PEL - Lecture 1 Flashcards
What are the four ways of thinking about normality discussed in the lecture
- Statistical infrequency
- Norm violation
- Distress
- Disability/dysfunction
Case against diagnosis (4)
- Bias/restricted thinking
- Jargon
- Inhibit research
- Stigma
What is Thomas Szasz associated with
Thesis that mental disorders are a ‘myth’
Case for diagnosis (5)
- Facilitate communication
- Facilitate care
- Resarch
- Education
- Information management
What percentage of the pop has some mental illness
20%
What % of people with mental illness have their treatment needs fully met?
26%
Difference between a syndrome and a disorder?
Disorder as a distinct course, age and gender characteristics have been described, prognosis may be known
Difference between disorder and disease?
Disease must have indications of abnormal physiological processes or structural abnormalities
Name the 8 psychopathology assessment techniques
- Pen and paper tests (e.g., BDI)
- Clinical interviews (e.g., SCID)
- Behavioural assessment (e.g., AX-CPT)
- Activity Diaries
- Psychological tests (e.g., MMPI)
- Medical tests (e.g., MRI)
- Psychophysiological tests
- Neuropsychological tests (e.g., WAIS)
What are the four stages of psychosexual development within classical psychoanalytic theory?
- oral
- anal
- phallic
- latency
Who is the key guy associated with social learning theory?
Bandura
What is Bandura associated with?
Social Learning Theory
Who is associated with the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiToPs)
Kotov (2017)
What is Kotov (2017) associated with
HiToPs
What does HiToPs refer to
Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (Kotov (2017)
Who is associated with the Clinical Staging Model?
McGorry (2018)
What is McGorry (2018)associated with?
Clinical Staging Model
How is McGorry’s (2018) Clinical Staging Model distinct from stepped care model?
Stepped care just means escalating treatment - Clinical staging matches treatment to stage of the disorder
What are the 6ish stages of McGorry’s (2018) Clinical Staging Model?
- Asymptomatic
1a. Distress disorder
1b. Subthreshold symptoms + distress - First treatment episode
- Recurrence/Persistence
- Treatment resistance
Whose model is the one that looks like pacman?
McGorry’s (2018) Clinical Staging Model
