Psychological Disorders Flashcards
Mental Disorders
The impairment of mental health so severe that it impedes
Somatoform Disorders
A collision of psychiatric disorders present with unexplainable physical symptoms which is body dysmophia and OCD
DSM-5-TR
BDI-II
Beck Depression Inventory
EDI-3
Eating Disorder Inventory-3
SPAI
Social Phobia & Anxiety Inventory
Syndrome
Pros and Cons of Classification of Mental Disorders/Syndromes
-Communication between client and psychologist
-Psychologists and research
-Scientific-practitioner model
-Facilitates comparisons in time and geography
-Establishes dimensions that aren’t completely understood
-Pejorative terms
-Self-fulfillment
-Low reliablity
-Does not account for cultural differences
Prevalence
Incidence
Comorbidity
Aetiology of anixiety disorders
-Biological
-Neurochemical
-Genetic
-Diathesis stress model
Anxiety through the perspectives- Aetiology
Psychodynamoc: Fixation developed from the anal stage
Behavioural: Conditioning, observational learning
Cognitive: Overestimation of perceived threat, excessive attention on threat, inability to cope, negative selective memory, vicious cycle of anxiety
PTSD- Aetiology
-Personality
-Coping styles
-Intellectual functioning
-The use of avoidant strategies (best predictor)
-Suppression of emotion for high vigilance
BPD- Aetiology
-Family history
-60-90%
Depressive disorders- Aeitology
-HEritability 30-40%
-Neurobiological
-Environmental 90%
Depressive and mood disorders through the perspectives- Aetiology
Cognitive:
-Learned helplessness theoy; hold interpretation of events as their fault (internal), stable (unchanging, and global (far-reaching)
-Becks Negative Triad; interprets events unfavourably, low regard for themselves, pessimistic.
Psychodynamic:
-Attachment
Cognitive Distortion
Schizophrenia
Disturbances in every form of psychology
-Delusions
-Hallucinations
-Loose associations
Delusion
-Persecution
-Reference
-Grandeur
-Identity
-Guilt
-Control
Schzoo- Aetiology
-Biology, dopamine and hereditary.
-Environement, adoption
-Expressed emotion
-Sexual or physical abuse as a child
-Birth complications
-Viruses
-Malnutrition
-Cultural
Positive behaviours of Schzoo
Behaviours that were not seen before
-Hallucinations
-Loose associations
Delusions
Bizarre Behaviour
Negative behaviours of Schzoo
uUnusual behaviour that disappears or is reduced
-Flat affect
-Social withdrawal
-Apathy
-Impoverished thought
Aneroxia Nervosa
-Highest mortality rate of all psychiatric diseases
Bulimia
-Lead to depression and loss of control
Eating Disorder- Aetiology
-Family history
-Serotonin
-Criticism
-Environmental
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