Psych Disorders Test Flashcards
DSM - 1
any mental health conditions, other than personality disorders or mental disability, would have been included here.
DSM - 2
provided information about personality disorders and mental disability.
DSM - 3
info about any medical conditions that were present which might impact the patient’s mental disorder.
DSM - 4
environmental factors affecting the person - social environment, educational problems, occupational problems, housing problems
DSM - 5
rating scale from 0 - 100: 100 = no symptoms, 10 = danger of hurting self or others, can’t maintain personal hygiene
Schizophrenia
- split from reality
- delusions
- hallucinations
- inappropriate expression of emotion
- disorganized speech
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- persistent and excessive worry
- nervousness
- sense of impending danger, panic, or doom
- feeling weak or tired
Bipolar Disorder
alternating between mania and depression
Dissociative Identity Disorder
person exhibits two or more distinct personalities
loss of memory
Antisocial Personality Disorder
- antisocial = disruptive
- person exhibits lack of conscience for wrongdoing
- smaller frontal lobes
- body secretes less adrenaline
Borderline Personality Disorder
fear of abandonment, unstable relationships, self destructive behaviors, self harm, mood swings, explosive anger
Phobias
identifiable cause, diagnosis happens when a person organizes life around object of fear — can be caused by life experience, genetics, and brain chemistry
OCD
- unwanted, repetitive thoughts, actions
Somatic Symptom Disorder
characterized by an extreme focus on physical symptoms that causes major emotional distress and problems functioning - there is no medical reason for it
ex. illness anxiety disorder, conversion disorder
Behavioral Therapy
observable
- therapy that applies learning principles to getting rid of unwanted behavior
- focuses on what we do
Cognitive Therapy
- teaches new ways of thinking
- assumes thoughts intervene with events and our emotions
Aversive Therapy
creates association with an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
ex. associate alcohol with nausea
Counterconditioning
uses CC to evoke responses to stimuli
- replace fear of small places with relaxation
- exposure therapy
- aversive therapy
Operant Conditioning
Token economy - earn a token for doing something that can be exchanged for treats or privileges
- good for children with autism
Client-Centered Therapy
- therapist refrains from judging or interpreting what client says
- active listening: therapist echos, restates, and seeks clarification
Humanist Therapies
growth
- insight therapies: aims to increase a person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses
- focus on promoting growth
- conscious thoughts are more important
Psychodynamic Therapy
unconscious
- therapist is introducing them to themselves
ex. Husband - “I can’t say I love you to my wife”
PD Therapist - “Do you mean that if you could, you would like to?”
Husband - “Well, I don’t know… maybe I can’t say it because it is not true.”
Biomedical
prescribed medication
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Albert Ellis
- changing a person’s thinking by pointing out its ‘absurdity’
- challenge the person vigorously
