Psychopathology Flashcards
Psychological / Behavioral Disorder
A pattern of behavior or thinking that causes significant personal distress, impairs ones ability to function in one or more important areas of life, or both
What book provides the standard descriptions of psychological disorders?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorsers
DSM-TR
By American Psychological Association
How many people in the U.S. have an anxiety disorder in their lifetime?
1/4
Affective Disorder / Mood disorder
Serious, persistent disturbance in a person’s emotions that causes psychological discomfort, impairs ability to function, or both
What body weight does someone have to be to be considered anorexic?
85% normal for that person’s age/height
What percent of people who experience eating disorders are female?
95%
What chemical change in the brain is associated with eating disorders?
Decrease in serotonin
Personality Disorder
Inflexible, maladaptive pattern of thoughts/emotions/behaviors/interpersonal functioning that is stable over time and across situations
(and deviate from expectations in individual’s culture)
At what age do most personality disorders become apparent?
Adolescence/early adulthood
What are the three basic clusters of personality disorders?
- Odd, eccentric
- Dramatic, emotional, erratic
- Anxious, fearful
What are the 10 personality disorders? (+1 bonus)
- Dependent Personality disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Schizoid personality disorder
- Schizotypal personality disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder
- Histrionic personality disorder
- Narcissistic personality disorder
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Emotionally unstable personality disorder / borderline personality disorder
- Impulsive personality disorder (a subtype of EUPD)
Dependent personality disorder
A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive, excessive need to be taken care of and submissiveness/clinging behavior
Tx: Psychotherapy and sometimes antidepressants
Paranoid Personality Disorder / PPD
Personality Disorder characterized my unwarranted mistrust and and suspicion of other via interpreting their motives as malicious
Tx: Behavioral therapy and sometimes Rx
Schizoid Personality Disorder / ScPD
Pervasive detachment from social relationships and limited range of emotions, indifference to praise or criticism
Tx: cognitive-behavioral therapy therapy
Schizotypal Personality Disorder / STPD
Characterized by intense discomfort with and reduced capacity for close relationships, distorted cognition and perceptions, and eccentricity
Tx: Antipsychotics/antidepressants, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and possible psychotherapy
Avoidant Personality Disorder / AVPD
Characterized by avoidance of social situation or interactions that include risk of rejection, criticism, or humiliation
Tx: Psychotherapy, antidepressants, anxiolytics
Histrionic Personality Disorder / HPD
Characterized with excessive emotionality and attention seeking
Tx: Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Narcissistic Personality Disorder / NPD
Characterized by aggrandized sense of self worth, need for adulation, and lack of empathy
Tx: Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Antisocial Personality Disorder / APD
Characterized by disregard for consequences or the rights of others and lack of guilt
Tx: cognitive-behavioral therapy, antipsychotics, and/or antidepressants
Borderline Personality Disorder / BPD
Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
Characterized by instability and hypersensitivity in relationships, instability in self-image, extreme mood swings, and impulsivity
Tx: Psychotherapy, possibly Rx
Positive Symptom
Symptom that reflects increase, excess, or distortion of normal functioning
Delusion
Fixed, false believe that contradicts reality
Hallucination
Sensory perception of something that does not exist
Negative Symptom
Symptom that reflects decrease, defect, or deficit in normal functioning
