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Health, Distress, and Impairment Test 3 Flashcards

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What are the Severity ratings based on # of symptoms?

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Mild= 2-3
Moderate= 4 to 5
Severe= 6 or more

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What are the 5 General Categories?

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  1. Depressants (alcohol, sedative hypnotic, anxioylic)
  2. Stimulants (cocaine, amphetamines, caffeine, tabacco)
  3. Opioids (heroin, opium, oxy)
  4. Hallucinogens (cannabis)
  5. Other (inhalants, steroids, ketamine)
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Tolerance

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reduction in the effect of a drug as a result of repeated use requires greater quantities to achieve the same effect

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Withdrawal

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negative physical and psychological effects occur when stopping taking or reducing substance amount

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What are the Levels of Substance Involvement?

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Use, Intoxication, Abuse, Dependence/Addiction

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Physiological Dependence

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experience tolerance and withdrawal

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What are Depressants

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behavioral sedation and can induce relaxation

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Examples of Depressants?

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Alcohol, sedative, hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs

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What occurs in the body with an Increase in Tolerance?

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Changes in liver enzymes: efficient metabolism
CNS: changes in the number and sensitivity of GABA and glutamate receptors

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What is GABA?

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neurotransmitter that blocks impulses between nerve cells in the brain.

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What is the function of Glutamate receptors?

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mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system

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What are some Withdrawal Symptoms?

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Anxiety, depression, agitation, insomnia, weak, muscle tremors, increased pulse/blood pressure

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Delirium Tremens

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disorientation, confusion, visual hallucinations, memory problems

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Pro-typical heavy drinking

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young adult male, not married, financially well-off

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Comorbidity

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When one illness it accomponied by another: mood and anxiety disorders; personality disorders

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What are gender differences in Alcohol use?

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Men have a variable pattern and women start later in life following a stressful event and they are less likely to binge

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What are the Short Term effects of Alcohol?

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Biphasic effect: initial stimulant (increased sociability as alcohol levels rise), followed by depressant (negative emotions as alcohol declines)

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What are the Short Term Alcohol effects on Neurotransmitters?

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GABA: increased; may reduce tension /anxiety

Serotonin: increased; pleasurable effects and cravings

Dopamine: increased; pleasurable effects

Glutamate: inhibited; slurred speech and memory loss

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What are the Long Term effects of Alcohol?

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Severe malnutrition, B vitamin deficiency (Korsakoff’s liver syndrome), damaged endocrine glands and pancreas, heart failure, hypertension, reduces immune function (cancer)

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What happens to the brain when there is a prolonged heavy use of alcohol?

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destruction of grey matter near temporal lobes

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Where do Stimulants act?

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Brain and sympathetic Nervous System

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What are examples of stimulants?

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cocaine, caffeine, amphetamines

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How do stimulants effect us?

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Increases alertness and motor activity

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What are the effects of Cocaine?

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reduces pain and increases dopamine

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What are the effects of Amphetamines?

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Increases dopamine and norepinephrine

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What are the effects of Caffeine?

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Activates noradrenaline neurons and seems to affect the local release of dopamine and adenosine

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What are examples of Opioids?

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morphine, heroin, codeine, oxy, and fentanyl

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What is the function of Heroin?

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pain relief, induces sleep

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What are the effects of Heroin?

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euphoria, drowsiness, daydream state, lack of coordination

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What is Methadone?

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an opioid medication used to treat severe pain and opioid addiction

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What is Demerol/pethidine?

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an opioid pain-relief medicine

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What feeling is immediate after Herion injection?

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warm suffusing ecstasy

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When can withdrawal symptoms be felt after injecting Heroin?

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8 to 20 hours

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What Heroin withdrawal symptoms are felt after 8-20 hours?

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influenza symptoms, muscle pains, sneezes, sweats

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What Heroin withdrawal symptoms are felt after 36 hours?

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More severe, uncontrollable muscle twitching, cramps, chills, increased heart rate/blood pressure, vomiting

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How long are Heroin withdrawal symptoms felt?

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72 hours

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What is Fentanyl?

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Potent opioid used for treating severe pain

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What counteracts effects of opioids?

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Naloxone by blocking the effects of opioids

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What are the effects of Hallucinogens?

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hallucinations, expansions of consciousness, loss of boundaries, sense of detachment, feeling magically in control

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What are examples of Hallucinogens?

