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Psychological Disorders and Treatment Flashcards

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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excessive anxiety and worry for at least 6 months
-symptoms include difficulty focusing and sleep disturbance

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Panic Disorder

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sudden or repeated episodes of intense fear
-feels like a heart attack or even death
-physical, not predictable

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specific phobia

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persistent irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no real danger

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social anxiety disorder

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fear of being humiliated in front of others
-can be described as extreme shyness

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agoraphobia

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fear of being in large crowds because they are afraid they will have a panic attack and not be able to get out of the crowd to seek help

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anxiety disorders

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classified as a psychological disorder only when it becomes distressing or persistent or is characterized by maladaptive behaviors intended to reduce it

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examples of anxiety disorders

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  1. generalized anxiety disorder
  2. panic disorder
  3. specific phobia
  4. social anxiety disorder
  5. agoraphobia
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examples of obsessive-compulsive related disorders

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  1. OCD
  2. Hoarding disorder
  3. body dysmorphic disorder
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Obsessive compulsive disorder

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endless cycle of obsessions followed by compulsions (behaviors) to temporarily alleviate the anxiety

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Hoarding Disorder

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persistent difficulty of parting with possessions because of perceived need to save them

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body dysmorphic disorder

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persistent preoccupation with one perceive flaw or defect in their physical appearance
-believe others are staring
-ex. hair pulling, cheek biting, lip biting, mirror checking

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example of trauma related disorders

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  1. PTSD
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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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anxiety problem that develops after extremely traumatic events such as, combat, crime, an accident, or natural disaster
-flashback, noise, or vision can trigger this

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somatic symptom disorders

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stress converts into physical symptoms, which have no biological explanation
-symptoms must cause significant distress or impairment in functioning

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examples of somatic symptom disorders

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  1. functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)
  2. illness anxiety disorder (hypochondria)
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functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)

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stress converts itself into some physical ailment

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illness anxiety disorder (hypochondria)

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someone who has a physical ailment, but they exaggerate and convince themselves that it is worse
- having a headache and believing it is a brain tumor

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dissociative disorders

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disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity or perception of the environment
-break from reality

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examples of dissociative disorders

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  1. dissociative amnesia
  2. DID
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Dissociative Amnesia

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loss of memory with no known physical reason
-most often a result of something traumatic like a form of abuse

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dissociative Identity disorder

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-development of separate, distinct identities

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examples of bipolar and depressive disorders

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  1. major depressive disorder
  2. seasonal affective disorder
  3. bipolar disorder
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major depressive disorder

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-depressed mood most of the day and a loss of interest in daily activities
-must occur for two weeks

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seasonal affective disorder

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depression that occurs in winter time due to lack of sunlight
-messes up circadian rhythm (24 hour clock ) because it is darker longer

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bipolar disorder

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have depressed episodes and then mania episodes
-mania = crazy levels of happiness and impulsive thinking, can lead to substance abuse
-long lasting, depressive episodes can last at least 2 weeks and manic episodes at least 1 week

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schizophrenia

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positive symptoms
-hallucinations
-disillusions
negative symptoms
-flat “affect” = no emotion or facial expressions
cognitive
-trouble focusing or paying attention

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genetic link to schizophrenia

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there is a genetic link but it is not a gurantee, as it shows there needs to be an environmental trigger to spark it

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environmental explanation for schizophrenia

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can occur due to an envitonmental trauma
can also occur to baby if mother is exposed to increased amounts of stress while fetus is in the womb

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dopamine hypothesis

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schizophrenia can occur if there is too much dopamine
people with schizophrenia also have enlarged ventricles

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examples of personality disorders

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  1. narcissistic
  2. histrionic
  3. borderline
  4. antisocial
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narcissistic

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-grandiose sense of importance
-think they are superior all of the time

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histrionic

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self-centered, need to be center of attention, may flirt inappropriately, or tell inappropriate jokes
-ex. michael scott

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borderline

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-unstable relationships
-fear of being abandoned
-might self-harm
-explosive anger
-unstable self-image

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antisocial

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-lack of empathy
-disregard for right and wrong
-use charm in order to manipulate
- does not care who they
manipulate

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biopsychosocial approach

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-take a little from each one
1. mind
2. body
3. environment

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Freud’s treatment plan

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-patient lies on couch without therapist in sight
-free association
-dream interpretation

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free association

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first thing that comes to mind (patient says) in order to get to conflict

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dream interpretation

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2 parts to dream
1. latent content (good stuff)
2. manifest content (everyday stuff)

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problems with psychoanalysis treatment plan

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  1. resistance (pateint)
  2. transference (patient places feelings from someone else onto the therapist
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biological approach

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-drug therapy
-surgeries and procedures

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anti-anxiety meds

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-mimics effects of GABA
ex. xanax and valium

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anti-psychotic

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-schizophrenia
-decreases dopamine levels in the brain
-side effect = tardive dyskinesia (tremmors)

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mood stabilizers

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-bipolar disorder
ex. lithium

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anti-depressents

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-depressive disorders
-SSRIs (block re uptake of serotonin)

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ECT procedure

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-eclectro compulsive therapy
-shock therapy

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TMS procedure

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-trans cranial magnetic stimulation
-places magnets in the brain to stimulate the pleasure center

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deep brain stimulation procedure

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-implant electrode in brain to connect to pacemakers
-stimulates the pleasure center

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Humanist approach

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-maslow and rodgers
-client-centered therapy
-encourages use of therapeutic environment
-unconditional positive regard
-active listening (can get annoying)

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behavioral approach

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-tries to make learned behavior unlearned

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systematic desensitization

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-behavioral treatment
-slowly expose the patient to whatever is causing fear
-can take a while

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exposure therapy

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-behavioral treatment
-flooding

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token economy

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-behavioral treatment
-token in exchange for desired behavior
*ex. stickers
-doesn’t work for depression

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aversion therapy

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-behavioral treatment
-pair stimulus with aversive stimulus
-ex. give an alcoholic, alcohol with a emetic drug in it, this will then make them associate alcohol with vomit

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cognitive approach

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-state the problem is an irrational way of thinking, negative self -talk, rumination, catastrophic (mental illness)
*want to change these thinking patterns

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cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

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-Aaron Beck
-has clients recognize their negative thoughts (diaries or journals)
-most used for depression, more effective than drugs

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rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

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-Albert Ellis
-ABC approach
-wants to change belief aspect
-difference is that this behavior therapy is confrontational

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ABC approach

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  1. A = activating event
  2. B = belief
  3. C = consequence

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