Exam 1 Flashcards
Define abnormality
Deviation (statistical difference) from what’s considered normal in culture
What is the term for the distinctive customs, values, beliefs, knowledge, art, and language of a society or a community.
Or pretended truths that people agree on
Culture
Does difference always equal deficit?
No
Who is responsible for the existence of the DSM?
The American Psychiatric Association
What are the assumptions of the medical model (4)
Biological basis
Objective assessment
Diagnosis
Treatment
T or F culture contributes to disorders
True
When are neurodevelopmental disorders usually diagnosed?
School age, usually observed in skill
General descriptors of neurodevelopmental disorders (5)
early development
Developmental delays
lifelong
Lack of communication skills
Heterogeneity
What is needed to diagnose an intellectual disability disorder? (2)
IQ test
Practical living skills
What is needed to diagnose a social communication disorder (3)
clinical assessment
Observation
Standardized test
Etc
Behaviors associated with autism?
Lack of communication skills
Impaired social interaction
Restricted and repetitive behaviors and interest
Neurotransmitter most associated with schizophrenia
dopamine
Behaviors necessary to diagnose schizophrenia
hallucination
Delusions
Disorganized thinking/speech
Grossly abnormal psychomotor behavior
Negative symptoms
How is high expressed emotion related to schizophrenia
Critical comments
Hostility
Emotional overinvolvement
What type of family causes schizophrenia
no specific family causes schizophrenia but genetic factors can play a role (family with a history of schizophrenia)
a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by a range of motor and behavioral abnormalities
Catatonia
Side effects of schizophrenic meds?
Parkinson’s like symptoms
Tardive dyskinesia
Rate of schizophrenia in the population?
1%
Identical twins and schizophrenia percentage?
35-50%
diagnostic differences between bipolar I and bipolar II?
Difference in level of mania
BP I, you MUST have MAJOR MANIA and either major/minor depression
BP II, You DON’T NEED major mania but experience MAJOR DEPRESSION
difference between bipolar and cyclothymia?
Cyclothymia is a milder form of bipolar, there are NO SEVERE manic or depressive episodes
The relationship between depression and genes?
Genetic predisposition
suggests that individuals who have learned that their actions have very little effect on outcomes develop an expectation of helplessness.
Learned Helplessness Theory
Behaviors of a manic episode include?
Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
Decreased need for sleep
More talkative than usual
Flight of ideas
Increase in goal directed activity