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Mescaline, psilocybin (shrooms) , PCP (angel dust), LSD, cannabis

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Are their withdrawal symptoms for Hallucinogens?

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No evidence of any

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What would more likely cause a bad trip?

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Anxiety which then causes a panic attack

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How does Cannabis effect individuals?

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If used heavy in teenage years it contributes to psychological problems in adulthood

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What are the effects of Inhalants?

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Feelings of euphoria and psychic numbing, dizziness, slurred speech, effects are similar to alcohol and damages the CNS

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What are examples of Inhalants?

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glue, correction fluid, spray paint, gasoline, aerosol sprays, nitrous oxide

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What may be a stepping stone in alcohol/drug use disorders?

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Inhalants

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What are Causes of Addiction?

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Biological/genetic, Psychological, Social, Cultural influences

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What are the effects of Neurobiological influences in Addiction?

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Positively reinforcing- work on internal reward centre dopamine and opioid neurons in mid-brain
Negatively reinforcing- alcohol reduces anxiety (GABA system)

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What are the effects of Psychological Influences in Addiction?

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Positive and negative reinforcement
Opponent process theory (when an emotion is expressed another is suppressed)
Role of expectancy effects

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What are Social Influences in Addiction?

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Media, family, peers
Parents and the family appear critical (role of siblings)
Self efficacy: combats peer pressure

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What are the Biological Treatments of Substance-Related Disorders?

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  1. Agonist Substitution
  2. Antagonistic Treatment
  3. Aversive Treatment
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What is Agonist Substitution?

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Safe drug with a similar chemical composition as the abused drug e.g methadone for heroin addiction and nicotine gum or patch

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What is Antagonistic Treatment?

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used to block addictive drugs from activating the brain’s receptors e.g Naltrexone

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What is Aversive Treatment?

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Drugs that make the injection of abused substances extremely unpleasant e.g. Antabuse makes the person feel ill

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What are Psychosocial Treatments of Addiction?

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debate over controlled use vs. complete abstinence
Alcoholics Anonymous and related groups: abstinence and disease model
Harm reduction and controlled- SIS: Safe Injection Sites

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What makes personality disorders different from other psychological disorders studied thus far?

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Ways of relating and thinking and predispositions are inflexible causing distress and impairment

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What is the Dimensional View of Personality Disorders?

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views various personality features along several continuous dimensions and allows a clinician to assess the severity of a condition and does not imply a concrete threshold between “normality” and a disorder

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What is Categorical View of Personality Disorders?

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assumes each personality disorder is a separate and distinct category; i.e., separate from other personality disorders, and distinct from “normal” personalities, either you have it or you don’t.

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What is Cluster A?

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Odd or eccentric characteristics (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal)

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What are the Clinical Features of Paranoid Personality Disorder?

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pervasive and unjustified mistrust and suspicion

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What is PPD is comorbid with?

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schizotypal, borderline and avoidant PD

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What are the Psychological speculations on PPD?

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parenting that emphases
i) not making mistakes
ii) the child is different from other people

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How does PPD differ from Schizophrenia?

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Visual and auditory hallucinations are not present

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How does PPD differ from Delusional Disorder?

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Full blown delusions are not present and less impairment in social and occupational functioning

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What is the Treatment for Paranoid PD?

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focus on development of trust, counter negativistic thinking

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What are the Clinical Features of Schizoid Personality Disorder?

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Pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships
Very limited range of emotions in interpersonal situations
Do not have unusual thought processes
Most socially isolated and may be highly suspicious of others
Magical thinking (clairvoyant or telepathic)
Ideas of reference (everyone in the cafeteria is talking about him/her)
Illusions are common (presence of a person, NOT actual person)

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Schizoid Personality Disorder is comorbid with?

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schizotypal, avoidant and paranoid PD

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What is the Psychoanalytic explanation for Schizoid PD?

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unaccepting/abusive parents

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What Criteria does Schizoid PD usually meet?

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MDD (major depressive disorder)

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What is the difference between Schizophrenia and Schizoid PD?

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Schizophrenia includes hallucinations and delusions. Schizotypal personality disorder does not and it usually co-occurs with personality disorders.

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Etiology (causes) of Schizotypal PD

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A phenotype of a schizophrenia genotype and Left hemisphere (learning and memory deficits) and more generalized brain deficits

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What is the Schizophrenia Genotype?

