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Psychology Flashcards

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Persistent disorders characterized by a relatively inflexible reaction to stress

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Personality Disorder

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Psychopath or Sociopath that acts out conflict without remorse or guilt & has difficulty following rules

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Antisocial

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Descriptive, constant thoughts or behavior that are automatic responses to anxiety or stress. A common example is hand washing caused by an obsession with cleanliness or a phobia of being unclean.

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Compulsive

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Attention seeking, aggressive, seductive person who is unable to be deeply involved emotionally

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Hysterical aka Histrionic

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Attention seeking, regards no one else as important, strong admiration for self/exhibitionist

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Narcissism

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Preoccupations with delusions. Sensitive, defensive, suspicion leading to aggression, unfounded beliefs that others want to harm him. Associated with Alzheimers or Late Stage Dementia.

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Paranoid

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Taking aggressive actions in an indirect manner, argumentative

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Passive Aggressive

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Ungluing of “reason” and emotion. Introverted & withdrawn, emotionally cold and distant, avoids social interaction. Delusions and hallucinations.

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Schizoid

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Unconscious strategies utilized to cope with reality

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Defense Mechanism

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Refusal to perceive unpleasant realities. Painful subject stems from external sources such as impulses or fantasies. MC seen in alcoholics.

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Denial

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Act of assigning a feeling or belief to another person, group, or to the outside world

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Projection

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Attributing one’s own unacceptable desires & impulses to someone else

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Rationalization

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Depressed, unacceptable behavior expressed in an exaggerated form of an opposite behavior.

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Reaction Formation

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A response to stress in which an individual reverts to a less developmentally mature stage

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Regression

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The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind

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Repression

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Redirecting ones feelings (aggression or affection) from one person to another

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Transference

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Channeling unacceptable impulses or energy into socially acceptable activity

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Sublimation

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Physical symptoms of heart palpitations, increased heart rate (tachycardia), shortness of breath, sweating, tingling & dizziness. “Sympathetic Overload!”

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Anxiety disorder

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A state of intense apprehension or worry often accompanied by physical symptoms such as shaking, intense feelings in the gut, etc, common in mental illness or after a very distressing experience.

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Anxiety

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Repeated attacks of severe anxiety. Attacks last from 5-30 minutes.

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Panic Disorder

21
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Activity designed to reduce anxiety that a person feels compelled to repeat with no conscious desire to do so.

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Compulsion

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Recurring, intrusive thought with activity designed to reduce stress
Perfectionist, inflexible, uncontrollably entangled with details & highly repetitive activities.
Persistent thoughts are obsessive, while persistent actions are compulsive
Most often begins in adolescence but can begin in childhood

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Obsessive-Compulsive

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An irrational or unrealistic fear of a situation, animal, person or activity.

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Phobia

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Fear of public spaces

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of heights

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Acrophobia

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Fear of thunder & lightening

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Astrophobia

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Fear of stars or celestial space

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Astraphobia

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Psychological conflicts take on a physical form and NO organic evidence exists to explain symptoms

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Somatoform disorders

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Chronic, cyclic multiple somatic complaints not due to a physical illness.
Symptoms cannot be explained by physical syndrome.
Pt seeks treatment and changes life as a result of symptoms.
PPW symptoms in a vague and exaggerated way.
More concerned with discomfort than disease.

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Somatization Disorder

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Chronic, cyclic multiple somatic complaints not due to a physical illness. Symptoms cannot be explained by physical syndrome. Pt seeks treatment and changes life as a result of symptoms. PPW symptoms in a vague and exaggerated way. More concerned with discomfort than disease.

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Somatization Disorder

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An exaggerated pre-occupation with bodily functions and fear that one is suffering from serious disease. Pt believes that they have a disease or one is soon going to occur.
Disease is thought to be imminent. PPW having diagnosed himself, in a very detailed way, hoping for a dreaded diagnosis.

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Hypochondriasis

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Loss or change of physical function caused by a psychological conflict. Conversion symptoms are not supported by medical evidence but not faked. Often appear rapidly after traums. Involuntary response. MC disability seen: paralysis, blindness, mutism, deafness, seizures.

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Conversion Hysteria aka Conversion Reaction

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Pervasive belief that a body part is misshapen or malformed. Pt able to admit that he/she is exaggerating. May avoid mirrors or social contact.
example: Anorexia or Bulemia

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Severe fluctuation of MOOD or personality

ex: Bipolar, Depression

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Affective Disorder

35
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Associated with delirium tremens and folate deficiency

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Alcoholism

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Severe restriction of calories; fear of fat and body image distortion, amenorrhea (due to low body fat); excessive exercise; unreasonable fear of gaining weight.

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Anorexia nervosa

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Behavior alternates between mania and melancholia; highs and lows. First occurs between childhood and age 50. Average manic episode lasts 3 months, depressive phase 6-9 months.

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Bipolar Affective disorder aka Manic Depressive

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Preoccupation with food. Binge eating and subsequent purging; body image distortions.

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Bulimia Nervosa

39
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Associated with muscle inhibition

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Catatonia

40
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“Feeling blue but normal eating habits & no job interference”
Mild chronic depression. Symptoms need to occur most of the time for 2 years. Begins in adolescence or early adulthood. Same symptoms as depression but not as severe.
ex: Eeyore

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Dysthymic Disorder

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Perception problems

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Hallucinations

42
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A period of depression associated with menopause

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Involutional Melancholia

43
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Delusions, hallucinations, social withdrawal, daily function impairment & bizarre behavior.

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Schizophrenia

44
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A person who adopts the dress of the opposite sex; cross-dressing.

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Transvestite

Asso Clinical Sciences (2.2) (7 decks)

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