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Psychological treatments

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Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
Humanistic positive therapy
Behavioral treatments
Cognitive behavioral treatments
Group therapies
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Combined treatment

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Drugs + psychotherapy
Integrative therapies
Mindfulness and psychotherapy

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Drug therapies

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Symptom reduction; not curative

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Schizophrenia drug therapy

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Traditional antipsychotics- have many side effects (tardive dyskinesia)
Atypical antipsychotics- block different dopamine receptors and reduce risk of tardive dyskinesia

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Depressive and anxiety drug therapy

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MAO inhibitors
Tricyclic antidepressants
SSRIs
Benzodiazapine and Barbiturates (anxiety)

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Bipolar drug therapy

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Lithium

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Physical dependence

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Tolerance and withdrawal of drugs

Most drug therapies become less effective with prolonged use

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Psychotherapy

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Use of psychological techniques to modify behavior, thought, and emotion

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Psychoanalytic therapy

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Disorders are symptoms of unconscious and repressed thoughts, feelings, and motives
Therapy- dream interpretation, free association, transference, defense mechanisms, catharsis

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Humanistic therapy

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Client-centered: create conditions for optimal growth

Positive psychotherapy: reduce negative emotions; graditude training

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Behavioral therapy

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Use principles of classic and operant conditioning
Change reinforcers to change behaviors

Systematic desensitization
Exposure and flooding
Token economies

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Cognitive therapy

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Works to restructure irrational thought patterns

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Cognitive-Behavioral therapy

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Combines cognitive and behavioral properties to shape thoughts and behaviors
“Gold-standard”

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4 D’s in defining psychological disorders

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Disturbance 
Dysfunction
Distress/disability
Deviance 
(Culture influences how disorders we diagnosed and experienced)
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Biopsychosocial model

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Health is determined by a complex interaction between biology, psychology, and social factors

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Diathesis-stress model

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Individuals have varying degrees of biological or genetic vulnerability (diathesis)
Depending on their diathetic predisposition, a stressor can move certain individuals to illness or disorder

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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In attention
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Impaired social interaction
Impaired communication
Repetitive/stereotypic behaviors

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Risks for neurodevelopment disorders

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Genetic factors
Environmental factors (ADHD) smoking during pregnancy and under stimulated brain
ASD mirror neurons

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Psychotic disorders

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Inability to distinguish between real and imagined perceptions

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Schizophrenia

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Significant disturbances in thought and emotion (perception)

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Schizophrenia’s positive symptoms

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Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized speech
Grossly disorganized behavior

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Schizophrenia’s negative symptoms

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Catatonic immobility
Lack of speech
Flat emotion
Inability to complete tasks

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Theories of schizophrenia development

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Stressful (fetal) and abusive negligent (infant) environment
Abnormal brain development.

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Major depressive disorder

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2+ weeks of
Low mood, little motivation, low energy, weight gain or loss, sleep disturbance, slow or agitated motor movement, difficulty concentrating, feelings of worthlessness, suicidal ideation

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Persistent depressive disorder

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Milder in intensity than MDD but longer in duration

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Risk for depression

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Abusive and extremely stressful environments (social rejection)
Depression-vulnerable personalities (anxiety, neuroticism, negative emotionality)
Sleep and health related factors

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Bipolar disorder

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Mood swings cycling between very low and very high moods

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Manic and hypomanic episodes

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Mania- distractible, indiscrete, grandiose, flight of ideas, active, talkative
Hypomanic- shorter duration

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Bipolar risk factors

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Genetics mad abnormalities in the brain

Neurochemistry (low serotonin)

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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Pervasive/excessive anxiety lasting at least 6 months

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Panic disorder

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Persistent worry about having a panic attack

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Social phobia

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Persistent fear of humiliation in the presence of others

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of no escape if a public panic attack occurs

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Specific phobia

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Undue anxiety over a particular object or situation

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Risk for anxiety

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Biological factors- 
Deficiencies in GABA 
Genetic heritage 
Personality (neuroticism, introversion) 
Environmental factors- 
Adverse childhood experiences
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PTSD

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Intrusive and persistent cognitive, emotional, physiological symptoms
Triggered by catastrophic or horrifying event
Include:
Flashbacks
Easily startled
Hair-trigger tempers
Reckless, self-destructive

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Personality disorders

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Maladaptive and inflexible patterns of cognition, emotion, and behavior that develop on late childhood or adolescence

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Schizoid

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Lack of interest in relationships, flat emotions

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Schizotypal

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Bizarre beliefs

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Paranoid

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Unwarranted suspicions

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Histrionic

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Wild behaviors, extreme need for attention, shifting moods

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Borderline

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Impulsive, shifting mods, self-harm

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Narcissitic

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Grandiose, exploitative, lack of concern for others

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Antisocial

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Ruthless, deceptive, criminal, disregard of social norms

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Avoidant

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Sense of inadequacy, fear of criticism, avoid interaction

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Dependent

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Selfless, dependent, fear of rejection

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Obsessive-compulsive

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Perfectionist, rigid-routines

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Social facilitation

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When presence of others improves ones performance

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Social loading

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When the presence of others causes one to relax ones standards and slack off

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Social norms

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Rules about acceptable behavior imposed by the cultural context in which one lives

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Conformity

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When people adjust their own behavior to what others are doing or to adhere to the social norms

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Groupthink

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A situation in which the thinking of the group takes over, so much so that group members forgo logic or critics analysis in the service of reaching a decision

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In-group/out-group bias

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The tendency to show positive feelings toward people who belong to the same group as we do, and negative feelings toward those in other groups

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Biomedical treatment

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Drug therapy
Psychosurgery
Electric and magnetic therapies

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