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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Disorganized Schizophrenia

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Sufferers of this kind of schizophrenia cannot have selective attention. They are easily distracted by even the smallest of disturbances.

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What is the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition)

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The book which all psychiatrists currently refer to when classifying a person’s mental disorder.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Catatonic Schizophrenia

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Sufferers of this kind of schizophrenia have extremes of behavior. Movement/ activity can dramatically increase or decrease in those who have it.

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How were psychdisorders treated in the Pre-medical model of psychological disorders

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In this view of psychological disorders, those with atypical behaviors were claimed to be posessed by demons and were beaten to try to get rid of the demons.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Major Depressive Disorder

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Sufferers of this disorder think they’d be better off dead, can feel constantly feel out of breath for no reason, and their sleeping & eating can easily be affected. Many college freshman get these symptoms at some point

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Schizophrenic ‘Disturbed Perceptions’

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Some schizophrenics experience hallucinations, such as seeing, hearing, touching, smelling or tasting things that aren’t there, the most common of which is hearing voices. Illusions - periods of heightened sensory awareness, objects appearing closer or further away than they are, hearing one’s own voice as another’s etc are also common. What is the general category for these symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Give two causes of Schizoprhrenia and details of each.

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  1. brain abnormalities - often abnormal activities in multiple regions of the brain - ex. frontal lobe- messes with critical thinking - and the interconnections between the different parts of the brain - ex. out of sync nuerons - and an excess of dopamine receptors. (can be due to prenatal infection - weakened cells –> reduced synaptic connections) 2. genetic factors - higher risk for this disorder if a family member has it. - specific genes may predispose children - ex. genes which affect the development of receptors, nuerotransmitters, and the mylon shieth. *** prenatal factors can also increase the odds of this development of turn on said genes.
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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Avoidant Personality Disorder

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The people with this personality disorder tend to have feeling of inadequacy in social situations, are very sensitive to what people think of them. They have extreme shyness, and hypersensitivity to rejection. These things cause avoidance and detachment from social situations. The people with this disorder may want to be in social situations but are incapable due to their fear of rejection.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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The people with this disorder have excessive or disproportionate anxiety about several aspects of life.They cannot pinpoint what they are afraid of. They have a continuous state of anxiety.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Defining a psychological disorder

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Atypical behaviors, not normal and also disturbing. The behavior has to be unjustifiable.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Agoraphobia

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Fear of public places where there is no escape if one were to have a panic attack.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Phobias

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An overwhelming, extreme, irrational fear of something or a situation that posesses little danger, yet provokes high anxiety

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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The people with this disorder experience thinking the world centers around them. They are self-obsessed, have no mutual empathy, inflate their achievements, and are extremely sensitive to criticism

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Schizophrenic ‘disorganized thinking’

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Some schizophrenics experience no filter and their thoughts don’t come out in any logical order. What is the general category for these symptoms of schizophrenia?

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Schizoid Personality Disorder

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People with this disorder are withdrawn, don’t want to interact with others, and they don’y think it’s necessary. They prefer to be alone and are socially apathetic. They Lack of interest in social relationships.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder

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People with this disorder are emotionally unstable, unable to form relationships, cannot trust others, afraid people will leave with no reason, depressed, impulsive, imagine hurting themselves, or actually hurt themselves.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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People with this disorder have repetative behavior caused by unreasonable fears or thoughts, it becomes a ritual

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Bipolar Disorder

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People with this disorder have “low” sad episodes followed by a excessively “high” phase. During the high phase these people can be over-talkative, have unrealistic optimism, loose spending, sleep with a lot of people and are overly-energized.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Panic Disorder

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People with this disorder have an overwhelming and unjustifiable surge of anxiety and fear with symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, and very high heart rate.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Historionic Personality Disorder

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People with this disorder need to be the center of attention, and they are uncomfortable when not. They exhibit extreme emotionality and often try to get attention by being overly sexual and dramatic.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Dissociative Personality Disorder

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People with this disorder supposedly have a ‘split personality’. They often have amnesia - don’t remember their past life and they only know of their whole new life. They use their entirely new identity to escape the tragedy of their old life

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Schizophrenic ‘Inappropriate Emotions and Actions’

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Some schizophrenics exhibit the inability to react in appropriate ways to different situations. For example: Laughing at a funeral. What is the general category for these symptoms of schizophrenia?

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Paranoid Schizophrenia

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Sufferers of this kind of schizophrenia the most common type of schizophrenia. It is defined by delusions accompanied by hallucinations.

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What does it mean to treat Psych Disorders with a Medical Model

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In this view of psychological disorders, it is assumed that disorders have an organic of physical cause and focusses on genetics, neurotransmitters, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and so on. Also includes applying typical medical procedures such as identifying symptoms and making diagnoses for mental illnesses.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Schizophrenia

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This group of disorders is characterized by a loss of contact with reality - a ‘split’ with reality.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Mood Disorders

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People who experience mood changes that seem inappropriate in degree or length of time, or inconsistent with the situations to which they are responding. They feel excessively sad or elated beyond what the situation calls for.

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What are the symptoms/characteristics of Personality Disorders

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People with this group of disorders have inflexible and enduring patterns of behavior that get in the way of them having normal social relations with people.

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How common are Anxiety Disorders?

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This category of disorders is the most commonly experienced.

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How common are Mood Disorders (depression)?

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Although not the most common type of disorder, this type of disorder is the one most people seek therapy for.

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‘Psychopaths’ have been re-labelled this

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Those who have Anti-Social Personality Disorder used to be labelled this.

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Sufferers of this kind of schizophrenia cannot have selective attention. They are easily distracted by even the smallest of disturbances.

