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Psychological Disorders Part 2 Flashcards

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list 6 types of therapy

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1) psychodynamic
2) Freudian
3) Family/Systems
4) Psychosurgery
5) Psychopharmacotherapy
6) cognitive/behavioural

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psychoanalysis

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a method of psychotherapy developed by freud that emphasizes the exploration of unconscious motives and conflicts

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2 types of psychoanalysis

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free association and dream analysis

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resistance

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when treatment brings up unconscious material that the client wishes to avoid, and the client engages in strategies for keeping the information out of conscious awareness

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transference

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when clients direct the emotional experiences that they are reliving toward the therapist rather than toward the original person involved in the experience (e.g, parents)

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humanist therapy

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based on the assumption that people seek self-actualization and self-fulfillment
- emphasizes peoples feelings and thoughts in the present moment, not past conflicts

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client-centred (nondirective) therapy

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  • developed by carl rogers

- focuses on individuals ability to solve their own problems and reach their full potential

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family therapy

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probelms develop in the context of family and are sustained by the dynamics of the family; any changes made will affect all members of the family

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psychogsurgery

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any surgical procedure that destroys selected areas of the brain believed to be involved in emotional disorders or violent, impulsive behaviour

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lobotomies

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-Jacobsen et al. found that removing the frontal lobes of a chimpanzee made the animal friendly and mellow

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psycopharmacotherapy

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the use of drugs to attempt to manage or reduce a clients symptoms

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behavioural therapy

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based on the principles of conditioning and assumes that human behaviour is learned and can be unlearned

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cognitive-behavioural therapy

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seeks to improve peoples functioning by changing how they thing and what they believe about situations

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mindfullness-based cognitive therapy

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cognitive-behavioural therapy combiend with minfulness training

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true or false: individuals who take antidepessants without learning to cope with problems are more likely to relapse

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true

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personality disorders

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particularly unusual patterns of behaviour that are maladaptive, distressing to oneself or others and resistant to change

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are personality disorders easy or hard to treat?

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personality disorders are difficult to treat

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description of cluster A personality disorders

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odd/eccentric

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3 cluster A personality disorders

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1) paranoid
2) schizoid
3) Schizotypal

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others motives are interpreted as malevolent

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schizoid personality disorder

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a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression

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schizotypal personality disorder

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a pattern of acute discomfort in social relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behaviour

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description of cluster B personality disorders

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dramatic/erratic

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4 cluster B personality disorders

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1) Antisocial
2) borderline
3) Histrionic
4) Narcissistic

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borderline personality disorder

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a disorder characterized by intense extremes between positive and negative emotions, an unstable sense of self, impulsivity and difficult social relationships

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P.R.A.I.S.E (borderline personality disorder)

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P - paranoid ideas
R - relationship instability
A - Angry outbursts, affective instability, abandonment feats
I - impulsive behaviour, identity disturbance
S - suicidal behaviour
E - emptiness

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causes of Borderline personality disorder

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  • genetics
  • abusive or neglectful parenting
  • brain abnormalities related to aggression and emotional regulation
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borderline personality disorder is sometimes treated with _________

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dialectical behavioural therapy (individual cognitive therapy)

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Narcissistic Personality disorder

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a disorder characterized by an inflated sens of self-important and an exessive need for attention and admiration, as well as intense self-doubt and fear of abandonment

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histrionic personality disorder

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a disorder characterized by excessive attention seeking and dramatic behaviour

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Antisocial Personality Disorder (psychopathy)

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disorder characterized by:

1) a profound lack of empathy or emotional connection with others
2) a disregard for others rights or preferences
3) a tendency toward inserting their own desires, ogten violently onto others regardless of the consequences for others

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Antisocial personality disorder occurs in __% of all males and __% of all females

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3% males and 1% females

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DSM criteria for APD

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Must have 3 of these criteria:

  • repeatedly break the law
  • deceitful, using aliases and lies to con others
  • impulsive and unable to plan ahead
  • repeatedly get into physical fights or assaults
  • show reckless disregard for own safety or that of others
  • irresposnible, failing to meet obligations to others
  • lack remorse for actions that harm others
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causes of APD

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1) biological vulnerability

2) stressful experiences

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comorbidity

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the presence of 2 disorders simultaneously

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description of cluster c personality

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anxious/fearful

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3 cluster c personality disorders

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1) avoidant
2) dependent
3) obsessive-compulsive

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avoidant personality disorder

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a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

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dependent personality disorder

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a pattern of submissive and clinging behaviour related to an excessive need to be taken care of

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obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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a pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism and control

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dissociative disorder

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a category of mental disorders characterized by a split between conscious awareness from feeling, cognition, memory and identity

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3 types of dissociative disorder

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1) dissociative fugue
2) dissociative amnesia
3) depersonalization disorder

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dissociative fugue

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a period of profound autobiographical memory loss

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dissociative amnesia

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a severe loss of memory, usually for a specific stressful event, when no biological cause for amnesia is present

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depersonalization disorder

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a strong sense of the surreal, the feeling that one is not connected to ones body, the feeling of disconnection from ones regular identity and awareness

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dissociative identity disorder/ multiple personality disorder

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when a person experiences a split in identity such that they feel different aspects of themselves as though they were separated from each other

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