Psych 100 - Psychopathy Flashcards
Psychopathology
psychopathy patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
leads to disrupted functioning at home, work, and in the person’s social life
causes distress to that person and others in their life
Bio-psycho-social Perspective
biological, sociocultural, and psychological factors produce psychological disorders
Diathesis Stress Model
diathesis (vulnerability): previous biological/environmental factors predispose an individual towards developing a disorder
stress also is a trigger that taxes or exceeds the individual’s personal resource and results in abnormal behavior
Anxiety Disorders
primary disturbance is distressing, persistent anxiety, or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Types of Anxiety Disorders: GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
- constant worry about many issues
- anxiety interferes with functioning
- exhaustion
- difficulty concentrating
- hyperventilating
- irritability
Types of Anxiety Disorders: Phobia
- intense, irrational fear
- fear of specific object/situation
Types of Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder
- characterized by frequent panic attacks
- helpless terror, high physiological arousal
- sufferers live in fear of having them
OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
obsessions: irrational, disturbing thoughts that intrude into consciousness
compulsions: repetitive actions performed to alleviate obsessions
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event
symptoms:
- re-experiencing
- avoidance
- hyperarousal
Mood Disorders: Major Depression
- changes in sleep
- random outbursts of sadness/anger
- suicidal ideation
- intense despair/sadness
- loss of interest/enjoyment in activities
- lethargy/tiredness
- changes in eating
- difficulty concentrating
Mood Disorders: Chronic Depressive Disorder
less severe than major depression, but long-lasting
lasts for at least 2 years
can have major depression and chronic depression at the same time
Mood Disorders: Seasonal Affective Disorder
seasonal related severe depression
- intense hunger
- weight gain in winter
- sleep more than usual
- depressed more in the evening than morning
Mood Disorders: Bipolar I
mania and severe depression
depressive symptoms:
- gloomy
- withdrawn
- inability to make decisions
- tired
- slowness of thought
mania symptoms:
- elation
- euphoria
- desire for action
- hyperactive
- multiple ideas
Mood Disorders: Bipolar II
hypomania: milder version of mania
- severe depression
cyclothymia: hypomania and mild depression
Somatic Symptom Disorders: Functional Neurological Disorder
physical symptoms with no physical explanation
Somatic Symptom Disorders: Somatization Disorder
repeated, varying symptoms with no physical cause
Somatic Symptom Disorders:
Illness Anxiety Disorder
the preoccupation that one has a serious, undiagnosed disease
Dissociative Disorders: Psychogenic Amnesia
total or partial loss of information about self
usually triggered by traumatic experience
Dissociative Disorders: Depersonalization Disorder
feelings of unreality
mind leaves body, limbs feel numb and doesn’t feel like it belongs to you
Dissociative Disorders: DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
numerous personalities
Schizophrenia
a group of severe disorders characterized by
- problems in thinking/speaking
- disturbed perceptions
- inappropriate emotions/actions
Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Problems in Thinking and Speaking
- delusions of persecution
- paranoia
- delusions of grandeur
- delusions of being controlled
- disorganized speech
overinclusion: jumping from idea to idea without the logical association
paralogic: on the surface it seems logical, but it is severely flawed
Symptoms of Schizophernia: Disturbed Perceptions
- hallucinations
- can be auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory
command hallucinations
- voices giving orders
Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Inappropriate Emotions/Actions
behavior is inappropriate for the situation
flat affect: no emotion at all in face/speech
inappropriate affect: laughing at serious things, crying at happy things
catatonic behavior: unresponsiveness to environment, usually marked by immobility for a period of time
