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Midterm 1 Flashcards

1
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3 models of psychological disorders

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Spiritual, biological, psychological

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psychological dysfunction

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distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected

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phobia

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psychological disorder characterized by persistent fear of an object or situation

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presenting problem

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why patient comes in

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incidence

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number of new cases

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Time limiting source

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disorder will improve without treatment in a short time

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acute onset

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began suddenly

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insidious onset

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gradually developing

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prognosis

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the diagnosis

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etiology

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the study of the origin of disease

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spiritual model - what did psych disorders come from

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devil
punishment from god
witches
moon and stars
overall- out of harmony from a higher being

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spiritual model - treatments

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excorcism
prayer
persecution/death

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biological model - psych disorder causes

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can be traced back to a biological cause

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Hippocrates

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humoral theory
biological model
unbalanced humorous caused psych disorders

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John P grey

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biological model
thought pschyological disorders were phyiscal disorders
made hospitals more humane

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Psychological model

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focuses on psychology factors but also social, cultural and moral

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what happens if you don’t correctly go through all stages of psychosexual development

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you get stuck and hyperfixated on the one you did not go through smoothly

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ego psychologically (later ideas of psychoanalytic thought)

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attributes disorders to failure of ego to manage impulse and internal conflict

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carl rogers

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psych model
humanistic theory
client directed therapy
if client directs discussion = more honest
mental illness occurs when you are out of touch with guidance system

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Arab philosophers - reason for psychology disorders

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psychopathy arose when there was an imbalance between mind and body

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Canadian Indigenous culture - reason for psych disorders

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if you don’t respect animals, environment, cosmos you will get mental illness

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spirituality model today

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still very important to people
67% are religiously affiliated
25% strongly affiliated

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humoral theory

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4 humorals
blood - active + social
yellow bile - anger, impatient
black bile - melancholy
phlegm - passive
out of balance = mental illness

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rauvolfia

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an old south asian medicine for psychosis

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2 schools of thought + differences

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German school - focused on psychosis (bio model)
French school - focused on mental processes (psychological model)

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Emile Kraepeline

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2 types of psychosis
Exogenous (external factors) - eg. achlohlism + syphilis

endogenous (internal factors)

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dementia preacox

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Emil Kraepelin name from now schizophrenia

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general Paresis

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brain disease as a result of syphilis

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involuntional melencholia

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Emil Kraepelin name for now depression

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2 types of neurosis

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neurasthenia - weakness of nerves (anxiety)
Psychaesthenia - weakness of psyche (OCD)

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31
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Early intervention for neurosis

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elixers - gin
period of quiet

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32
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early 20th century bio perspectives

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custodial care - asylums
radical semantic procedures

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33
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Egaz Moniz

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lobotomy
surgical opotation with incision to frontal lobe
early 20th century

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34
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Freeman + Watts

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performed labotomies until the 60’s
early 20th century

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35
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Von medusa

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used insulin to induce seizures
thought you couldn’t have epilepsy and schizophrenia
early 20th century

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Cerletti + Bini

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electric induced seizures
for people with depression
early 20th century

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37
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1954-1959 medications

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phenothiazines
lithium carbonate

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38
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psychological model explanation

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psych disorders arise from life experiences

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39
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Philippe Pinel

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created moral treatment
made asylums more pleasant
insanity was psychological

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moral treatment

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Phillipe Pinel
goal was to arouse positivity
treat patients kindly and w/ respect
formal instruction top redirect mind
200 people

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moral treatment outcomes

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50% released without relapse
6% one relapse then released
20% never discharged

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decline of moral treatment

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paradox
advocated to much for mental heath that more people went to these hospitals

got too overcrowded -not enough staff and funding

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doraethea dix

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championed moral treatment
mental hygiene movement

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44
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Mesmer

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animal magnetism
hypnotized people
a fluid was found in the body which made mental illness - this got it out
early 20th century

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45
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Charcot

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hypnotized people to remove their hysteria
early 20th century

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46
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janet

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we unconsciously repress all bad things
early 20th century

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47
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Bruer

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“Talking cure” if you let them talk about their problems their symptoms went down
Early 20th century

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48
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Tripartite mind

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unconscious, subconscious ,conscious
freud

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49
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Tripartite Psyche

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Frued
Id- animal drives, libido, pleasure principle

Ego- logic and reason

superego- conscious and morality (mediates the 2)

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Freud - our primary motivations

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Libido - sexual
Thanatos - agression

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51
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5 stages of psychosexual development

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oral, anal, phallic, latency, adult

52
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what does freud say Defence mechanisms are for

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done by ego to control the impulse of the ID. Automatic and unconscious

53
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Defence mechanisms

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denial, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, repression, sublimation, intellectualization

54
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Freuds goal

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make the unconscious conscious

55
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Freuds techniques

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Free association - talk w/o structure and therapist interprets
Dream analysis
interpretations of transference - therapist interpretation of projection

56
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harry stack sullivan

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Interpersonal Dynamic - what you are is how people treat you

57
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Otto Kenberg

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object relations
we talk in and “introject” significant others around us as ourselves

58
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Maslow

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Humanistic model
focus on human potential
seek fufillment through personal growth

59
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neofruedians

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harry stack Sullivan
Otto kenberg

