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Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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Deviance

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having thoughts, emotions and behaviours that fall far outside of the standards of what others are doing

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Distress

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intense negative feelings due to their behaviour

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Dysfunction

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behaviour tends to interfere with the person’s ability to function properly in their daily lives

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Danger

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danger to oneself or others

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DSM

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Categorize and describe mental disorders so that clinicians have a common set of criteria for applying a diagnostic label to the symptoms of their patients

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Categorical Classification Model

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  • Classified items differ from each other in kind
    • Defined by rigid boundaries
      Can only belong to one specific kind of category in a mutually exclusive manner
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Dimensional Classification Model

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Classified items differ from each other in degree

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Comorbidity

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coexistance of two or more disorders at the same time

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Epidemiology

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study of the distribution of psychological disorders in a population

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Prognosis

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probable course of an illness

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Acute Prognosis

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short lasting with sudden onset

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Chronic Disorders

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long lasting and develop over time

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Episodic Prognosis

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recurrent phases separated by periods of normal functioning

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Prevalence of Disorder

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% of population that exhibits that disorder during a specific time point

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Point Prevalence

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measured at a specific instant in time

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Annual Prevalence

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includes anyone who has had the disorder or has the disorder within the past year

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Lifetime Prevalence

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includes anyone who has the disorder or has had it within their lifetime

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Symptomatology

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collection of any behaviours, thoughts, or feelings that may be a potential indicator of a specific psychological disorder

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Heterogeneity

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possibility that two people diagnosed with the same disorder may experience different symptoms

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Depression

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Marked by intense recurrent episodes of sadness

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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  • Cause persistent feelings of anxiety that interfere with daily activity
    • Causes continuous anxiety throughout various trivial situations
      Can cause pervasive physical symptoms
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Schizophrenia

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  • Marked by disorganized thoughts and behaviours
    • Positive symptoms: behaviours that increase in someone
      Negative symptoms: behaviours that decrease in someone, decreased engagement with the world
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Delusion

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irrational belief

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Catatonic Stupor

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dramatic reductions in movement

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Catatonic Excitement

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repeated frantic motor movements that have no purpose

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Affect

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emotional responsivenes, flat = little emotional response

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Avolition

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little interest in socializing

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Alogia

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brief empty replies

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Etiology

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cause or set of causes of a disorder

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Biological Model

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  • Medical or disease model
  • Assumes the a psychological disorder results from a malfunction in the brain
    Points to genetics
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Environmental Model

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Considers the effects of the environmental factors

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Behavioural Model

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  • Considers how external factors produce disordered behaviour and emotions
    External factors themselves are not the issue, but our responses to them
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Learned Helpnessness

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assumes that depressive symptoms result from a sense of helplessness about a situation in which the subject learns to withhold responding

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Cognitive Model

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Suggests that mental disorders result from maladaptive of inappropriate ways of selecting and interpreting info from the environment

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Depressogenic Schemata

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maladaptive thinking processes

Psychology 1XX3 (14 decks)

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