exam 3 flashcards

Question 1

Number Of Suicide Deaths and Suicide Attempts Worldwide

Answer 1

1 million worldwide death per year & 38,000 suicide attempts worldwide per year

Question 2

Difference Between Men & Women In Suicide Attempts And Completions

Answer 2

men are more likely to attempt suicide then women even though women use easier method’s such as overdosing over pills or cutting . Males use high mortality actions such as firearms , hanging , and poisoning .

Question 3

What Are The Commonly Observed Triggers For suicide ?

Answer 3

Common triggers include stressful events, mood and thought changes, alcohol and other drug use, mental disorders, and modeling

Question 4

Psycheache

Answer 4

A feeling of psychological pain that seems intolerable to the person

Question 5

Dichotomous Thinking

Answer 5

Viewing problems and solutions in rigid such as “good or bad” , “black or white” , and “all or nothing” .

Question 6

What Is The Connection Between Alcohol & Suicide ?

Answer 6

Studies indicate that as many as 70 percent of the people who attempt suicide drink alcohol just before the act

Question 7

What Is The Most Common Psychological Disorder Associated With Suicide ?

Answer 7

Severe depression, substance-use disorders, schizophrenia , and borderline personality disorder .

Question 8

Suicide & Modeling

Answer 8

One suicidal act apparently serves as a model for another . In other words after someone tries to commit suicide once and fails they will most likely try again .

Question 9

Difference Between Suicide Attempters & Older individuals Who Attempt Suicide

Answer 9

Elderly persons are typically more determined than younger persons in their decision to die, so their success rate is much higher .

Question 10

What Does Research Show Regarding Antidepressant Use in Children And Adolescents ?

Answer 10

Antidepressant drugs are highly dangerous for depressed children and teenagers After extensive review, USFDA concluded that these drugs created an increase in risk of suicide for some children and adolescents and required the addition of a black box warning.

Question 11

Contributing Factors To Suicide Rates Among The Elderly

Answer 11

illnesses , loss of close friends and relatives , loss of control over one’s life , and loss of social statuses .

Question 12

Difference Between Malingering & Factitious Disorder

Answer 12

Factitious - False creation of physical or psychological symptoms, or deceptive production of injury or disease, even without external rewards
Malingering - intentional feigning illness to achieve some external gain , such as financial compensation or time off from work

Question 13

Examples Of Munchausen’s Syndrome By Proxy

Answer 13

• Caused by a caregiver who uses various techniques to induce symptoms in a child.
• Involves mother who is emotionally needy with little social support outside medical system and most often denied treatment.
• Is difficult to diagnose; viewed as crime by law enforcement.

Question 14

Conversion Disorder VS. Somatic Symptom Disorder

Answer 14

Conversion Disorder - Individuals experience neurological-like symptoms ( blindness, paralysis, or loss of feeling) that have no neurological basis
Somatic Disorder - Individuals become excessively distressed , concerned and anxious about bodily symptoms that they are experiencing .

Question 15

Conversion Disorder or Somatic Symptoms Disorder

Answer 15

• Occurs when bodily ailment has an excessive and disproportionate impact on the individual
• Has no apparent medical cause or is inconsistent with known medical diseases
• Is not consciously wanted or purposely produced by patient
• Is difficult to distinguish from genuine medical problems

Question 16

Somatization Pattern & Predominant Pain Pattern For Somatic Symptom disorder

Answer 16

Somatization - Is also known as BRIQUET’S SYNDROME, Patients usually go from doctor to doctor in search of relief, and pattern often runs in families
Predominant - Occurs when the primary feature of somatic symptom disorder is pain

Question 17

Behavior Therapy Of Conversion Disorder

Answer 17

• Proposes that the physical symptoms of hysterical disorders bring REWARDS to sufferers
• Suggests response to such rewards helps people learn to increasingly display symptom

Question 18

Treatment For Conversion Disorder

Answer 18

INSIGHT – Often psychodynamically oriented
EXPOSURE – Client thinks about traumatic event(s) that triggered the physical symptoms
DRUG THERAPY – Especially antianxiety and antidepressant medication
SUGGESTION – Usually an offering of emotional support that may include hypnosis REINFORCEMENT – Behavioral attempt to change reward structures
CONFRONTATION – Overt attempt to force patients out of the sick role

Question 19

illness Anxiety

Answer 19

Individuals experience chronic anxiety about their health and are concerned that they are developing a serious medical illness, despite the absence of somatic symptoms .

Question 20

Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition

Answer 20

Affecting the course of the medical condition ,Providing obstacles for the treatment of the medical condition ,Posing new health risks ,and triggering or worsening the medical condition.

Question 21

Narcolepsy

Answer 21

A chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep

Question 22

Circadian Rhythm Disorder

Answer 22

sleep disorder that involve either difficulty falling asleep, waking up during the sleep cycle or waking up too early and being unable to fall back to sleep.

Question 23

Type A Vs. Type B Personality

Answer 23

Type A - personality pattern characterized by hostility , drivenness , impatience , competitiveness , and ambition
Type B - personality pattern in which a person is more relaxed , less aggressive , and less concerned about time .

Question 24

The Social Readjustment Scale

Answer 24

A numerical scale to rate the amount of stress people experience .
EX : medical scale they use in hospital to determine pain levels

Question 25

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 25

Individual purposely takes in too little nourishment, resulting in body weight that is very low and below that of other people of similar age and gender , ( A refusal to maintain more than 85 percent of normal body weight , Distorted view of weight and shape and , amenorrhea - try to miss menstrual periods )

Question 26

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 26

Repeated binge-eating episodes ,Eating objectively more than most people would/could eat in a similar period , and Repeated performance of ill-advised compensatory behaviors (forced vomiting) to prevent weight gain .

Question 27

Difference between Bulimia & Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 27

Bulimia - patients are of normal weight , are more sexually active , most likely to Have mood swings , amenorrhea less likely to happen .
Anorexia - weight less then their normal weight , amenorrhea occurs

Question 28

Anorexia Nervosa Subtypes

Answer 28

Restricting Type - severely restricts food intake , excessive exercise , excessive weight loss .
Binge eating / Purging Type - episodes of excessive eating followed by self-induced vomiting

Question 29

The Connection Between OCD & Anorexia

Answer 29

OCD stand for obssesive compulsion disorder , its linked to anorexia because individuals with anorexia have an obssesive behavior of losing weight and stopping their menstural cycle .

Question 30

Medical Complications Of Anorexia & Bulimia

Answer 30

• irritation of the throat due to vomiting
• low blood pressure
• low body temp (anorexia mainly)
• body swelling bc of starvation
• slow heart rate
• poor circulation
• dry skin / brittle nails

Question 31

Binge Eating Disorder

Answer 31

Individuals engage in repeated eating binges during which they feel no control . two-thirds of people with this disorder become overweight or obese ( most overweight people do not binge )

Question 32

Muscle Dysmorphia

Answer 32

Disorder in which people become obsessed with the incorrect belief that they are not muscular enough ( mainly males )

Question 33

“Weight Set Point”

Answer 33

The weight level that a person is predisposed to maintain .