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What are the four definitions of abnormality?

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Deviation form social norms,
statistical infrequency,
failure to function adequately,
deviation from ideal mental health.

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What is deviation from social norms?

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When a person so thinking or behaviour is classified as abnormal, violates a the rules about what is expected or acceptable. Norms specific to the culture.

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What is an example?

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Homosexuality, and antisocial personality disorder.

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Within which tribe do women wear brass coils around their neck?

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The Kayan tribe

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What tribe are the men from who wear the gloves of stinging ants?

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The sambia tribe

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How long and how often did these men have to wear these gloves?

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10 mins at a time 20 seperate times

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What is statistical infrequency?

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Occurs when an individual has a less common characteristics, (being more depressed or less intelligent)

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What is an example of statistical infrequency?

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IQ, or interlectual disability disorder

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What is failure to function adequately?

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Individual can no longer cope with the demands of everyday life, unable to maintain social standards.

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What factors were proposed that show when someone is not coping?

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  • cannot conform to social rules (personal space and eye contact.)
  • severe personal distress
  • behaviour becomes irrational and dangerous
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What is an example of failure to function adequately?

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Intellectual disability disorder.

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What is deviation from ideal mental health?

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When we consider what makes our mental health ‘normal’ and it must be alternative or deviant from that

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What are the requirements that we must meet to be considered to have ideal mental health?

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  • no symptoms of distress,
  • we are rational and can perceive ourselves accurately.
  • we self-actualise.
  • we can cope with issues.
  • we have a realisation view off the world.
  • we have good self esteem and a lack of guilt.
  • we are independent of other people.
  • we can work, love and enjoy out leisure.
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What is an example?

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Inability to have a job

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What is a specific phobia?

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Phobia of an object, such as an animal or boost part, or situation

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What is social anxiety?

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Phobia of a social situation,, such as OOP liv speaking

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What are the behavioural characteristics?

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AVOIDANCE- immediate response is to avoid the phobia
PANIC- causes high levels of stress and anxiety
ENDURANCE- choose to remain in the presence of the stimuli

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What are the emotional characteristics?

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INCREASED ANXIETY- phobias provide an extreme emotional response
FEAR- immediate and extreme response

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Phobias- cc-
Cognitive characteristics?

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SELECTIVE ATTENTION- find it difficult to direct their attention
IRRATIONAL THINKING- towards the object of the phobia

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Depression- bc-
What are the behavioural characteristics of depression?

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ACTIVITY LEVELS- reduced energy levels
DISRUPTION OF SLEEPING AND EATING BEHAVIOUR- increasing insomnia or reduced eating
AGGRESSION AND SELF-HARM - irritable and possibly verbally or physically aggressive

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Depression- ec-
What are emotional characteristics?

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LOWERED MOOD- becomes more pronounced daily
ANGER- can lead to self harm, can be directed at themselves or others
LOWERED SELF-ESTEEM- can feel self loathing

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Depression- cc-
What are the cognitive characteristics?

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POOR CONCENTRATION- unable to stick to tasks and hard to make decisions
DWELLING ON THE NEGATIVE- bias towards negative events
ABSOLUTIST THINKING- situations are all good or all bad

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What are the behavioural characteristics?

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COMPULSIONS ARE REPETITIVE- compelled to repeat a behaviour
COMPULSIONS REDICE ANXIETY- manage anxiety produced by obsession
AVOIDANCE- can prevent people from having a normal life

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What are the emotional characteristics?

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ANXIETY AND DISTRESS- unpleasant emotional experience
ACCOMPANYING DEPRESSION- often experience depression with OCD
GUILT AND DISGUST- involves guilt over issues

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What are the cognitive characteristics?

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OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS- 90% have obsessive thoughts
COGNITIVE COPING THEORIES- help to manage anxiety
INSIGHT INTO ACCESSIBLE ANXIETY- aware the obsessions are not rational

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Phobias- BA- E-
What role does classical conditioning play?

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Acquisition

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Phobias- BA- E-
What study was conducted?

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Little Albert

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Phobias- BA- E-
What is operant conditioning used for?

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Maintenance

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Phobias- BA- E-
How is negative reinforcement used?

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The removal of something negative when they avoid a situation with their object of their phobia.

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Phobias- BA- E-
What model was out forward within the behaviourist approach?

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Two process model

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Phobias- BA- T
What are the two ways to treat phobias?

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Systematic desensitisation, and flooding

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Phobias- BA- T
What is systematic desensitisation?

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A behavioural therapy designed to gradually reduce public anxiety through the principle of classical conditioning,

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Phobias- BA- T
What do patients learn through systematic desensitisation?

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Can learn to relax in the presence of their phobia.

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Phobias- BA- T
What is ‘counter conditions’?

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When a patient learns a new response to their phobic stimulus

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Phobias- BA- T
How is classical conditioning used in treating phobias?

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Turns negative reinforcement into a positive one,

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Phobias- BA- T
What are the three stages of treating phobias?

