Psychopathology Flashcards
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Inappropriate or excessive fear or anxiety 4 weeks children and adolescents 6 months adults
Treatment Separation Anxiety
CBT plus parent training child needs to return to school as soon as possible
Specific Phobia definition
and also Mowers 2 factor theory
- avoid the situation or endure with intense stress 6 months (persistent) and out of proportion of danger
- must cause significant distress or impaired functioning
- Mowers 2 factor theory combination of classical and operant conditioning
Treatment for Specific Phobia
In vivo with exposure is the best CBT with exposure and response to prevention Therapist led exposure more effective than self led
Specific Phobia Blood Injury Type Treatment
combined applied tension and relaxing bodys large muscles to increase blood pressure and prevent fainting
Social Anxiety Disorder
and treatment
- fear in at least one social situation where people may evaluate or judge them.
- Significant distress 6 months or impaired functioning
- Treatment-CBT with exposure or response prevention and
- SSRI, SNRI or beta blocker
Treatment of Panic Disorder
Treatment: antidepressants (e.g., imipramine) and benzo’s (but benzo’s ↑ relapse if used alone), CBT + interoceptive exposure (e.g., spin in a circle, breathe through a straw to replicate panic symptoms)
Agoraphobia
marked fear in at least 2/5 situations public trans, open spaces, in line/crowd, out home alone persistent 6 months and significant distress or impaired functions
Agoraphobia treatment
First combining vivo w/exposure (flooding) and response prevention Graded Exposure also common (intense non graded exposer is longer lasting though CBT NOT as effective
Generalized anxiety disorder
Excessive worry more days than not persistent 6 months 3 symptoms for adults, 1 symptom for children restlessness, fatigued, difficulty concentration, irritability, muscle tension sleep disturbance reduced activity in prefrontal cortex and amygdala
Generalized Anxiety Treament
CBT and relaxation with drugs most effective SSRI’s, SNRI, if nonresponsive to antidepressants try anxiolytic buspirone (Buspar) or benzodiazepine
Obessive-Compulsive OCD
time consuming ( more than one hour per day) Obsessions-recurrent persistent thoughts or urges Compulsions-repetitive behaviors or mental acts, goal is to reduce anxiety and prevent situation from happening
Treatment OCD
Exposure and response prevention (flooding) (ritual) treatment of choice Elevated caudate nucleas, orbitofrontal cortex cingulate, gyrus, and thalamus
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Preoccupation with perceived defect or flaw in physical appearance to be minor to others.
- May seek medical treatment to correct defect or flaw.
- Must have performed repetitive behaviors or mental acts due to flaw
Sexual Dysfunction
Disturbance in ones ability to respond or experience sexual pleasure
Erectile Disorder
1/3 of symptoms on 75% to 100% of occassions difficulty obtaining, difficulty maintaining erection decreased in erectile rididity 6 months and cause significant distress
Erectile Disorder treatment
Sensate focus- reduce sexual anxiety by promoting intimacy and reduce performance anxiety Nonsexual touch, sexual touch, sexual intercourse Sidenafil citrate (Viagra) tadalafil (Cialis) Vardenafil (Levitra)
Premature Ejaculation
Persistent or Recurrent parten of ejaculation 1 minute or before person desires 6 months 75% to 100% Low levels of serotonin
Premature Ejaculation Treatment
Sensate focus, (aka counter conditioning) start-stop technique or pause-squeeze SSRI taken daily Paroxetine may help delay ejaculation for some
Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration
Persistent with at least one Vaginal Penetration Vulvo/vaginal pain anxiety regarding pain tensing of pelvic floor 6 months or longer
Genito Pelvic Pain/Penetration Treatment
Relaxation training Sensate focus topical anestehtic vaginal dialators Kegal exercises
Gender Dysphoria
children vs adults
incongreunce w/assigned gender and experienced gender children 6 of 8 symptoms for 6 months Adolescents and Adults 2 of 6 symptoms 6 months
Gender Dysphoria Treatment
Gender-affirmative Model watchful waiting to support children from families at 16 child can begin hormones if desired any child at any age may be aware of their authentic identity as being different
Paraphilic Disorder
