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most common type of phobia

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Social phobia

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What did Emil Kraepelin do?

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Used the term dementia precox for the description of schizophrenia

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What did Aaron T. Beck do?

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Developed the cognitive theory and therapy of depression

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What did Carl Rogers do?

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Developed the client-centered therapy

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What did Ugo Cerletti do?

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Was the first who used electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

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What did Avshalom Caspi do?

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Was the first who described the role of gene-environmental interaction in the development of depression

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What is the average IQ?

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100

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What are some personality tests?

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Rorschach probe

MMPI

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Which is a projective test

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Rorschach probe

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Questionnaires for the assessment of the severity of depressive symptoms

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1) Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)
2) Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
3) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

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Szondi test

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Szondi test is a projective personality test and it is not appropriate for assessing dementias

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Perseveration

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This is the repetition of a particular response (such as a word, phrase, or gesture) regardless of the absence or cessation of a stimulus. It is usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder.

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Coprolalia

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the involuntary and repetitive use of obscene language, as a symptom of mental illness or organic brain disease.

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Rumination

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a deep or considered thought about something.

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Compulsion

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an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way.

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Echolalia

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meaningless repetition of another person’s spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder.

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hallucination

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sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli that is similar in quality to a true perception

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illusion

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misperception of a real external stimulus

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Alexithymia

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characterized by difficulties in expressing and verbalizing emotions.

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Delusion

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This is a symptom of the content of thinking

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De Clérambault symptom

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Popularly called erotomania, the syndrome is characterized by the delusional idea, usually in a young woman, that a man whom she considers to be of higher social and/or professional standing is in love with her

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Nihilistic delusion

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the belief that oneself, a part of one’s body, or the real world does not exist or has been destroyed.

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Delusion of infestation is also known as

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Ekbom symptom

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Ganser syndrome

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This is the clouding of consciousness with disorientation, severe emotional stress, pseudohallucinations and amnesia are present. It is typically associated with patients undergoing trail

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Active negativism
behavior characterized by doing the opposite of what is being asked, is commonly encountered with young children.
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Capgras syndrome
t's also known as “imposter syndrome” or “Capgras delusion.” People who experience this syndrome will have an irrational belief that someone they know or recognize has been replaced by an imposter.
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pseudologia fantastica
This is pathological lying
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Frégoli syndrome
The Fregoli delusion is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise
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Cotard syndrome
Cotard delusion is a rare condition marked by the false belief that you or your body parts are dead, dying, or don't exist. It usually occurs with severe depression and some psychotic disorders. It can accompany other mental illnesses and neurological conditions.
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Bleuler's 4 A's
This is the 4 fundamental disturbances of schizophrenia 1. affective disturbance 2. ambivalence 3. autism 4. disturbance of thought association
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Macropsia
is a neurological condition affecting human visual perception, in which objects within an affected section of the visual field appear larger than normal, causing the person to feel smaller than they actually are.
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Micropsia
is a neurological condition affecting human visual perception, in which objects within an affected section of the visual field appear smaller than normal, causing the person to feel bigger than they actually are.
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Pareidolia
is the tendency for incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern or meaning known to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music
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Dysmegalopsia
It translates roughly as the diminished ability to appreciate the size of objects
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Rapid cycling
The definition of rapid cycling is 4 episodes of bipolar disorder within one year
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Dysthymia
depressed mood for most of the day, for more days than not, as indicated either by subjective account or observation by others, for ≥2 yr
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Cyclothymia
presence of numerous periods of hypomanic and depressive symptoms (not meeting criteria for full hypomanic episode or MDE) for ≥2 yr; never without symptoms for >2 mo (Kinda a mixture btw Major depressive syndrome & hypomania)
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Medications that cause mania
cocaine, speed (metamphetamin) | high dose antidepressants
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Medications that cause depression
corticosteroids | reserpine
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Changes during sleep in MDD
early sleep onset, wakening, and decreased REM-latency.
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Symptoms of severe depression
agitated, anxious, experience sadness and anhedonia
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Who gave schizophrenia its name?
Eugen Bleuler
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Timothy Crow
Positive and negative symptoms
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Eugen Bleuler
Fundamental and accessory symptoms
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Kurt Schneider
first-rank and second-rank symptoms
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Karl Leonhard
systematic and unsystematic schizophrenias
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cenesthopathic
A hypertrophic alteration in the sense of bodily being, caused by abnormal, bizarre sensations in the body.
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Phases of human sexual response
desire, excitement, orgasm and resolution
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Somatization disorder is often comorbid with
Histrionic personality disorder
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Hachinski Ischaemic Scale
This s a brief clinical tool that can be used to identify patients with vascular dementia
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frequent reasons of delirium
alcohol and medical drug intoxication or withdrawal, metabolic disorders (e.g. hypoxia, hypo-, or hyperglycaemia, electrolyte imbalance, renal or hepatic failure, anaemia, vitamin deficiency, endocrinopathy), cardiovascular disorders (e.g. cardiac failure, myocardial infarct, arrhythmia, shock), central nervous system disorders (e.g. trauma, epileptic seizure, infection, tumour, cerebrovascular disorder).
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paradox intention method
a suggested method for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive symptoms
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Agents used in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Antidepressants & buspirone
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affective disorders
are a set of psychiatric disorders, also called mood disorders.
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conversion disorder
Conversion disorder is a disorder in which a person experiences blindness, paralysis, or other symptoms affecting the nervous system that cannot be explained solely by a physical illness or injury. Symptoms usually begin suddenly after a period of emotional or physical distress or psychological conflict.
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Werther effect
The massive wave of copycat suicides after a widely publicized suicide through social learning
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Therapeutic blood concentration of lithium
0.5-1.0 mmol/l
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Common side effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
1. sexual dysfunction (late ejaculation, anorgasmia) | 2. nausea
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Pathway of action of typical antipsychotics
They are antagonists of dopamine receptors in the mesolimbic pathway (inhibition).
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Symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome
1) hyperthermia 2) muscular rigidity 3) confusion
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akathisia
movement disorder characterized by a feeling of inner restlessness and inability to stay still. Usually, the legs are most prominently affected.
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acute dyskinesia
Dyskinesia refers to a category of movement disorders that are characterized by involuntary muscle movements, including movements similar to tics or chorea and diminished voluntary movements
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collaborative empiricism
the collaborative relationship between a patient and a therapist
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disengagement
often describes the traits of a family or the current type of family interaction or functioning. Disengaged families lack intimacy between the members.
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Ergotherapy
Vocational therapy
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Who established the school called analytical psychology
Jung
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Individual psychology was introduced by
Alfred Adler
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unconditional positive regard
a concept developed by the humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers, is the basic acceptance and support of a person regardless of what the person says or does, especially in the context of client-centred therapy.
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What plays a specific factor in person-centered therapy?
A) unconditional positive regard B) empathy C) congruence

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