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Psychopathology

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The study of symptoms causes and treatments of mental disorders

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Psychodiagnosis

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Assessment and description of an individual’s psychological symptoms

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Etiology

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Cause or origin of a disorder

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Prevalence

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The percent of people in a targeted population who have a particular disorder during a specific period of time

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Lifetime prevalence

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The % of people in the pop who have had a disorder at some point in their lives

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Objectives of psychopathology

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Describe, explain predict, and modify behaviors associated with mental disorders

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Mental illness

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Condition that negatively effects a persons emotions, thinks, behaves, relationships and overall functioning

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What is a high priority for mental heath professionals

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Etiology

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Psychotherapy

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Program of systematic intervention aimed to improve a persons behavioral emotional or cognitive state

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DSM5

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The most widely used classification system. Focuses on disturbance, distress/difficulty, unexpected response

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Mental disorders include

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Distress, dysfunction, deviance, dangerousness

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Distress

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Upsetting to the person

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Dysfunction

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Affects social, emotional or physical functions. Affects relationships, work or school

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Deviance

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Behaving different from social norms

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Dangerousness

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Danger to themselves or others

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Culture

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Shared values, beliefs, attitudes, word views

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Psychiatric epidemiology

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The study of the prevalence of metal illness in a society

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Cultural relativism

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The idea that a person’s beliefs, values and behaviors are affected by the culture within which that person lives

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Cultural universality

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Assuming mental disorders are the same across all cultures

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Trephining

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When part of the skull is surgically removed so evil spirts can escape

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Exorcism

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Practice used to cast evil spirts out of a persons body

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Brain pathology

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Deviant behaves was cased by a dysfunction or disease of the brain

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Hippocrates

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Brain pathology, classified mental illness as mania melancholia(sadness) and phrenitis( brain fever), environmental factors and biological factors cause mental illness

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What did the Hippocrates recommend to treat melancholia

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Tranquility, exercise, diet, no sex,bloodletting

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Galen and Plato

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People who were mentally disturbed were the responsibly of their families

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The Middle Ages

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Supernatural explanations, exorcism, group hysteria

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15th-17th century

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Witchcraft

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Tarantism

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Group hysteria

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Humanism

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Move away from supernatural explorations and focus on individual interests and values

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Moral treatment movement

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Shift towed more human treatment of these with a mental disorder

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The bio view point

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Mental disorders have a physical or physiological basis

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Kraepelin

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Defined syndromes based on clusters of symptoms foundation for dsm used today

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Friedrich Anton Mesmer

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Hypnotism, suggested this could treat hysteria

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Breuer

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Discovered symptoms disappeared after female patient spoke about past trauma while in a trance

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Freud

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Psychoanalysis

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Cathartic method

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Therapeutic use of verbal expression

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Behaviorism

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Focus an observable behaviors

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Multicultural psychology

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Relevance of culture, race, ethnicity, etc on treatment

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Positive psych

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Understanding of positive human qualities that build thing individuals fams and community. Focus on human strength and capacity for resilience

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Recovery movement

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People with a mental illness can recover

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Key factors of abnormal psych

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Describe, explain, predict, and modify behaviors

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Models of psychopathology

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Bio, psychological, social, socio cultural

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Biopsychosocial model

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Mental disorders may be the result of interactions between bio, psychological and social factors

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Biopsychosocial model limits

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Little guidance an treatment, doesn’t include culture, doesn’t focus on how these factors interact to get illness

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Multipath model

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Considers the multitude of factors that are associated with each disorder, not all dimensions contribute equally to illness

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The bio dimension

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Genetics, brain function, anatomy, etc

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Hindbrain

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Primate/survival

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Midbrain

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Basic functions

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Fore brain

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Higher order cognitive processes (limbic system and cerebral cortex)
Limbic system- emotions, decision making and memories
Cerebral cortex-attention and behavior

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Neuroplasticity

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Ability of the brain to evolve and adapt

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Neurogenesis

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Birth of new neurons

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Heredity

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Genetic transmission of traits

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Genotype

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Actual genes

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Phenotype

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What’s seen

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Epigenetic’S

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Modification of gene expression

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Psychopharmacology

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Study of effects of psychotropic meds

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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Induce small seizures

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Criticisms of bio models

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Fails to consider individuals unique circumstances, rapid growth and sale of meds, drug drug interactions possible

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Major perspectives oh psych model

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Psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic existential

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Objective of psychoanalysis

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Uncover material blocked from consciousness

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Criticisms of psychoanalysis

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Fails to address cultural influence, fewer studies, may not apply to certain people

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Three paradigms of behavioral models

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Classical and operant conditioning, observable learning

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Focuses of cognate models

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Observable behaviors

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Ellis

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A-b-c theory ( activate event, beliefs, consequences )

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The existential perspective

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Focus on challenges encountered by all humans

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Social relational models

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Healthy relationships are important for human development

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Reliability

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Same result every time, not always right

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Valid

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How well it tests what its supposed to

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4 main assessment methods

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Observations, interviews, psych tests, neurological tests

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Projective personality tests

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Test taker presented with still and to asked respond in some way

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Problems with projective personality tests

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Reliability and validity standards,cultual relevance

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