Intro To Abnormal Psych

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the study of mental disorders, including their symptoms, development and treatment; devoted to understanding, treating, preventing psychological dysfunction by examining biological, social, and psychological factors that often interplay to cause impairment

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Study of abnormal psychology

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4 D’s of Abnormality

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1. Distressing - to self or others
2. Dysfunctional - impairing to daily life
3. Deviates - from accepted sociocultural norms
4. Dangerous - to self or others

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ABNORMAL does NOT equal

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Disordered

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Flaw of disease model of mental illness:

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suggests a biological disease process, but no biological test is available to diagnose any types of abnormality

• mental disorders NOT viewed as singular diseases with common pathology/one cause

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Group of symptoms that disrupt typical bodily functions but do not has a single known cause/pathology.

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mental disorder

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3 categories of mental disorders:

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1. Neurodevelopmental disorder
2. Mental illness
3. Personality disorder

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A category of mental disorder characterized by alterations in ______, mood or ________ associated with significant distress, and impaired functioning:

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Mental illness:

alterations in thinking, mood or behaviour associated with significant distressed, and impaired functioning

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abnormal behaviour is characterized by _____ symptom(s) while a mental disorder is characterized by _______ symptom(s)

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abnormal behaviour - one symptom
mental disorder - full group of symptoms

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Mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, gambling addiction, and substance dependency are all within the _______ category of mental disorders

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mental illness

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ADHD, autism, learning disorders, and intellectual disorders are all mental disorders that are:

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Neurodevelopmental conditions

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Personality disorders and schizophrenia would not fall under the category of mental illness, but more in the category of:

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personality disorders

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belief that there are no universal standards or rules for labelling a behaviour as abnormal

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cultural relativism

• what is acceptable vs. unacceptable changes based on culture

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1. surface culture (food, dress, music); low emotional level
2. deep culture (unspoken rules, norms, courtship); high emotional level
3. unconscious rules (kinship, gender roles, concept of self); intense emotional level

This is known as the ______ concept of ______.

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iceberg concept of culture

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historical perspective on abnormality in which:

abnormal behaviour is similar to physical disease/cause by breakdowns of systems in body

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biological theories

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Historical perspective that abnormal behaviour results from divine intervention, curses, demonic possession, or personal sin

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supernatural theories

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historic perspective that abnormal behaviour results from trauma, bereavement (grief), or chronic stress

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psychological theories

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Historical abnormality treatment in which section of the skull are drilled or cut away to allow evil spirits to be released

• used to treat hallucinations and chronic sadness

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trephination

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Ancient china perspective on abnormality: imbalance of yin and yang. _______ being positive, and _______ being negative forces in the body

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yang - positive forces
yin - negative forces

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the ancient Chinese idea that emotions are controllde by internal organs

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vital air

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Ancient Chinese view that evil wins/ghosts switched people influencing their behaviour. More specifically this would be a ________ or ________ view.

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Taoist/Buddhist

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wandering uterus

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Classical (Greek, Roman) and ancient Egyptian theory for the majority of female ailments

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In ancient Egypt and the classical eras (Ancient Greece and Rome), they mostly rejected supernatural causes for abnormality and instead focused on ______ theories

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biological

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Classical/Egyptian theory that psychological symptoms were caused by physical processes

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hysteria

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________ view: people who practiced witchcraft were mentally ill

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medieval

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Large numbers of people engaging in unusual behaviours that appear to have a psychological origin

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psychic epidemics

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Place people were sent to to have their mental illnesses treated in medieval times. People being mistreated in these led to the “Act of Regulating Madhouses” being passed in 1700s.

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asylums

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Movement proposing more humane treatment of mental illnesses going off the idea that people become ill when they’re disconnected from nature, and stressed by the rapid social changes

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Mental hygiene movement - “touching grass”

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Idea that patients should be provided with humane conditions to live in (need enough staff to achieve this)

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moral treatment

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“Brain pathology leads to psychological disorders” would be an example of a _________ perspective

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biological

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Disease that leads to paralysis, insanity and eventual death that is caused by a SYPHILIS infection affecting the brain

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general paresis

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___________ perspective behaviour is caused by magnetic disturbance in the body and you can restore balance through touch:

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Mesmerism: Psychological/psychoanalytic

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Unconscious conflict, catharsis, talk therapy, Freud

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psychoanalytic theory

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3 categories of historical perspectives on abnormality:

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1. Biological 2. Supernatural 3. Psychological

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Mesmerism is considered to be a ________ perspective.

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psychoanalytic

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3 Categories for Modern Perspectives on Abnormality

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1. Behavioural (psychological) 2. Cognitive (psychological) 3. Social

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Stimuli can be associated with fears and thereby produce abnormal responses

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Classical conditioning (behaviourist)

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abnormal behaviour caused by patterns of reinforcement and punishment; token economy

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operant conditioning - (behaviourist)

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Abnormal behaviours is caused by distorted thinking that leads to negative emotions and self-defeating actions. This is the ________ perspective

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cognitive (thinking)

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People’s beliefs about their ability to control their actions. A negative sense of this can impair functioning. This belongs to the ________ perspective on abnormality.

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self-efficacy beliefs cognitive

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Patients recover better or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community. This is known as the __________ movement.

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Patients’ rights movements

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_________ acts on the patients’ rights movement by integrating patients into the community with the support of community-based treatment facilities. - putting patients back into community

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Deinstitutionalization

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Movement providing coordinated mental health services to people in community mental health centres

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community mental health movement

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Aspect of community mental health movement in which people with long-term mental health problems are offered the opportunity to live in a structured, supportive environment.

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Halfway houses (thinking meeting them halfway)

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Part of community mental health movement that allow people to obtain treatment during the day, along with occupational and rehabilitative therapies (people return home at night).

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Day treatment centres

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Obstacle of the community mental health movement:

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- limited resources - funding, space, most do not have insurance - deinstitutionalization difficult

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approach to understanding mental health in which biological, social, and psychological factors are considered at the same time

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integrationist approach

Question 47

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Question 48

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