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Exam #3 Flashcards

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Obsessions (OCD)

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Intrusive, repetitive, & distressing events occurring in your mind - cognitive treatment, i.e., defusion

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Compulsions (OCD)

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Anything done to get rid of or reduce the anxiety from the OCD obsessions

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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  • Preoccupation w/ perceived physical flaws/defects
  • repetitive behaviors & mental acts done as a response
  • “imagined ugliness”
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Hoarding Disorder

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  • Acquiring clutter
  • extreme inability to get rid of possessions
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OCD cycle

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Obsessive thought → anxiety → compulsive behavior → temporary relief → repeat

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OCD neurotransmitters

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Glutametergic neurotransmission

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Thought - action fusion

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Thinking about committing a harmful act & actually doing it is equally bad

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Comorbidity & OCD

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Depression/other mood disorders, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, & eating disorders

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Treatment of OCD

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-SSRIs and
- exposure & response prevention → cut out compulsive behavior from the cycle

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Binge eating disorder

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Eating an “unusually large amount of food in a discrete period of time” & a “loss of control” over eating
No compensatory behaviors

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Bulimia nervosia

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  • Binge eating and compensatory behavior
  • 1 per week for 3 months
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Anorexia nervosa

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Significant restriction of food intake with perceptive issues about self image

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Mortality rate of E.D.

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  • Higher than any other mental disorder
    -High suicide rate
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Gender differences in E.D.

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Far no re common in women than men

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Cognitive bias in E.D.

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-Overfocusing on perceived negatives
- ex.”I’m too fat”

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E. D. Treatment

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-First treat malnourishment
- then c.b.t., i.p.t., & therapy

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3 classes of substances

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  1. Depressants - alcohol, sedatives, & opioids
  2. Stimulants - cocaine & amphetamines
  3. Hallucinogens - LSD & psilocybin
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Substance use

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General - non problematic

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Substance intoxication

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Under effects of substance

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Substance abuse

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Consuming substance for extended period despite negative consequences

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Tolerance

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Greater dose for the same effect

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Withdrawal

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Experience of unpleasant physiological symptoms in absence of drug

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Most common substance use

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Alcohol

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Binge drinking

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-Males: 5 or more
-females: 4 or more

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Difference in substance & behavioral addictions

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Difference between abuse & dependence

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Positive reinforcement model

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Use substance → pleasurable effect
Explains now people become dependent

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Negative reinforcement models

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Substance use → relief from with drawal/negative emotions
Explain now people stay dependent

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Opponent process

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Substance disrupts home statis

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Medication treatment for substance abuse

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Detoxification & agonist (alternatives) or antagonist (blockers) drugs

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Behavioral treatment of substance abuse

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  • Aversion therapy
  • contingency management
  • relapse prevention
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Community treatment of substance abuse

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  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • residential treatment centers
  • community reinforcement/peer support
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Schizophrenia

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2 or more:
- delusions
- hallucinations
- disorganized speech
- disorganized or catatonic behavior
- negative symptoms
Continuous disturbance for more than 6 months

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Delusional disorder

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Delusions present for more than 1 month
NO hallucinations

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Brief psychotic disorder

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One or more:
- delusions
- hallucinations
- disorganized speech
- disorganized or catatonic behavior
Duration: at least 1 day but less than 1 month

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Substance induced psychosis

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Psychosis caused by a substance

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Schizoaffective disorder

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Psychotic disorder that is comorbid with a mood episode

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Schizophreniform disorder

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Same criteria as schizophrenia but shorter time frame (1 to 6 months)

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Positive symptoms

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More than normal - addition

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Negative symptoms

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Less than normal - subtraction

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Disorganized symptoms

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Disorganized speech/behavior & inappropriate affect

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Hallucinations

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  • Auditory: hearing voices
  • tactile: feeling physical sensations
  • visual: olfactory & gustatory
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Delusions

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  • Persecution: going to be harmed
  • grandeur / grandiose: exceptional abilities
  • somatic: bugs / parasites
  • erotomanic: in love
  • jealous: unfaithfulness
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High expressed emotion

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Hostile, critical, or overinvolved

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Medication for schizo - related disorders

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  • Conventional: reduce positive symptoms but have parkinson’s like effects (tardive dyskinesia)
  • second generation: reduce positive & negative symptoms; act on dopamine & serotonin
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Supportive C.B.T.

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Focus on maladaptive behavioral & emotional responses to psychotic experiences

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Behavioral treatment for schizo-affective disorders

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Reward adaptive - one of most effective

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Behavioral family therapy for schizo-affective disorders

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Psychoeducation for family members - communication skills & ways of minimizing high expressed emotion

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Social & living skills training for schizo-affective disorders

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Teach social skills through roleplays

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