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Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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What is the biomedical approach to psychological disorders?

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Takes into account only the physical and medical causes of a psychological disorder

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What is the biopsychosocial approach to psychological disorders?

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Considers the relative contributions of biological, psychological and social components to an individuals disorder.

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What is used to diagnose disorders?

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders which categorizes mental disorders based on symptom patterns

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What is schizophrenia?

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A prototypical disorder with psychosis as a feature. It has both positive and negative symptoms

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What are the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Positive- add something to behavior, cognition, or affect and include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and disorganized behavior

Negative- the loss of something from behavior, cognition, or affect and include disturbance of affect and abolition

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What are depressive disorders?

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Include major depressive disorder and seasonal affective disorder

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What is major depressive disorder?

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Obtains at least one major depressive episode

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Describe persistent depressive disorder.

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Is dysthymia for at least two years that does not meet criteria for major depressive disorder

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What is seasonal affective disorder?

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The name for major depressive disorder with seasonal onset, with depression occurring during winter months

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What is a characteristic of bipolar disorders?

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To have manic or hypmanic episodes

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What is bipolar I disorder?

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It contains at least one manic episode

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What is bipolar II disorder?

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Contains at least one hypomanic episodes and one major depressive episode

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What is cyclothymic disorder?

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Contains hypomanic episodes with dysthymia

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What are anxiety disorders?

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Include generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia and panic disorder

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What is generalized anxiety disorder?

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A disproportionate and persistent worry about many different things for the last 6 months

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What are specific phobias?

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Irrational fears of specific objects or situations

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What is social anxiety disorder?

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Anxiety due to social or performance situations

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What is agoraphobia?

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A fear of places or situations where it is hard for an individual to escape

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What is panic disorder?

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Marked by reoccurring panic attacks: intense, overwhelming fear and sympathetic nervous system activity with no clear stimulus

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What is obsessive compulsive disorder?

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Characterized by obsessions and compulsions

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What is body dystrophin disorder?

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Characterized by an unrealistic negative evaluation of ones appearance or a specific body part. The individual often takes extreme measures to correct the perceived information

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What is post traumatic stress disorder?

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Characterized by instruction symptoms, avoidance symptoms, negative cognitive symptoms, and arousal symptoms

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What are dissociative disorders?

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Includes dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder and depersonalizations/derealization disorder

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What is dissociative fugue?

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A sudden change in location may involve the assumption of a new identity

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What is dissociative amnesia?

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Inability to recall past experience without an underlying neurological disorder

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What is dissociative identity disorder?

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Is the occurrence of two or more personalities that take control of a persons behavior

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What is depersonalization/derealization disorder?

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Involves feelings of detachment from the mind and body or from the environment

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What is somatic symptom disorder?

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Involves at least one somatic symptom, which may or may not be linked to an underlying medical condition, that causes disproportionate concern

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What is illness anxiety disorder?

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A preoccupation with thought about having or coming down with a serious medical condition

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What is conversion disorder?

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Involves unexplained symptoms affecting motor or sensory functioning and is associated with prior trauma

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What are personality disorders?

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Patterns of inflexible, maladaptive behavior that cause distress or impaired functioning in at least two of the following: cognition, emotions, interpersonal functioning, or impulse control.

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What is paranoid PD?

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Involves a pervasive distrust and suspicion of others

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What is schizotypal PD?

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Involves ideas of reference, magical thinking, and eccentricity

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What is antisocial PD?

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Involves disregard for the right of others

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What is borderline PD?

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Involves instability in relationships, moods, and self image

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What is histrionic PD?

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Involves constant attention seeking behavior

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What is narcissistic PD?

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Involves a grandiose sense of self importance and need for admiration

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What is avoidant PD?

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Involves extreme shyness and fear of rejection

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What is dependent PD?

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Involves a continuous need for reassurance

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What is obsessive/compulsive PD?

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Involves perfectionism, inflexibility, and preoccupation with rules

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