

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3 main causes of increasing depression

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-out of control individualism/self centeredness
-culture of victimology
-the self esteem movement

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persisent depressive disorder

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depression/depressive mood for 2+ years

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bipolar disorders

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a disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness of depression and overexcited state of mania

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bipolar I

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has more severe highs of mania and may not have depressive episodes

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bipolar II

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experience hypomania (less severe highs) and depressive episodes

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manic episode

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a sudden rapidly escalating emotional state

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schizophrenia

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a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions/actions

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positive symptoms

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inappropriate behaviors that are present

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negative symptoms

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appropriate behaviors that are not present

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disorganized thinking

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false beliefs, often of persecution or granduer that may accompany psychotic disorders

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catatonia

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remain motionless for hours then become agitated

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flat affect

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emotionless state

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chronic/process schizophrenia

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slow-developing, recovery is doubtful

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acute/reactive schizophrenia

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when previous well adjusted people develop schizophrenia rapidly following life stresses
-recovery is more likely

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neurodevelopmental disorders

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autism and adhd

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somatoform disorders

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psychological problems appearing in the form of bodily symptoms such as weakness or excessive worry about disease

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conversion disorder

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a disorder marked by paralysis or loss of sensation with no discernible physical cause

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illness anxiety disordr

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worried about health and disease and getting sick
-response is mostly cognitive

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somatic symptom disorder

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symptoms already present, mostly cognitive distress about them

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factitious disorder

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pretend to have symptoms for no real personal gain

60
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glove anesthesia

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a conversion where a person can’t feel their hand
-neurologically impossible to only not feel hand due to wiring of neurons

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dissociative disorders

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a group of pathologies involving the fragmentation of the personality
-some parts of the personality become detached

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dissociative amnesia

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a psychologically induced loss of memory of personal information
-like forgetting one’s identity

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dissociative fugue

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a combination of fugue, or “flight” and amnesia
-heavy use of alcohol may predispose a person to this

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dissociative identity disorder

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a condition where an individual displays multiple identities or personalities

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anorexia nervosa

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an eating disorder that causes a persistent loss of appetite that endangers an individual’s health

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bulimia nervosa

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An eating disorder characterized by binges and purges

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Binge Eating Disorder

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An eating disorder characterized by a binge without purge

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cluster A personality disorders

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disruption in relationships
-paranoid
-schizoid
-schizotypal

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schizoid

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detachment from social relationships
-flat effect

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schizotypal

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acute discomfort with close relationships and consistent withdrawal

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cluster B personality disorders

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dramatic and erratic behavior
-antisocial
-histrionic
-narcissistic
-borderline

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borderline personality disorder

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pattern of instability of self image and interpersonal relationships, fear of abandonment, emotional extremes, anxiety and depression accompany

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histrionic

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a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, extremes in emotion, comes off as immature.

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cluster C personality disorders

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share anxiety, worry, fear
-dependent
-avoidant
-ocd

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dependent personality disorder

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anxiety about other people detaching from them

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avoidant personality disorder

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anxiety comes from feelings of not feeling good enough

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