Psychological Disordera Flashcards
What is the diathesis stress model
It’s the combination of both of family history, childhood trauma, genetic predisposition and also combination of life events, stressful like a that can cause diaghesis stress model
How do you assess if someone’s behaviour is normal or not
Maladaptive behaviour must interfere with at least one important aspect of the persons life
What is psychotherapy
It is a form of communication and interaction to assess diagnose and treat dysfunctional emotional reactions
What is EBP
It combines patient values and expectations, best scientific evidence and individual clinical expertise
What is psychoanalytic therapy
It is a focus in bringing unconscious struggles into consciousness
What is cognitive therapy
It is an attempt to modify maladaptive thought patterns
What is behaviour therapy
It is attempts to modify maladaptive behaviour and the environments that trigger them
What is cognitive- behavioural therapy
It incorporates techniques from both cognitive therapy and behavioural therapy to correct faulty thinking and change maladaptive behaviours
It is very effective in treating anxiety and mood disorders, particularly over the long-term
What is psychotropic medication
Drugs that affect mental processes
What are anxiolytics
Treatment for anxiety (increases GABA activity)
What are anti depressants
Increases seretonin levels
What are antipsychotics
Blacks dopamine release reduces positive symptoms of schizophrenia (like hallucinations and delusions)
What is a mental state characterized by aternamtion in perceptions emotions or thoughts
Schinzophrenia. This has postitive or negative symptoms
What are positive symptoms in schizophrenia
It is excess behaviour that normal people don’t have like delusions, hallucinating, disorganized speech, disorganized behaviour
What are hallucinations
Flase sensory experience
What are negative symptoms
These are present in normal people but not in schizophrenia like isolation, withdrawal, apathy, blunted emotion, slowed monotonous speech
These are more difficult to treat
What are biological stuff noticed in schizophrenia
Structural differences in the brain, low frontal lobe dysfunction
What is trardive dyskinesia
It is a side effect of first generation neuroleptics
What are the catergories for bipolar 1
The person must have faced a manic episode or possibly a despressive episode and don’t have to actually meet the criteria to meet the depressive episode
What are the needs to be classified as bipolar 2
Must be classified for depressive episode and atleast one manic episode
What are the symptoms to classify for major depressive disorder
Presence of depressed mood and or anhedonia (loss of interest in pleasurable activities ). Plus four other symptoms such as physical or cognitive functions like not eating, eating too much, lack of sleep, excessive sleep
What are the potential causes of depression
Learned helplessness, depressive attributional styles: attribute failures to internal, global, stable causes
Heritability of depression is estimated to be around 40%, genes affecting serotonin function, genes affecting circadian rhythms,
Many areas of the Brian are impacted by depression.
