exam 2

Question 1

common psychiatric disorders

Answer 1

There are many different conditions that are recognized as mental illnesses. The more common types include: Anxiety disorders: People with anxiety disorders respond to certain objects or situations with fear and dread, as well as with physical signs of anxiety or panic, such as a rapid heartbeat and sweating.

Question 2

assaultive/nonassaultive sexual abuse

Answer 2

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Question 3

The Family Systems Model

Answer 3

It is the nature of the mind to be subdivided into an indeterminate number of subpersonalities or parts.
Everyone has a Self, and the Self can and should lead the individual’s internal system.
The non-extreme intention of each part is something positive for the individual. There are no “bad” parts, and the goal of therapy is not to eliminate parts but instead to help them find their non-extreme roles.
As we develop, our parts develop and form a complex system of interactions among themselves; therefore, systems theory can be applied to the internal system. When the system is reorganized, parts can change rapidly.
Changes in the internal system will affect changes in the external system and vice versa. The implication of this assumption is that both the internal and external levels of system should be assessed.

Question 4

pseudomaturity

Answer 4

sexual abuse can result in the child being unable to accomplish normal developmental tasks. The child’s sense of self is altered, and sexual abuse is a violation of most of the tasks of childhood.

Question 5

hypervigilance

Answer 5

experience of being constantly tense and “on guard.”

Question 6

Assaultive

Answer 6

NOT within the home

-perpetrator known only casually to the child or perp haps a stranger.

Question 7

NonAssaultive

Answer 7

happens within the home

-usually someone child trusts and is close to.

Question 8

W.A.R

Answer 8

World of Abnormal Rearing:

conception -> pregnancy wanted/not wanted –> child wanted/not wanted –> unrealistic expectations –>role reversal –> compliance–>(childhood missed)–> trust not learned –> isolation/inability to use others–>”im not damn good”- inability to help others –> abnormal selection of friends—> abnormal selection of mate –> seperation –> mate of little help –> never ending cycle.

Question 9

High risk parents

Answer 9

• abused in past
• low self-esteem- anyone who treats you with respect must want something.
• mature/dependent- parents get jealous of own kid.
• narcism- inflated self importance, remind child they’re the reason they’re alive and pay for everything.
• specific dysfunctional personality traits
• compromised attachment history
• distorted perceptions of people in the world
• abnormal motivations for having a child
• maltreated as a child themselves.

Question 10

silence regarding sexual abuse

Answer 10

many children are afraid to reveal sexual abuse because they tried once and were not believed, but children under 7 do not make stories up like this

-some older children fear for their lives because they have been threatened with harm by the abuser (I’ll kill your mother or sister, etc.)