psych disorder Flashcards
Biomedical approach
Treats disorders considering only biological factors, not social or lifestyles
Schizophrenia
must show continuous signs for six months of disorganized speech
What is delusions and their types?
False belief contrary to reality
Delusion of reference
Delusion of persecution
Delusion of grandeur
Broadcasting
Thought insertion
Neurologism
words invented by schritzophrenic person
Disorganized thought
Unable to follow the train of thought
Echolalia
Repeating another person’s words
Echopraxia
imitating other actions
catatonia
Motor behaviors of the people of schizophrenia
blunting
reduction in the intensity of emotional expression
flat effect
No signs of emotional expression
avolition
Decreased engagement in purposeful goal-directed actions
3 phases of schizophrenia
- Predromal phase: withdrawl
- Active: loss of contact from reality (hallucinations)
- Residual: person looks ok, but going back in cycle
Major depressive episode
2 weeks with depressed mood, anhedonia,appetite disturbance, sleep, weigth changes, dec energy, worthlessness, difficulty concentration, psychomotor symptoms
anhedonia
Loss of interest in all former enjoyable activities
Persistent depressive disorder
dysthymia
Chronic depression that lasts two years with less depressive symptoms
Seasonal effective disorder
Major depressive that is characterized by seasonal onset
Depressive symptoms in winter
manic episode
Persistent abnormal elevated moods lasting for one week (p4)
Bipolar disorder
Major Type of mood disorder that has depression and mania
Bipolar 1 disorder
Manic episode with/without major depressive episodes
Bipolar 2 disorder
Hypomania with one major depressive disorder
Hypomania
More energetic and optimistic behavior
cyclothymic disorder
🌴Hypomanic episodes and periods of dysthymia
🌴Not severe enough to be a major depressive episode
Monoamine catecholamine theory of depression
Theory to describe the cause of mood disorder
What does norepinephrine and serotonin cause when in extreme?
⬆️ mania
⬇️ depression
Social anxiety disorder
Anxiety due to social situations
fear of embarrassment
agoraphobia
Fear of being in places where it is hard to escape
Panic attack symptoms
fear, apprehension, trembling, sweating, hyperventilation, sense of unreality
Body dysmorphic disorder
Unrealistic negative evaluation of their appearance
post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD)
accurs after experiencing a dramatic event and leads to avoidance and negative cognitive symptoms
Intrusion symptoms
Living the event again, flashbacks, nightmares
avoidance syndrome
Avoiding everything related to the trauma
Negative cognitive symptoms
Inability to recall features of the event
feeling distant from others
Arousal symptoms
Started response, irritability, anxiety, self destructive reckless behavior and sleep disturbances
acute disorder
Symptoms for less than one month but more than three days
dissociative disorder
Avoiding stress by escaping their identity
dissociative amnesia
