Psychological disorders Flashcards
What is psychopathology?
The presence of a psychological disorder/mental illness
Why is it hard to define psychopathology?
There are no physical symptoms/damage
Bssed on behavioural symptoms
What does it mean when something is dysfunctional
Something is not working as it supposed to
What does it mean when something is harmful?
Something that causes problems for ind. or others.
_ is a term which can mean either presence of a psychopathology disorder or the study of a psychopathology disorder.
psychopathology
What are the two standardized diagnostic tools?
DSM 5 and ICD 11
_ is the most common type of tool used to diagnose psychological disorders in the USA.
DSM-5
What is Etiology with psychopathology ?
theories of what causes it
What is the diathesis stress model?
A biological predisposition to a disorder trigged by environmental factors.
How can phobias be delevoped?
1) classical conditioning
2) vicarious learning
3) being told to fear it
What is the fear of strangers?
xenophobia
what is taphophobia?
fear of being buried alive
What is the fear of injections
Trypanophobia
What is OCD?
unwanted thoughts.obsessions and compulsions
What is PTSD?
psychological reaction following exposure to trauma
What is ophidiophobia?
Fear of snakes
What are the two most common mood disorders?
Depressive disorders
Bipolar and related disorders
what is the fear of dogs?
cynophobia
How can u develop PTSD
traumatic event leading to extreme fear
What is Persistent depressive disorder?
2 yrs of depressed mood nearly everyday
What is Major depressive disorder?
Depressed irritable mood, suicide ideation, and episodic (present for at least 2 weeks then goes away)
What is a mood disorder?
severe disturbances in mood and emotions
What is bipolar disorder?
Extreme emotional states, alternate between depression and mania
According to DSM-5, which of the following is not a type of a depression?
stress onset
The ________ model of psychopathology suggests that people with a predisposition for a disorder are more likely to develop the disorder when faced with adverse environmental or psychological events.
- diathesis-stress
What is schizophrenia?
Major impairment in thought, perception, and emotion.
What is the inability to perceive what is real and what is fantasy?
Psychosis
What are the two symptoms people with schizophrenia can have?
Positive and negative
What is a positive symptom?
Additional behaviours that others do not have.
hallucinations
Delusions
disorganized thinking
What is a negative sympotm?
Lack of behaviours that others have.
Social withdrawal
Apathy
what is DID?
multiple personality disorder
What is the inability to remember personal info following a traumatic event
Dissociative Amnesia
What are the two types of personality disorders?
Boderline personality disorder and Antisocial personality disorder.
What is boderline personality disorde?
unstable relationships, impulsivity, lack of emotional regulation.
What is antisocial personality disorder.
disregard of peoples feelings, lack of guilt and remorse, over inflated self essteem.
People with ________ disorders experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts.
. obsessive-compulsive
Which of the following defines antisocial personality disorder?
lack of regard for others’ rights, impulsivity, deceitfulness, irresponsibility, and lack of remorse over misdeeds
