Psychological Disorders Flashcards
deviance
labels both extremes of behaviours that fall outside of what is typical behaviour of others
distress
intense negative feelings due to their actions
dysfunction
bahviours that interferes with persons daily life functions
dangerous
danger to oneself or others
DSM
categorizes and describes mental illnesses
categorical model
one or the other
dimensional model
spectrum
high degree of comorbidity
may be evidence that this is an ineffective classification model
prognosis
probable course of an illness
acute
short term
chromic
long lasting
episodic
comes and goes
point prevelance
measuring at a particular instance in time who has disorder
annual prevalance
anyoe who has had/has the disorder im the past year
lifetime prevalence
anyone who has/had disroder in their lifetme
depression
intense recurrent episodes of sadness
generalized anxiety disorder
constant severe anxiety
schizophrenia
disorganozed thoughts and bahviours
schizophrenia positive symptoms
- hallucinations
- delusions
- disorginized thinking
- disorganized motor beaviour
schizophrenia negative symptoms
- flat effect (little emotional response)
- innapropriate reactions
- avolation (decreased otivation)
- alogia (decreased speech)
etiology
causes of disorder
biological model
genetics may play a role and predispose someone to a disorder
an imbalance of neurotransimitters in brain
enviromental model
where we live
what we eat
who we socialize with
people with predisposed schizophrenia only experience symtoms if triggered by enviromental stress
behavioural model
focus on our reactions to external factors
conditioned!!!
can you really learn hallucinations though?
cognitive model
maladaptive interpretations of our enviroment
under stress people adopt negative interpretations
synesthesia
see colours in music
illness anxiety disorder
persistent fear of having an illness despite doctors evaluations
