Psyc disorders Definition Flashcards
Categorical approach
An object is determined to be a member of the category or not
Dimensional approach
An object differs in degree from others; a continuum
Life stress model or diathesis stress
Important impact on the number of life stressors on the development of disorders
Anxiety
The state of alarm in response to a sense of being in danger
Anxiety disorder
Develops when anxiety is too severe, too frequent, lasts too long and triggered too often
Beck and Ellis model of GAD
Negative thoughts, assumptions and interpretations produce GAD and anxiety in general
Metacognitive theory of GAD (wells)
Worrying about worry;meta-worry
Intolerance of them certainty theory of GAD
Some people cannot accept the negative events that may occur even if the chance of them happening is small
Genetics (family pedigree studies)—GAD
The more closely related you are to someone with GAD the higher the chance of you developing GAD
GABA inactivity theory -GAD
The more GABA in your brain, the less aroused CNS the less chance with GAD
Baked beans
Should help people displaced safety behaviours that help lessen anxiety
Classical conditioning model of phobic disorders
Once fears are required individuals tend to avoid the situation or object which allows the fear to be more ingrained
Agoraphobia
Fear of situation/events associated with panic
Obsessions
Intrusive or nonsensical thought images or urges that a person tries to resist, or eliminate
Compulsions
Thoughts or actions to suppress thoughts and provide relief
Thought-action fusion
Tendency to view the thought as similar to actions
Depression
A period of low, sad state characterized bu withdrawal from the environment
Mania
Period of euphoria, increased energy and exaggerated beliefs of ability
Artifact theory
Women and men are actually prone to depression but clinicians often feel to detect in men
Hormone explanation
Hormone changes trigger depression in many women
Life stress theory
Women in our society experience more stress than men
Body dissatisfaction theory
Females in Western societies are taught to seek a particular body type that is unattainable and unhealthy
Lack of control theory
Women feel less control than men over their life
Ion activity theory
Ions are improperly transported in the cells of sufferers
Permissive theory
Mania and depression or typified by serotonin levels
Psychosis
A lot of contact with reality and greatly impairs functioning
