Psych Random Flashcards
classical conditioning
natural response
involuntary
reinforcement
target behavior followed by reward or removal of aversive
form of operant
transferance
patient to physician
common appearance of dissociation
sexual abuse
fixation
remaining at childish level
common times for intellecutalization
cancer diagnosis with survival stats
isolation
separating feelings from ideas and events
projection
unacceptable internal impulse on external source (husband wants to cheat and accuses wife)
reaction formation
replacing a warded-off idea with opposite
regression
involuntary turning back maturation
repression
involuntarily witholding (diff than suppression)
splitting
all good or all bad
seen in boderline personality disorder
sublimation
replacing unacceptable with course of action
aggression towards father into sports, mature defense
irreversible changes from deprivation in infant
> 6 months
vulnerable child syndrome
parents perceive child as especially susceptible
follows serious illness (missed school and excess services)
age ADHD
before 12
associations autism
increased head/brain size
more common in boys
genetics Rett
de novo mutation MECP2
treatment conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder
psychotherapy like CBT
fear of separation normal until
3-4 yo
Tourette
before 18 and for 1 year
associations Tourette
OCD and ADHD
disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
before age 10
temper outbursts, constantly angry
treat with psychostims and antipsychotics
order of loss in disorientation
time place person
dissociative fuge
abrupt travel
associations dissociative disorder
sexual abuse, PTSD, depresion, substance abuse, borderline personality, somatoform
EEG delirium
slowed EEG
EEG dementia
normal
common causes dementia like presentation in elderly
hypothyroid and depression
visual hallucination
medical illness
tactile hallucination
alcohol withdrawal and stimulant use
hypogogic and hypnopompic
seen in narcolepsy
psychosis/schizo in teens
cannabis use
imaging schizophrenia
ventriculomegaly
delusional disorder
> 1 month
does not impair function
antidepressants in bipolar
precipitate mania