Mental Disorders

Question 1

The term manie sans delire was given in ____ (year) to people who engaged in ________. Who came up with this term?

Answer 1

1801
impulsive violent acts
Philippe Pinel

Question 2

The term moral insanity was given in ___ (year) to describe people who _____. Who gave this term?

Answer 2

1883
people whi knew what they were doing but didn’t care.
James Prichard

Question 3

People suffering from mental insanity, in Prichard’s opinion should be handled …

Answer 3

by being imprisoned or excluded from society because they do not respond to punishment.

Question 4

What are the types of personality disorders Julius Koch added in 1907? Describe each

Answer 4

Born criminals: no morals, lack remorse, engage criminal acts
Morbid Liars: enjoy lying and deceiving.
Personality subtypes:
- Spendthrifts: live beyond their means and rely on society
- Vagabond: live day-to-day, don’t make plans, take off on a whim.

Question 5

What is Benjamin Karpman and Silvano Arieti’s way of seeing psycopathy? When did they introduce the idea?

Answer 5

1946
Personality disorder:
early set of anti-social behaviour, immediate gratification, too grand sense of self-worth, impulsive, irresponsible, lack anxiety or remorse and being callous.

Question 6

What was Robert Hare’s contribution to the work on psycopathy and when did that happen?

Answer 6

Developped a rating scale to assess psycopathic traits.

Question 7

What changed in the DSM II when it comes to psycopathy?

Answer 7

They changed the name to antisocial personality disorder and switched the focus to behaviour instead of personality.

Question 8

The DSM categorizes all personality disorder according to ___ traits that are categorized in __ categories that are:

Answer 8

25-5
negative affectivity
detachment
antagonism
disinhibition
and psychotism

Question 9

To be disagnosed with ASPD, one needs to exhibit traits from 3 categories. What are they and give examples of traits in said categories?

Answer 9

Antagonism traits: manipulativeness, deceitfulness, hostility and callousness.
Negative affectivity: impulsivity, risk-taking, irresponsibility
Traits specific to psychopathy: low anxiousness, low withdrawal, high attention seeking,

Question 10

What are the symptoms of Conduct disorders? When do they start? Who is more likely to have it?

Answer 10

Repeatedly violating the rights of others. Agressive, physically cruel, destroy other people’s property, skip school, run away from home.
7-15
Boys

Question 11

If person diagnosed with conduct disorder does not get better, it can develop into adult age as…

Answer 11

Anti-social personality disorder

Question 12

Conduct disorders:

Overt-destructive pattern vs. Over-nondestructive pattern vs. Covert-destructive vs. covert-nondestructive

Answer 12

o-d: offensive, confrontational
o-n: offensive, non-confrontational (lying)
c-d: secretive but destructive
c-n: secretive, non-destructive (skipping school).

Question 13

What is a juvenile deliquent?

Answer 13

Someone between the age of 8 and 18 breaking the law

Question 14

What causes conduct disorders?

Answer 14

Genetic and biological factors.
Also, drug abuse, poverty, trauma, violent peers, community violence.
Troubled parent-child relationship

Question 15

Treatments for conduct disorders are more efficient for children under the age of ___.

Answer 15

13

Question 16

What is parent child interaction therapy? What is video modelling?

Answer 16

Therapist teach parents to work with their child, and tries to tech the child better social skills.
Same thing but with videos.

Question 17

When children reach school age, the treatment is called parent management training. What is it?

Answer 17

teach parents more effective ways, and parents and children meet together in behaviour family therapy.

Question 18

What is treatment forster care?

Answer 18

Deliquent boys and girls are put in foster homes in which the foster parents have received proper training, and the biological parents receive training. Then, more support for child and birth parents after leave foster care.

Question 19

What is the sociocultural intervention that was not found successful? Why?

Answer 19

Juvenile training centers.

Doesnt resocialize offenders but strengthens behaviour.

Question 20

What is problem-solving skills training?

Answer 20

modeling practice, role-playing, systematic reward to build constructive thinking and positive social behaviours.

Question 21

What is the coping power program?

Answer 21

Group sessions to manage their anger, solve problems, emotional intelligence, build social skills, set goals, handle peer pressure,

Question 22

What is the success of child-focused approach?

Answer 22

Help reduce agressive behaviour and help prevent substance use in teens.

Question 23

What are prevention programms trying to do for conduct disorders?

Answer 23

change bad social conditions, training opportunities, health care, training facilities, ease stress, poverty and help parents be better.