causing distress to the person or personal harm or risk of harm to others
Paraphilic disorder treatment
CBT with group therapy, marital therapy or pharmacotherapy Cover sentization and orgasmic (masturbatory) conditioning
Frotteuristic Disorder
touching or rubbing someone that does not want this this can be acted on or by impairment due to fantasies or urges 6 months
Transvestic Disorder
cross dressing for sexual arousal 6 months
Pedophilic Disorder
recurrent sexual urges and must have acted on them or experienced significant distress not to act on it with a child under age of 13. Person must be great than 16 years of age
Fetishistic Disorder
recurrent and intense sex arrousal 6 months to a nonliving object or nongenital body part
Brief Psychotic Disorder
1 or more for one day less than one month at least one delusions, hallucinations, or disorg speech 4 symptoms above and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
Schizophrenia
2/5 in active phase 1 month with at least 1 being delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech 5 symptoms above and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior and negative symptoms Must also be signs continuous for 6 months Prodromal and residual phase is 2 or more symptoms may be negative only
Schizophreniform Disorder
2/5 for one month to less than six months at least one being delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech 5 symptoms above and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior and negative symptoms
Schizophrenia Etiology
Parent 6% Bio Sib 9% Child of 1 parent w/schz 13% Dizygotic twin 17% Child w/2 parents 46% Monzygotic twin 48% Dopamine, glutame and serotonin
Dopamine Hypotheses
- Schizophrenia is high due to high levels of dopamine or hyperactivity of dopamine receptors
- Positive symptoms due to dopamine hyperactivity subcortical regions (striatal area)
- Negative symptoms due to hypo activity in cortical regions (prefrontal cortex)
Hypofrontaility
lower than normal activity in prefrontal cortex contributes to negative symptoms
Cormorbidity Schzophrenia
anxiety, ocd, 70-85% tobacco users
Onset, Course Prognosis Schzophrenia
teens to early 30 peak early to mid 20 for female Psychotic symptoms decrease, neg&cog symptoms remain same Better prognosis for female acute, late onset and comorbid mood disorders
Expressed emotion
Familes response to member with schzophrenia or other mental disorder High expressed emotion-high criticism, hostility and over involvement with patient
Treatment Schizophrenia
- psychosocial interventions
- antipsychotic drug
- adjunctive medications
- evidence-based include-community treatment
- cbt for psychosis
- cognitive remediation for schizophrenia, family psychoeducation, social skills training, supported employment and acceptance commitment
Delusional disorder
list the 3 different types
- 1 or more delusions for 1 month and overall functioning is not significantly impaired
- erotomanic-believes another person is in love w/them
- grandiose-believes they’re great (unrecognized talent)
- jealous-believes spouse or partner is unfaithful persecutory-being spied on, poisoned, conspired against
Disruptive, Impulsive Control, and Conduct
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- MOOD–6 months
- mild form of acting out
- less severe than Conduct disorder
- 3 symptoms AVA has ODD
- Angry/irritable mood
- Vindictiveness
- Argumentative
- 30% more likely to become CD w/early onset
- equal among boys and girls
- higher with adolescent boys
- parent management/family therapy, cognitive problem solving
Disruptive, Impulsive Control, and Conduct
Conduct disorder
- 12 months 3 symptoms 1 sympt for 6 months
- behavior violates the rights/social norms of others
- 3 symptoms
- Conduct D/O makes me SADD
- serious violation of rules
- aggression with animals/people
- destruction of property
- deceitful or stealing
- Cannot be given over age 18
- emerges middle childhood to middle adolesence
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Disruptive Impulse Control
Conduct disorders specifiers
- childhood onset at least 1sx (symptom) before 10
- adolescent onset no symptoms before 10
- Unspecified onset Unknown
- mild, moderate and severe is based on the # of conduct problems
Disruptive Impulsive Disorder
Conduct Disorder Etiology
NT
Life-course
Adolescent
- heriditary, ↓ serotonin, prenatal exposure to opiates, inadequate parenting
