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What is psychopathology?

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Study of symptoms and causes of mental disorders

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What is psychodiagnosis?

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Attempts to describe, assess, and understand the situation

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What is psychotherapy?

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Program of systematic intervention

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What are the mental health professions?

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Clinical psychologist
Counseling psychologist
Mental health/marriage counselor
Neuropsychologist
Psychiatrist

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What is the DSM5?

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A classification system for mental disorders

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What is prevalence?

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Percentage of people in a population who have the disorder during a given interval of time

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What is lifetime prevalence?

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Existence of a disorder during a person’s life

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Why is there a stigma associated with mental illness?

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Prejudice, discrimination and lack of self worth

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What is trephining?

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Why did people believe exorcism would help treat mental illness?

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Who is Hippocrates and how did he advance medical science and the treatment of mental illness?

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Describe what happened to people suspected of being witches during the 15th and 17th century?

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The women were executed

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Who is Philip panel and how is he associated with the rise of humanism?

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Took charge of mental hospital in Paris; removed chains, replaced dungeons with sunny rooms, and encouraged exercise; changes shown to foster recovery

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Who is the father of US psychiatry?

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Benjamin Rush

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Who is kroeplin and why is he important?

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Defined syndromes based on clusters of symptoms gave the Foundation for Dsm

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What is a model?

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Attempts to describe a phenomenon that cannot be directly observed

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What is the multipath model? How is the biopsychosocial model a mutipath model?

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Views disorders from a holistic frame work

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What is the amygolala and what role does it play in psychological disorders?

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The fear circuit

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What is a neuron? What are The functions of the following- dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, terminal buttons, synapse and neurotransmitters

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What is neuroplasticity?

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Ability of the brain to evolve and adapt

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What is psychopharmacology? What are the classes of drugs used to treat mental illness?

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Study of effects of psychotropic medications
- antianxiety
- antipsychotics
-antidepressants
-mood stabilizers

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What is ECT?when Is It used?

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Electroconvulsive therapy
- induce small seizures with electricity or magnetism
- can change brain chemistry and reverse some symptoms
-for those not responding to other treatments

23
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What are they components of the psychodynamic theory?

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Id: pleasure principle
Ego: realistic and rational
Superego: moral considerations (conscience)

24
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What is Pavlov known for?

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Classical conditioning

25
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What is bf skinner known for?

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Operant conditioning

26
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What is exposure therapy? Flooding? Gradual?

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27
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What is cognitive behavioral therapy?

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Thoughts profoundly affect emotions and behaviors

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What is unconditional positive regard?

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Person-centered therapy that allow clients to grow their potential

29
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What is the importance of family and group therapy?

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Stresses importance of teaching message sending

30
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How is poverty associated with mental illness?

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Limited Sense of personal control, poorer physical health, higher incidence of depression

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What is reliability? What is validity? Why are both important when making a diagnosis?

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Consistent
Consistent and correct

32
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What is a case study?

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Intensive study of one individual

33
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What does it mean when a test is standardized?

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34
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What is psychological assessment?

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35
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What are 4 main assessments methods?

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36
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What are the 2 types of interviews? Which is more reliable and which is more valid?

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37
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What is the difference between naturalistic and controlled observation?

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38
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What are projective personality tests?

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39
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What is the Rorschach ink blot and thematic apperception test?

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40
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What is the most widely used intelligence test?

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41
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Which personality test has validity scales, including a lie and fake scale?

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42
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What are the different types of neurological tests used by neuropsychologists?

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43
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Why do we need a classification system for diagnosis?

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44
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Why did we need a new Dsm?

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What are some of the categories of the Dsm?

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What is anxiety?

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What role does the amygdala play in anxiety disorders?

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What role does serotonin play in anxiety?

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