Psychological disorders

Question 1

Problematic patterns of thought, feeling or behaviour that disrupt an individual’s daily functioning

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Psychopathology

Question 2

A clinically recognisable set of symptoms and behaviours that cause severe distress and impairment

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Mental disorder

Question 3

Leading cause of death for Australians aged 15-44

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Suicide

Question 4

3 classes of psychopathology that form a continuum of functioning, according to psychodynamic theorists.

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neuroses
personality disorders
psychoses

Question 5

Enduring problems in living that cause distress or dysfunction, according to psychodynamic perspective.

Answer 5

Neuroses

Question 6

Chronic, severe disturbances that inhibit the capacity to love and to work

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Personality disorders

Question 7

Gross disturbances involving loss of touch with reality

Answer 7

Psychoses

Question 8

Classical and operant conditioning + cognitive-social perspective

Answer 8

Cognitive-behavioural approach

Question 9

Perspective that explains behaviour in the context of a social group

Answer 9

Systems approach/perspective

Question 10

Perspective that looks for roots of mental disorders in the brain’s circuitry

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Biological approach/perspective

Question 11

Bipolar disorder is classified as a…

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Mood disorder

Question 12

3 disorders usually diagnosed in childhood & adolescence

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ADHD
Conduct disorder
Autism spectrum disorder

Question 13

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is classified as an…

Answer 13

Anxiety disorder

Question 14

Phobia is classified as an…

Answer 14

Anxiety disorder

Question 15

Umbrella term for psychotic disorders that involve disturbances in thought, perception, behaviour, language, communication and emotion

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Schizophrenia

Question 16

Disorders characterised by continued use of a substance that negatively effects functioning

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Substance-related disorders

Question 17

Developmental disability that involves challenges with social, emotional and communication skills

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Question 18

Agoraphobia is classed an an…

Answer 18

Anxiety disorder

Question 19

Two eating disorders

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Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa

Question 20

Conversion disorder and illness anxiety disorder are examples of…

Answer 20

Somatoform disorders

Question 21

Enduring maladaptive patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour that lead to chronic disturbances in interpersonal and occupational functioning

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Personality disorder

Question 22

Disorders that are characterised by disruptions in consciousness, memory, sense of identity or perception

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Dissociative disorders

Question 23

A theory that argues that diagnosis is a way of stigmatising deviants

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Labelling theory

Question 24

Indigenous Australians have lower rates of generalised _________ disorders but higher rates of ________ phobia and ________ disorder than Non-Indigenous Australians

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anxiety, social, bipolar

Question 25

Four key steps in suicide prevention, according to Black Dog Institute

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1. Ask
2. Listen and stay
3. Get help
4. Follow up