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programmed to disrupt the migration of neuronal cells in the developing cortex during the second trimester, resulting in impaired embryogenesis.

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What is a Phenotype?

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Determined by a person genetic makeup and environmental factors

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When having Schizoid PD what is at a high risk at developing?

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Schizophrenia

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What is the difference between Schizotypal and Schizoid PD?

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Schizotypal personality disorder tends to cause discomfort in relationships, distorted thoughts and beliefs, and odd behavior. Schizoid personality disorder tends to cause a detachment from relationships and limited emotional expression.

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What is the Treatment for Schizotypal PD?

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focus on developing skills/empathy and treating comorbid depression and some respond to antipsychotic medication at low doses

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What is the Treatment for Schizoid PD?

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focus on developing skills/empathy

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What is the prognosis for personality disorders?

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Poor

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What is Cluster B?

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Dramatic, emotional, erratic (antisocial, borderline, historic, narcissistic)

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What are the Clinical Features of Antisocial Personality Disorder?

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unusual emotional responses, impulsive rages
Failure to comply with norms and violations of the rights of others
irresponsible, impulsive, and deceitful
Lack a conscience, empathy and remorse

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Antisocial Personality Disorder vs. Conduct Disorder

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Conduct disorder occurs under the age of 18 and Antisocial PD happens above the age of 18

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Etiology of Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Many come from families with inconsistent parental discipline and support
Families often have histories of criminal and violent behaviour

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What are the Neurobiological Contributions of Antisocial Personality Disorder?

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Underarousal Hypothesis: low levels of cortical arousal primary cause of antisocial/risk taking behaviours
Fearlessness Hypothesis: fail to respond with fear to danger
cues

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What is the Treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder?

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Treatment shouldn’t be sought and ways of prevention include programs for at risk children, and teaching empathy

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What are the Clinical Features of Borderline Personality Disorder?

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Unstable moods and relationships, impulsive, fear of abandonment, poor self image, self harm

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What is Borderline Personality Disorder Comorbid with?

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depression, bipolar disorder, bulimia

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Etiology of Borderline Personality Disorder

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Runs in family, shares familial connection to mood disorders, early trauma/abuse, neglect, childhood sexual/physical abuse

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What is the Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder?

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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) which is the most promising approach as it teaches people to accept their thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and the techniques to change them

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What is the paradoxical stance of therapist

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Accept BPD patients as they are (Person-centred)
Help patients to change (CBT approach)

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What are the Clinical Features of Histrionic Personality Disorder?

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dramatic, sensational and sexually provocative, impulsive and need to be centre of attention (good or bad), shallow, more common in females

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Etiology of Histrionic Personality Disorder

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caused by unloving parents , crave attention as adults

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What Psychodynamic influence occurred to cause Histrionic Personality Disorder?

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cold and controlling parents- child feels unloved and abandoned

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What is the Treatment for Histrionic Personality Disorder?

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Long-term psychological therapy because there is usually no place for medicines in its treatment

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What are the Clinical Features of Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

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Exaggerated sense of self-importance, obsessed with receiving positive attention/entitlement, highly sensitive to criticism, little empathy for others, envious and arrogant

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Etiology of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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failure to receive “empathic mirroring” in childhood, only scored same with psychopathy on disagreeableness, therefore not same construct as psychopathy

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What is the Treatment for Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

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Psychotherapy (Talk therapy)

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What is Cluster C?

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Fearful and anxious (avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, dependent)

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What are the Clinical Features of Avoidant Personality Disorder?

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sensitive, avoidant of interpersonal relationships, interpersonally anxious and fear of rejection

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Psychosocial Etiology of Avoidant Personality Disorder

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individuals born with a difficult temperament and as a result parents are more rejecting or don’t provide enough uncritical love described parents as:
i) more rejecting
ii) more guilt engendering
iii) less affectionate than the control group of subjects

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Biological Etiology of Avoidant Personality Disorder

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higher levels of behavioural inhibition
(heritable temp. factor = avoidance response to unfamiliar situations)

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What is the Treatment for Avoidant Personality Disorder?

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Cognitive Behavioural and Psychodynamic Therapy

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What are the Clinical Features of Dependent Personality Disorder?

