Psychological Disorders

Question 1

What is the biomedical approach to psychological disorders?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is the biopsychosocial approach to psychological disorders?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What is used to diagnose disorders?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is schizophrenia?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What are the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What are depressive disorders?

Answer 6

Include major depressive disorder and seasonal affective disorder

Question 7

What is major depressive disorder?

Answer 7

Obtains at least one major depressive episode

Question 8

Describe persistent depressive disorder.

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is seasonal affective disorder?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What is a characteristic of bipolar disorders?

Answer 10

To have manic or hypmanic episodes

Question 11

What is bipolar I disorder?

Answer 11

It contains at least one manic episode

Question 12

What is bipolar II disorder?

Answer 12

Contains at least one hypomanic episodes and one major depressive episode

Question 13

What is cyclothymic disorder?

Answer 13

Contains hypomanic episodes with dysthymia

Question 14

What are anxiety disorders?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What is generalized anxiety disorder?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What are specific phobias?

Answer 16

Irrational fears of specific objects or situations

Question 17

What is social anxiety disorder?

Answer 17

Anxiety due to social or performance situations

Question 18

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What is panic disorder?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What is obsessive compulsive disorder?

Answer 20

Characterized by obsessions and compulsions

Question 21

What is body dystrophin disorder?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is post traumatic stress disorder?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What are dissociative disorders?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is dissociative fugue?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What is dissociative amnesia?

Answer 25

Inability to recall past experience without an underlying neurological disorder

Question 26

What is dissociative identity disorder?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

What is depersonalization/derealization disorder?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What is somatic symptom disorder?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

What is illness anxiety disorder?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What is conversion disorder?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What are personality disorders?

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

What is paranoid PD?

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Involves a pervasive distrust and suspicion of others

Question 33

What is schizotypal PD?

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Involves ideas of reference, magical thinking, and eccentricity

Question 34

What is antisocial PD?

Answer 34

Involves disregard for the right of others

Question 35

What is borderline PD?

Answer 35

Involves instability in relationships, moods, and self image

Question 36

What is histrionic PD?

Answer 36

Involves constant attention seeking behavior

Question 37

What is narcissistic PD?

Answer 37

Involves a grandiose sense of self importance and need for admiration

Question 38

What is avoidant PD?

Answer 38

Involves extreme shyness and fear of rejection

Question 39

What is dependent PD?

Answer 39

Involves a continuous need for reassurance

Question 40

What is obsessive/compulsive PD?

Answer 40

Involves perfectionism, inflexibility, and preoccupation with rules