psychopathology characteristics

Question 1

Behavioural characteristics of Depression

Answer 1

-Activity levels
-Disruption to sleep and eating behaviour
-aggression or self harm

Question 2

Emotional - Depression

Answer 2

-Lowered Mood
-Anger
-lowered self-esteem

Question 3

Cognitive- depression

Answer 3

-Poor concentration
-Dwelling on negative
-Absolutist thinking

Question 4

Behavioural - phobias

Answer 4

Panic
Avoidance
Endurance

Question 5

Emotional - Phobia

Answer 5

-Anxiety
-fear
-unreasonable emotional response

Question 6

Cognitive - Phobia

Answer 6

-selective attention
-irrational beliefs
-cognitive distortions

Question 7

Behavioural OCD

Answer 7

-compulsions as repetitive
-compulsions reduce anxiety
-avoidance

Question 8

Emotional OCD

Answer 8

Anxiety and distress
accompanying depression
Guilt and disgust

Question 9

Cognitive OCD

Answer 9

Obsessive thoughts
cognitive coping strategies
insight into excessive anxiety

Question 10

what did beck do

Answer 10

Faulty information processing
Negative self schema
negative triad

Question 11

what did Ellis do

Answer 11

ABC model
A Activating event
B beliefs
C consuquences

Question 12

genetic explanations OCD

Answer 12

genetic family
diathesis stress model
candidate genes (5TH1-D beta implicated in transport of seratonin )
polygenic

Question 13

neural excplainayions of OCD

Answer 13

Role of serotonin
Decision making systems in lateral parts of frontal lobes