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  1. Creates an anxiety hierarchy
  2. Relaxation
  3. Exposure
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Phobias- BA- T
What is flooding?

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Involves direct and immediate exposure to phobic stimulus

39
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Phobias- BA- T
What do we have to be careful of when talking about flooding?

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Ethical guidelines

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is becks negative tried?

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FAULTY INFORMATION PROCESSING
NEGATIVE SELF SCEMA
THE NEGATIVE TRIAD

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is faulty information processing?

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Attend to the negative aspects of a situation, unusually ‘black and white’ thinking

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is a schema?

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A packet of information developed through experience

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is a negative self schema?

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A self schema is the information they have about themselves, so a negative self schema is one where we view ourselves negatively

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is the negative triad

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Three types of negative thinking,
Negative view of the t world
Negative view of the future
Negative view of the self

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is the ‘A’ in Ellis ABC model?

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Activating event, event where irrational thoughts are triggered by external events.

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is the ‘B’ in Ellis ABC model?

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Beliefs, identified a range of irrational beliefs, such as: musturbation’, Utopianism’.

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is ‘musturbation’?

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The belief we must always succeed

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is ‘i-cant-stand-this-itis’?

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Major issue when something doesn’t go smoothly.

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is ‘utopianism’?

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Belief that life is always meant to be fair

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Depression- explaining- CA-
What is the ‘C’ in Ellis ABC model?

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Consequences, activating event gives emotional and behavioural consequences.

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Depression-
What is major depressive disorder?

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Severe but often short-term depression

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Depression-
What is persistent depressive disorder?

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Long-term or reoccurring depression.

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Depression-
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?

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Childhood temper tantrums

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Depression-
What is premenstrual dysphoric disorder?

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Disruption to mood prior to and/or during menstruation

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Depression-CA- T-
What is the most common form of depression treatment?

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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

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Depression-CA- T-
What is the cognitive element of CBT?

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Begins with an assessment in which the client and the cognitive behaviour therapist work together to clarify the clients problems. they jointly choose goals, and out together a plan to reach them.

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Depression-CA- T-
What is the behavioural element of CBT?

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CBT then involves working to change negative and irrational thoughts, and finally put more effective behaviours into place.

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Depression-CA- T-
What is cognitive therapy?

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The application of Becks cognitive theory of depression.

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Depression-CA- T-
What is the idea behind cognitive therapy?

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To identify automatic thoughts about the world, the self, and the future

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Depression-CA- T-
What does cognitive therapy aim to do?

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Aims to help the clients test the reality of their negative beliefs.

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Depression-CA- T-
What does rational emotive behaviour therapy extend Ellis’s ABC model to?

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The ABCDE model.

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Depression-CA- T-
What does the D stand for in the ABCDE model?

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Depression-CA- T-
What does the E stand for in the ABCDE model?

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Depression-CA- T-
What is the main aspect of the REBT model?

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Identify and dispute irrational thoughts

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Depression-CA- T-
What is the goal of behavioural activation?

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To work with depressed individuals to gradually decrease their avoidance and isolation, and increase their engagement in activities that have been shown to improve mood

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OCD-
What is OCD?

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Characterised by either obsessions, and or compulsions. Most people with OCD have both.

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OCD-
What is Triichotilomania?

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Compulsive hair pulling

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OCD-
What is hoarding disorder?

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The compulsive gathering of items and the inability to part with anything, regardless of value.

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OCD-
What is excoriation disorder?

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Compulsive skin picking

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OCD- BA- E- G-
What are candidate genes?

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Genes which create a vulnerability for OCD. Some of these regulate serotonin,

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OCD- BA- E- G-
What is an example of a candidate gene?

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OCD- BA- E- G-
What does polygenic mean?

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OCD is not caused by one single gene, but is a combination of of genetic vulnerabilities which increase vulnerability to OCD.

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OCD- BA- E- G-
What is aetiologically heterogenous?

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The origins of OCD may differ from one person to another.

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OCD- BA- E- N-
What is the role of serotonin?

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Serotonin is believed to help regulate mood.

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OCD- BA- E- N-
What are decision making systems?

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Some types of OCD is associated with poor decision making. This is associated with abnormal functioning of the frontal lobe, which is responsible for logical thinking and despising making.

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OCD- BA- T- D-
What does OCD decrease (neurotransmitter)

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OCD- BA- T- D-
What dies SSRI stand for?

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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OCD- BA- T- S-
What do SSRIs prevent?

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The reabsorbsion of serotonin.

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OCD- BA- T- D-
How can patients take SSRIs?

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Pills or syrups

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OCD- BA- T- C-
What goes alongside SSRIs?

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OCD- BA- T- C-
What does CBT reduce?

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Emotional symptoms, such as anxiety and depression.

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OCD- BA- T- A-
What is an SNRI?

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Different antidepressant, it increases serotonin and also noradrenaline

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OCD- BA- T- A-
What are Tricyclics?

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Increases serotonin, more severe side effects.

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