60
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bf skinner

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operant conditioning

61
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operant conditioning

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behaviour and how often it happens depends on its consequences and punishments

reward - most affective
punishment
extinction

62
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Derek hopko

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through operate conditioning taught behaviour modification

adaptive responses

63
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Classical Conditioning

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you can make a neutral stimulus elicit a condition response

64
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Pavlov

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classical conditioning

65
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Joesph Wolpe

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counter conditioning

66
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counter conditioning

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a treatment for phobias making an cr (Phobias, ptsd) a neutral response

67
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maladaptive conditioned emotional response

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gradual expose, desenstization, response reversion
OCD

68
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Albert Bundra

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we learn by observing others
some psychopathy is learned by watching other (phobias, interpersonal skills)

69
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AT Beck

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thought depressed people think about negative things and not rational or logically

developed Cognitive therapy

70
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Thalamus

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info hub
transmits sensor/motor info tp amygdala
fast transmission- amygdala for fear response

71
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hypothalamus

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links nervous system to endocrine system

promotes defensive behaviour

72
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limbic system

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amygdala
hippocampus
basil ganglis

73
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amygdala

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emotional processing
detects novelty
more active in people with anxiety

74
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hippocampus

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long term memory
associated with PTSD

75
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basil ganglia

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controls motor activity
connected to OCD

76
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prefrontal cortex

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control center
makes decisions and long term plans
left hem - cognitive
right hem- creative

77
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percent of CNS neurons in PFC

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80%

78
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Glutamate

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actives brain
memory, learning, communication
overstim- excitoxicity
understim- thinning dendrites +memory

79
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Benzodiazepine GABA

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reducea arousal
tempers emotional reposnes

80
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serotonine

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creates stability in emotion and thought
high levels-withdrawal,inhibitian
low- instability, impulsive suicide

81
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Norepinephrine

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makes you alert
affects adrenaline

82
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Dopamine

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Pleasure center
reward sensitivity

83
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Monamin Oxidase

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breaks down serotonin and norepinephrine

84
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Katemine

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used for pain relief and anaethsia
possibly for depression

85
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genes

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sequence of DNA molecules

86
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base pairs

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a combination of 4 nucleotides

87
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the 4 nucleotides

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adenine
thymine
guanine
cytosine

88
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Coding DNA

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Genes that contribute to production of protein synthsis

89
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number of genes in human body

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20,000

90
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number of base pairs in human body

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9 million

91
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chromosomes

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series of genes

92
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allels

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alternative forms of the same genes
mutation

93
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Most common polymorphism

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single nucleotide polymorphism
one nucleotide of base pair is different

94
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what did the human genome project find

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coding sequence DNA accounts for 2% of genome

95
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where does DNA bind to which affects transcription

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promotor region

96
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ways promotor regions can affect transcription

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silencers - methylation
enhancer - hypermethylation

97
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epigenetic

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internal + external factors that affect gene expression without altering DNA

98
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what do ACE’s do to genes

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affect gene expression of HPA axis - a major neurological pathway which affects all organs

99
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HPA Axis feedback loop process

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activated in the hypothalamus
which activates adrenal glands
adrenal glands secrete: adrenaline and cortisol

100
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Glucocorticoid and ACE

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can turn off cortisol and stop stress
aces can affect that

101
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ACE’s ans Serotonin

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excessive serotonin which can
neurotoxicity- break down brain
depressive symptoms
substance dependence

102
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MAO gene and ACE’s

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disrupts proper synaptic transition
disrupts emotional regulation

103
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monoamine oxidase (MAO)

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Operates in synaptic Clift to keep neurone in balance

104
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Brain derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) and ACE’s

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affect cortex thickness in regions related to decisions emotions and memories

105
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percentage of genetic contributions to personality and cognitive abilities

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30%-50%

106
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percentage of genetic contribution to psychological disorders

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50%

107
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diathesis stress model

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individuals inherit multiple gene tendencies to express certainn behaviours, which can be triggered under certain conditions

108
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gene environment correlation model

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some genes indicate an increased probability of experiencing an adverse life

109
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telomeres

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structure that caps end of chromosome
can predict life span

110
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somatic nervous system

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controls muscles

111
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automatic nervous system

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cardio, endocrine systems

112
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sympathy nervous system

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mobilizing body in time of stress

113
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parasympatic nervous system

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to balence sympathic

114
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learned helplessness

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believing you have no control in life

115
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prepared learning

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prepared to learn through evolution (eg. afraid of spiders)

116
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implicit memories

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acts based off things that happened but you can’t remember

117
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emotion

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temporary state

118
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mood

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persistant state

119
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dialectical behaviour therapy

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teach distress tolerance
emotional regualtion
interpersonal effectiveness training

120
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dynamic interpersonal therapy

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emphasis on origin of problems
understand those patterns

121
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cognitive bahvioral mindfulness therapy

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change relationship with emotions

122
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difference between CBT and dynamic

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CBT focus on maintaining factors, modify cognition, most work is done outside

dynamic- focus on origin, work done in theapy

123
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3 ways to determine assessment value

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reliability
validity
standardizationj

124
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5 methods of assesment

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clinical
observation technique
tests
psychological
life records

125
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4 types of clinical interview

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openeded
semi structured
mental status exam
behavioural interview

126
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5 things to look for in mental status exam

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appearance/behavior
thought process
intellectual
sensorium
mood+affect

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