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Disorganized Schizophrenia

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The book which all psychiatrists currently refer to when classifying a person’s mental disorder.

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DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition)

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Sufferers of this kind of schizophrenia have extremes of behavior. Movement/ activity can dramatically increase or decrease in those who have it.

A

Catatonic Schizophrenia

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In this view of psychological disorders, those with atypical behaviors were claimed to be posessed by demons and were beaten to try to get rid of the demons.

A

Pre-medical model of psychological disorders

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Sufferers of this disorder think they’d be better off dead, can feel constantly feel out of breath for no reason, and their sleeping & eating can easily be affected. Many college freshman get these symptoms at some point

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Major Depressive Disorder

36
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Some schizophrenics experience hallucinations, such as seeing, hearing, touching, smelling or tasting things that aren’t there, the most common of which is hearing voices. Illusions - periods of heightened sensory awareness, objects appearing closer or further away than they are, hearing one’s own voice as another’s etc are also common. What is the general category for these symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Schizophrenic ‘Disturbed Perceptions’

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  1. brain abnormalities - often abnormal activities in multiple regions of the brain - ex. frontal lobe- messes with critical thinking - and the interconnections between the different parts of the brain - ex. out of sync nuerons - and an excess of dopamine receptors. (can be due to prenatal infection - weakened cells –> reduced synaptic connections) 2. genetic factors - higher risk for this disorder if a family member has it. - specific genes may predispose children - ex. genes which affect the development of receptors, nuerotransmitters, and the mylon shieth. *** prenatal factors can also increase the odds of this development of turn on said genes.
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Two causes of Schizoprhrenia and details of each.

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The people with this personality disorder tend to have feeling of inadequacy in social situations, are very sensitive to what people think of them. They have extreme shyness, and hypersensitivity to rejection. These things cause avoidance and detachment from social situations. The people with this disorder may want to be in social situations but are incapable due to their fear of rejection.

A

Avoidant Personality Disorder

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The people with this disorder have excessive or disproportionate anxiety about several aspects of life.They cannot pinpoint what they are afraid of. They have a continuous state of anxiety.

A

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

40
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Atypical behaviors, not normal and also disturbing. The behavior has to be unjustifiable.

A

Defining a psychological disorder

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Fear of public places where there is no escape if one were to have a panic attack.

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Agoraphobia

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An overwhelming, extreme, irrational fear of something or a situation that posesses little danger, yet provokes high anxiety

A

Phobias

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The people with this disorder experience thinking the world centers around them. They are self-obsessed, have no mutual empathy, inflate their achievements, and are extremely sensitive to criticism

A

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Some schizophrenics experience no filter and their thoughts don’t come out in any logical order. What is the general category for these symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Schizophrenic ‘disorganized thinking’

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People with this disorder are withdrawn, don’t want to interact with others, and they don’y think it’s necessary. They prefer to be alone and are socially apathetic. They Lack of interest in social relationships.

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Schizoid Personality Disorder

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People with this disorder are emotionally unstable, unable to form relationships, cannot trust others, afraid people will leave with no reason, depressed, impulsive, imagine hurting themselves, or actually hurt themselves.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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People with this disorder have repetative behavior caused by unreasonable fears or thoughts, it becomes a ritual

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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People with this disorder have “low” sad episodes followed by a excessively “high” phase. During the high phase these people can be over-talkative, have unrealistic optimism, loose spending, sleep with a lot of people and are overly-energized.

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Bipolar Disorder

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People with this disorder have an overwhelming and unjustifiable surge of anxiety and fear with symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, and very high heart rate.

A

Panic Disorder

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People with this disorder need to be the center of attention, and they are uncomfortable when not. They exhibit extreme emotionality and often try to get attention by being overly sexual and dramatic.

A

Historionic Personality Disorder

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People with this disorder supposedly have a ‘split personality’. They often have amnesia - don’t remember their past life and they only know of their whole new life. They use their entirely new identity to escape the tragedy of their old life

A

Dissociative Personality Disorder

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Some schizophrenics exhibit the inability to react in appropriate ways to different situations. For example: Laughing at a funeral. What is the general category for these symptoms of schizophrenia?

A

Schizophrenic ‘Inappropriate Emotions and Actions’

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Sufferers of this kind of schizophrenia the most common type of schizophrenia. It is defined by delusions accompanied by hallucinations.

A

Paranoid Schizophrenia

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In this view of psychological disorders, it is assumed that disorders have an organic of physical cause and focusses on genetics, neurotransmitters, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and so on. Also includes applying typical medical procedures such as identifying symptoms and making diagnoses for mental illnesses.

A

Treating Psych Disorders with a Medical Model

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This group of disorders is characterized by a loss of contact with reality - a ‘split’ with reality.

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Schizophrenia

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People who experience this disorder have mood changes that seem inappropriate in degree or length of time, or inconsistent with the situations to which they are responding. They feel excessively sad or elated beyond what the situation calls for.

A

Mood Disorders

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People with this group of disorders have inflexible and enduring patterns of behavior that get in the way of them having normal social relations with people.

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Personality Disorders

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This category of disorders is the most commonly experienced.

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How common are Anxiety Disorders?

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This category of disorders is the most commonly experienced.

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How common are Anxiety Disorders?

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Although not the most common type of disorder, this type of disorder is the one most people seek therapy for.

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How common are Mood Disorders (depression)?

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Although not the most common type of disorder, this type of disorder is the one most people seek therapy for.

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How common are Mood Disorders (depression)?

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Those who have Anti-Social Personality Disorder used to be labelled this.

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‘Psychopaths’ have been re-labelled this

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