- Life-Course persistent type- combo bio deficits, parenting and temperament
- adolescent limited type-temporary and maturity gap between biological/sexual and social maturity
Disruptive Mood Conduct
Conduct Disorder treatment
- family intervention
- PMTO Parent mangaement training Oregon Model
- parenting modifications, effective disciplinary strategies
- Multisystemic treatment MST
- mulitdetermined-get child w/family, school & combine cognitive, behavioral, family systems and case management
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- mulitdetermined-get child w/family, school & combine cognitive, behavioral, family systems and case management
Disruptive mood
Intermittent Explosive D/O
- behavioral or verbal outburst unable to control aggressive behaviors/impulses
- must be 6 years of age
- not violent no damage to property or people
- 2x weekly for 3 months
- or with 3 outburst within/12 months
- not premeditated or looking for tangible outcome
- 6 YEARS OLD at least
Substance and Additions Disorders
10 classes of substances
- caffenine
- cannabis
- phencyclidine
- inhalants
- opioids
- sedatives
- hypnotics
- anxiolytics
- stimulants
- tobacco
- unknown
Substance and Additions Disorders
Substance use disorder
- 2 or more w/in 12 months except caffeine
- cognitive, behavioral, physiological…person uses w/o reason
- 4 sx (symptoms
- lack of control, social challenges, risky use, pharmacological (tolerance/withdrawal)
- # of sx indicates severity
Substance and Additions Disorders
Substance disorder treatment
- psychosocial intervention, group/family therapy, 12 step program and/or medication
- alcohol-disulfiram or naltrexone
- opioid-methadone, naltrexone
- nicotine-replacement therapy
- tobacco-antidepression, bupropion
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cocaine-no fda medication approved for treatment
- treatment is CBT, recovery based therapy, or psych social intervention
Substance and Additions Disorders
RPT relapse prevention therapy Marlatt & Gordon
- addiction is a learned habit
- relapse is after absence in high risk situation
- relapse is worse when person does not have coping skills, self efficacy & ↑expectations
- *** goal is to help client deal with ↑risk situations
Substance induced disorders
Alcohol Intoxication
- behaviors and psychological changes
- WITH 1/6
- slurred speech
- incoordination
- unsteady gait
- nystagmus (uncontrolled eye moment)
- Δ memory/cognition stop coma
Alcohol induced major neuro cognitive disorder
- ↓ 1> cognitive domains interferes everyday activities
- specifier Nonamnestic -confabulatory or amnestic-confabulatory AKA Korsafoff syndrome-thiamine deficiency & retrograde amnesia confabulation
Alcohol withdrawal
2/8 w/in hours to days
- autonomic hyperactivity
- hand tremor
- insomnia
- nausea or vomiting
- hallucinations, or illusions
- anxiety
- motor agitation (pacing, toe tapping)
- genrelized tonic seizueres
Opiod Intoxication
- behavioral changes-initially euphoric followed by apathy or dysphoria and impaired judgment with
PUPIL CONSTRICTION
- 1/3 sx
- drowsiness/coma
- slurred speech
- problems w/attention/memory
Opiod Withdrawal
- 3/9 including dysphoric mood , nausea or vomiting
- muscle aches, diarrhea, yawning
- fever and insomnia
Sedative, Hypnotic, Anxiolytic Intoxication
1/6 hypnotic or anxiolytic-slurred speech, incoordination, unsteady gait, nystagmus, impaired cognition, stupor or coma
Sedative, Hypnotic, Anxiolytic Withdrawal
2/8 hours to days after stopping the drug
- ↓ of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use
- autonomic hyperactivity, hand tremor, insomnia, nausea or vomiting, transient hallucinations or illusions, psychomotor agitations, anxiety,
- GRAND MAL seizures
Stimulant Intoxication
2/9
- ↑ tachycardic or bradycardic, pupil dilation
- ↑↓decrease blood pressure, perspiration or chills, nausea or vomiting, weight loss, psychomotor agitation or retardation, respiratory depression or cardiac arrhythmia, seizures or coma
- Stimulant drugs amphetamines, methamphetamines and cocaine
Stimulant Withdrawal
dysphoric mood and psychological
2/5
fatigue, vivid and unpleasant dreams, insomnia
hypersomnia (excessive daytime sleeping), increased appetite, psychomotor agitation, retardation
tobacco withdrawal
- 4/7 within 24 hours of stopping/quitting
- irritability, anger, anxiety, impaired concentration, ↑ increased appetite, restlessness, depressed mood, insomnia
