Final Study Guide Flashcards
Eugenics
- studying genetics for the outcome of more favorable hereditary characteristics
- helps to eradicate genetic defects
Deinstitutionalization
moving people from institutions to their homes and addressing their needs from there
Positive Psychology
- emphasizing the positives of life
- may include character strengths, optimistic emotions, and constructive institutions
Insurance Parity Laws
Health insurance plans CANNOT put higher limitations on the number of visits or days of coverage for your behavioral health care than they do for other medical care
The Four D’s
- Deviance: outside of the norm
- Danger: to self or others
- Distress: behavior, ideas, or emotions; usually have to cause distress before being labeled as abnormal
- Dysfunctional: interferes with daily functioning
Exorcism
- abnormal behavior was considered demonic or work of evil spirits
- exorcism was the “cure”, along with trephination
Bethlehem Hospital
- oldest insane asylum
- patients were treated horribly
Moral Treatment Movement
- asylums were reformed into places of care
- Dorothea Dix was primary proponents of moral treatment
- reversal of moral treatment at end of 19th century due to: money and staff shortage, declining recovering rates, emergence of prejudice
Dorothea Dix
- was a Boston school teacher
- was the primary proponent of the moral treatment(along w Benjamin Rush(father of American Psych.))
Somatogenic view of mental illness
abnormal functioning has physical causes
Psychogenic view of mental illness
abnormal functioning has psychological causes
Major difference between a psychiatrist and clinical psychologist?
A psychiatrist underwent medical school and is able to prescribe medication, while a clinical psychologist cannot.
What did Hippocrates believe regarding the causes of mental health? How would he have treated a mental disorder?
- He believed (and taught) that illness had natural causes
- believed that mental illness can be treated more effectively if they are handled in a similar manner to physical medical conditions
Who is considered the father of the modern study of psychopathology?
Johann Weyer: German physician believed that the mind was as susceptible to sickness as the body
Pleasure Principle
instinctive drive to avoid pain and seek pleasure; reduces psychic tension
Reality Principle
the ego’s control of the pleasure-seeking activity of the id in order to meet the demands of the external world
Id
(Instincts) The Id is the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges and needs
Ego
(reality) The part of the id that has been directly modified by the external world
Superego
(morality) values and morals of environment that are learned through parents and others; part that feels pride or satisfaction
Stages of Psychosexual development
- Oral Stage: birth-1yr
- Anal Stage: 1-3 yrs
- Phallic Stage: 3-6 yrs
- Latent Period: 6-puberty
- Genital Stage: Puberty-death
Client centered therapy
client takes the reins, while therapists act as a guide
