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Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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Psychological Disorder

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-syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognitive, emotional regulation or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in mental functioning

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What are some stereotypes of psychological disorders

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  • psychological disorders are incurable
  • people with psychological disorders are often violent and dangerous
  • people with psychological disorders behave in a bizarre way
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Biomedical approach

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treating mental disorders as a brain disease
-emphasizes that mental illnesses are incurable
-emphasizes pharmalogical treatment to target presumed biological abnormalities

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The biopyschosocial model

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psychological factors
biological characters
social conditions

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Diathesis-stress model

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combination of both medical and psychological factors that determines how likely someone is to develop a mental disorder

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commorbidity

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a lot of overlap in the symptoms of mental illnesses which lead to multiple diagnosis

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maladaptive behaviour

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interfering with an important aspect of a person’s life

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Psychotherapy

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primarily uses forms of communication and interaction to asses, diagnose, and treat dysfunctional emotional reactions, ways of thinking, and behavior patterns

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Psychoanalytic Therapy

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-develop insight to why individuals are doing what they are doing
- focus on bringing unconscious struggles into consciousness\
- includes free association and dream analysis

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Person-centered Therapy

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help people reach congruence (overlap between the ideal self and true self)
- stresses a safe and comfortable setting, empathy, reflective listening, and unconditional positive regard

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Cognitive Therapy

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  • attempts to modify maladaptive thought patterns
    -involves cognitive restructuring
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Cognitive restructuring

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-recognize automatic thoughts
- identify cognitive distortions
- challenge thoughts
replace with healthier thoughts

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Behaviour Therapy

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  • attempts to modify maladaptive behaviours and the environments that trigger them
  • exposure therapy
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Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy

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incorporates techniques from both cognitive and behavioural therapy to correct faulty thinking and change maladaptive behavior

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Anxiolytics

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treatment of anxiety

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Benzodiazepines

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increase GABA activity- inhibitory neurotransmitter

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Antidepressants

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SSRIs which increase serotnin levels which prevent the reuptake of serotonin

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Antipsychotic

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block dopamine, reduce positive symptoms of schizophrenia (hallucinations

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Schizophrenia

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psychotic disorder (person has lost touch with reality)
- mental disorder characterized by alterations in perceptions, emotions, thoughts, or consciousness

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Positive symptoms of Schizophrenia

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  • excesses in behaviour
  • delusions
    -hallucinations
    -disorganized speech
  • disorganized behaviour
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Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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deficits in functioning
-isolation, withdrawal
-apathy
- blunted emotion
- slowed, monotonous speech

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Biological and Environmental Factors

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  • genetic component
  • structural and functional differences in the brain ( frontal lobe dysfunction)
  • environmental stress
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Psychological treatment for Schizophrenia

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  • neuroleptics revolutionized the treatment but they had significant side effects
  • atypical anitipsychotics have lower risk of motor impairment
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Bipolar disorder

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  • experience manic episodes
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Major Depressive Disorder

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  • requires presence of depressed mood and/or anhedonia (reduced ability to experience pleasure)
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potential causes of depression

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  • learned helplessness
  • depressive attributional style (thinking everything is one’s fault)
    -stress
    -genetics
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anxiety disorders

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  • excessive anxiety in the absence of true danger
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Treatment of anxiety disorders

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anxiolytics (increase GABA)

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