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Excessive reliance on others for decisions, fear of abandonment, clingy and submissive in interpersonal relationships

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Etiology of Dependent Personality Disorder

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Unknown, but may be linked to attachment style

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What is the Treatment for Dependent Personality Disorder

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Clients appear to be ideal/model clients because of their need to please and eagerness to give responsibility of their problems to the therapist but progress in therapy is typically slow

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What are the Clinical Features of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder?

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excessive fixation on doing things the right way, perfectionistic, orderly, emotionally shallow

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Are obsession and compulsions present in Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder?

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Not typically present cause its extremely rare

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Etiology of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

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Largely Unknown

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What is the Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder?

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Address fears related to the need for orderliness, target rumination, procrastination and feelings of inadequacy

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What is Schizophreniform Disorder?

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Has symptoms of schizophrenia between 1 and 6 months then disappears with treatment or unknown reasons

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What is Brief Psychotic Disorder?

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Has one or more positive symptoms, persist at least 1 day but less than a month

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What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

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Has symptoms of a mood disorder and schizophrenia
Prognosis similar to schizophrenia
Presence of hallucinations or delusions for 2 weeks with no symptoms occurring

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What is Delusional Disorder?

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persistent belief that is contrary to reality

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The 5 mistaken belief Subtypes that people with Delusional Disorder hold are

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  1. Erotomanic: higher status and thinks person loves them
  2. Grandiose: inflated worth, power, knowledge identity to a famous person
  3. Jealous: a sexual partner is unfaithful
  4. Persecutory: they or someone close is being malevolently treated
  5. Somatic: they are afflicted with a medical defect or condition
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What is Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome?

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Display some positive symptoms of schizophrenia, have insight regrading the bizarre symptoms, high risk of developing schizophrenia

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What is the DSM-V Schizophrenia Diagnostic Criteria?

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Criterion A: one of the following symptoms must be present:
- delusions/delusional ideas
- hallucinations
- Disorganized speech
Criterion B: impairment
Criterion C: frequency and duration
Criterion D: rule of schizoaffective, depressive or bipolar with psychotic features
Criterion E: exclusion (substance use)

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What is the Clinical Description for Schizophrenia

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Major disturbance in thought, emotion and behaviour, Disordered thinking
Faulty perception, Bizarre disturbances of motor activity
Socially withdrawn, Delusions and hallucinations

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What are the POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

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The presence of too much of a behaviour that is NOT apparent in most people which consists of hallucinations and delusions

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What are the NEGATIVE Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

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The absence of a behaviour that SHOULD be evident in most people like alogia (speech issues)

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Examples of Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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Avolition: lack of energy, seeming inability to persist at activities (hygiene, work)
Anhedonia: inability to experience pleasure
Flat Affect: no stimulus can elicit an amotional response; flat, toneless voice
Asociality: impaired social relationships
Alogia: poverty in th eamount or content of speech

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What are the Disorganized Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

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Erratic behaviours that affect speech, motor function, and emotional reactions and don’t fit into positive-negative scheme

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Examples of Disorganized Symptoms

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  1. Different types of motor abilities (immobility, holding a stance)
  2. Inappropriate affect (emotions are out of context)
  3. Disorganized Speech (problems in organizing ideas and speaking so one can understand)
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Tangentiality

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tendency to speak about topics unrelated to the main topic of discussion

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Loose association/derailment

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vague and confusing speech, in which the individual will frequently jump from one idea to an unrelated one

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Clang

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using similar-sounding words together, even though they don’t make sense

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Neologism

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new words or phrases are invented

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Perseveration

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when someone “gets stuck” on a topic or an idea

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Incoherence

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respond to questions with unrelated answers, say illogical things, or shift topics frequently (word salad)

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What is Cotards Syndrome?

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Person believes that a part of their body has changed in some impossible way

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What is Capgras Syndrome?

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Someone they know has been replaced by a double

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Delusions of control or thought broadcasting

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one’s thought is projected and perceived by others (thinks everyone is reading their mind)

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Delusions of Grandeur

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believe that they are wonderful, successful, more important than others

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Delusions of Reference

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Thinks everything they see or hear is about them

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What are Biological Treatments of Schizophrenia?

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Antipsychotic Medication because it reduces/eliminate positive symptoms but parkinson-like effects are common

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What are Psychosocial Interventions for Schizophrenia?

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High Expressed Emotion: criticism, hostility, and emotioal over involvment
Associated with higher relapse for people with schizophrenia
Low Expressed Emotion: warmth, positive regard

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