Bipolar and Depressive DO
Manic
- persistent, elevated/irritable mood, ↑ goal directed activity/energy for 1 week
- includes 3 or more sx
- ↑ self esteem-grandiosity
- ↓need for sleep
- flight of ideas
- marked impairment in functoning
- a need of hospitalization to avoid harm to self/or others
- or psychotic features
Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
Hypomanic
- same as manic for at least 4 days, BUT the person has never met the criteria for a manic episode
- ↑ expansive or irritable mood
- increased activity or energy
- 3 or more sx of mania 4 DAYS
- NOT severe enough for marked hospitalization or marked impairment, do not have psychotic features
Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
Major Depressive
- 5 or more sx w/1 sx depressed mood or loss of pleasure
- sx last 2 weeks & cause distress and/or significant impaired functioning
Bipolar 1 diagnosis
- requires at least 1 manic episode
- cannot have been preseeded or followed by a major depressive or hypomanic episode
Bipolar II
1 manic & 1 major depressive episode
Cyclothymic Disorder
requires hypomanic symptoms that have NEVER met criteria for mania and symptoms of depression that have NEVER met criteria for a MDD
o can’t have more than 2 months without symptoms
o Symptoms required for at least 2 years in adults and 1 year for kids
Bipolar Etiology
- heridity, NT and & brain abnormalities & circadian rhythm irregularities
- Strong genetic component .67 to 1 mono twins, .2 di twins
- Neurotransmitters- NE, Serotonin, Dopamine and Glutamate
- brain-prefrontal, amygdala, hippocampus, basal ganglia
- circadian rhythms-sleep-wake cycle, the release of hormones, appetite and core body temperature
Bipolar Treatment
- psychosocial and medication
- psychosocial therapy + Rx is best, family therapy, psychoeducation, IPT, CBT, Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (which is all about creating routines and circadian rhythms and resolving interpersonal problems),
- Classic bipolarRx: lithium, atypical antipsychotics and antidepressants, valproate/carbamazepine
Atypical Bipolar sx and tx
- Atypical Bipolar between ages 10-15
- -mixed mood states, rapid cycling, a lack of full recovery between episodes
- at least 2 of the following ↑weight gain, ↑appetite, hypersomnia (excessive sleeping during day), leaden paralysis, interpersonal relationships sensitivity
Major Depressive Disorder
- 5 or more sx for 2 weeks with at least 1sx being depressed mood or loss of interest in everything
- ↓ REM latency (amount of time it takes to fall asleep) and ↑ REM density (frequency of eye movements that occurs during REM sleep)
Persistent Depressive disorder
- depressed mood 2 or more sx (poor appetite, or overeating, insomnia or hypersomnia, feelings of hopelessness)
- 2 years for adults 1 year child & adolescents
Disruptive mood dysregulation
o SEVERE, recurrent temper outbursts outside of developmental age
o 3+ times a week
o chronic irritability/angry mood
o 12 months in 2 settings
o At least 6 years old but not over 18 years old o Treatment: CBT, parent training, family therapy
Peripartum onset depression vs post partum
- Peripartum-means symptoms occur during pregnancy or 4 weeks after delivery - symptoms include: anxiety (e.g. preoccupied with infant’s well-being), irritability, not being interested in the baby, guilt, suicidal ideation, sad mood and last for a short while
- Post partum-lasts longer and symptoms includes sadness, difficulty with sleep, irritability, changes in appetite
Seasonal Pattern aka seasonal affective disorder and tx
- linked to ↓ serotonin↑ melatonin, crave carbs, irritability, hypersomnia, ↑ appetite, weight gain
- tx-responds well to light therapy and exposure to bright light
Rates of depression
- highest for 12-17 then 18-25 then 26-49 and then 50+
Etiology of Depression
NT
Catecholamine Hyp
Social Reinforcement
Cognitive Theory
Learned Helplessness
- HPA Axis involved, cortisol, ↓ epinephrine/serotonin,
- catecholamine hypothesis = low norepinephrine, Lewinsohn’s -operant conditioning-reinforcement, b/c the person is on an “extinction schedule” for a really long time and not getting any reinforcement,
- Social reinforcement theory-low rate of response due to lack of social reinforcement
- depression schemas/cognitive theory (Beck) = negative beliefs about self/others/world,
- Seligman’s Learned Helplessness – repeat negative life events that lead to hopelessness