psychological disorders Flashcards
Can be diagnosed with a single manic episode and does not requires a major depressive episode.
Biploar I
Rquires at least one hypomanic episode and one major depressive episode
Bipolar II.
contains at least one hypomanic episode and dysthymia
cyclothymic disorder
decreased dopamine in substantia nigra that directly affects basal ganglia
Parkinson’s
smooth movements
basal ganglia
splitting - all good or all bad characteristic of what disorder
borderline personality disorder
fear of coming down with illness when there is no evidence illness exists
illness anxiety
sudden travel or change normal day to day acty. Inability to recall ones identity
dissociative fugue and dissociative amnesia
marked by period of at least two weeks in which the patient has five symptoms
depression
involuntary repetition of words
echolalia
imitations of others actions
echopraxia
the patient moves between remotely related ideas
loosening of associations
absence of normal or desires behavior which include disturbance of affect
negative symptoms in schizophrenia
hallucination, disorganized behavior, delusions
positive symptoms
lack of concern over a deficit i.e. don’t care your arm is paralyzed. This occured after a traumatic event.
conversion disorder, her lack of concern is referred to as la belle indifference.
mut in chrom 1 & 14 (presenilin), apoliporotein chromosome 19, Beta-amyloid precursor chromosome 21
Alzheimers
neurofibrillar tangles
Alzheimers