Psychological disorder Flashcards
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Psychopathology
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= psycho disorder/abnormality
= mental disorder/illnesses
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factors determining Normal vs Abnormal
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- distress = prolonged and overload
- irrationality
- unpredictability
- maladaptiveness = causing fear towards others
- unconventionally = statistically rare behaviour
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symptom
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- hallusination
- dilusion = irrational thoughts
- affected disturbence
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Diagnosis
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- distress
- disturbance
- disfunctioning
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Diagnosing criteria
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- APA
- DSM-5
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Aetiology - Diagnosis model
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medical model = disease of mind, objective cause psychological model = maintained behaviour & mental sets, --> from bio/psycho ' cognitive/sociocultural causes
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Theories used in psychological model
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- Social Learning Theory (Bandura) = learnt behaviour
- Developmental theory = deviation of bio and cognitive development
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mood-related disorder
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- Depression
- Major depression disorder
- seasonal depression disorder
- perinatal depression
- Anxiety
- general anxiety
- panic disorder
- Phobia disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Bipolar = manic + depression period
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personality-related disorder
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- schizophrenia = distortion of personality
- narcissism = over-exaggerated self-importance
- Antisocial = lack of responsibility to others
- Borderline = unable mood, sudden and short shifts
- Dissociative Amnesia = forgetting one’s identity
Dissociative Fugue = replacement of one’s identity
Dissociative identity disorder = multiple identity - Depersonalisation disorder = mind and body aprt
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schizophrenia
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- symptoms of:
1. paranoic (thinking of someone is about to kill me)
2. Catanic (irresponsive to the environment)
3. Disorganised
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positive symptoms and negative symptoms in abnormality
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positive = excess of distorted behaviours negative = lacking normal behaviorus
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Study suggests ethical consideration in Normality/Abnormality
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- Rosenham’s ‘Being sane in insane place’
- possible concerns in institutionalisation
