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Psychopathology : Mental Disorders Flashcards

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Phobias - what’s a phobia?

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persistent irrational fear of a specitic situation, object or activity which is consequenty either strenuously avoided or endured with marked distress

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Phobias - DSM-5

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Diagnostic Statistical Manual (5th version) published by the American Pouchiatric Association (APA)

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Phobias - ICD-11

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International Statistical Classification of Diseases (11th version) published by the World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Phobias - 3 catagories of phobias recognised by DSM-5

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Specific phobia, social phobia, agoraphobia

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Phobias - specific phobia

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phobia of an object, such as an animal or body part, or a situation

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Phobias - social phobia

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phobia of a social situation

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Phobias - Agoraphobia major depressive disorder

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phobia of being outside or in a public place

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Phobias - diagnostic criteria for phobias

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> 6 months of intensity, distress (emotional, behavioural, cognitive)

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Phobias - emotional symptoms associated with phobias

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Anxiety, fear, unreasonable thoughts/ actions

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Phobias - Anxiety

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phobias involve the emotional response of anxiety (high arousal)

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Phobias - fear

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immediate and unpleasant response when you encounter or think about a phobic stimulus

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Phobias - unreasonable thoughts/ actions

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disproportionate to any threat posed

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Phobias - behavioural symptoms associated with phobias

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Panic, avoidance, endurance

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Phobias - panic

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shortness of breath, shaking, high heart rate

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Phobias - avoidance

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effort to avoid the phobic stimulus (affects daily life)

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Phobias - endurance

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person chooses to remain in the presence of the phobic stimulus (to keep an eye on it)

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Phobias - cognitive symptoms associated with phobias

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Selective attention, irrational beliefs, cognitive distortions

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Phobias - selective attention

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finds it hard looking away from the phobic stimulus

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Phobias - irrational belifs

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doesn’t respond to evidence

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Phobias - cognitive distoryions

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thoughts about the phobic stimulus are distorted

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Depression - what’s depression?

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mental health disorder, persistent sadness and lack of interest and pleasure in previously rewarding or enjoyable activities

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Depression - 4 categories recognised by DSM-5

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Major depressive disorder, persistent depressive, disruptive mood dysregulation, premenstrual dysphoric

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Depression - major depressive disorder

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severe, but often short-term depression

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Depression - persistent depressive

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long term or recurring depression, including sustained major depression (used to be called dysthymia)

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Depression - Disruptive mood dysregulation major

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childhood temper tantrums

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Depression - premenstrual dysphoric

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disruption to mood prior to and/or during menstruation

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Depression - diagnostic criteria

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5 symptoms every day for 2 weeks, anhedonia

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Depression - emotional symptoms associated

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Low mood, anhedonia, anger, low self esteem

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Depression - low mood

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feeling empty, worthless, hopeless

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Depression - anhedonia

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loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies/activities once enjoyed (accompenied by avolition - loss of motivation to perform goal directed activities)

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Depression - anger

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directed towards the self (general feeling of being emotionally hurt)

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Depression - low self esteem

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low perception of self (leads to self-loathing)

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Depression - behavioural symptoms associated

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Low activity level, disruptive sleep, disrupted eating, aggression/ self harm

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Depression - low activity level

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Sense of tiredness, desire to sleep (can be apposite: psychomotor agitation)

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Depression - Disruptive sleep

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insomnia / increased sleep

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Depression - disruptive eating

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eating more/less

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Depression - aggression/ self harm

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increased irritability, verbally/physically aggressive, ending of jobs/ relationships; cutting, harm to self, suicide

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Depression - cognitive symptoms

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Poor concentration, attention to the negative, absolutist thinking, memory bias

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Depression - poor concentration

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cannot focus on a task as much as normal and finds it difficult to make decisions

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Depression - attention to the negative

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negative self-beliefs such as guilt and sense of worthlessness

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Depression - absolutist thinking

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seeing things in black and white - can catastrophise situation

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Depression - memory bias

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cognitive bias of remembering unhappy events easier

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OCD - what’s OCD?

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mental health condition where you have obsessive thoughts (internal) and compulsive behaviours (external)

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OCD - 4 catagories recognised by DSM-5

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OCD, trichotillomania, hoarding, excoriation

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OCD - OCD

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obsessive, recurring thoughts, images, compulsions

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OCD - trichotillomania

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compulsive hair pulling

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OCD - hoading

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compulsive gathering of possessions and the inability to part with anything (regardless of value)

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OCD - excoriation

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Compulsive skin picking

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OCD - diagnostic criteria

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> 1hr a day in distress (presence of obsessions, compulsions)

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OCD - emotional symptoms

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Anxiety and distress, depression, guilt and disgust

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OCD - anxiety and distress

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obsessive thoughts are intrusive and frightening (urge to repeat behaviour produces it)

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OCD - depression

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OCD is often accompanied by depression (compulsive behaviour can bring short term relief)

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OCD - guilt and disgust

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sufferers often aware their obsessive thoughts are irrational and their compulsive behaviours are abnormal. They can suffer guilt over minor moral issues (disgust may be towards the self or externally)

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OCD - behavioural symoptons

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Repetitive/ ritualistic, avoidance, anxiety

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OCD - repetitive/ ritualistic

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feel compelled to act on their obsessive thoughts with repetitive behaviours acts (compulsions). They’re repetitive, unpleasant and interfere with everyday life

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OCD - avoidance

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Attempt to avoid situations which trigger obsessions and compulsions

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OCD - anxiety

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compulsive behaviours often reduce anxiety caused by obsessions, compulsive checking in response to the obsessive thought that it might have been left unsecured

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OCD - cognitive symptoms

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Obsessive thoughts, hyper-vigilance, cognitive coping strategies, insight

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OCD - obsessive thoughts

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intrusive, recurring, unwanted thoughts. 90% have them. They’re repetitive, unpleasant and interfere with everyday life (present most days for 2 weeks or more)

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OCD - hypervigilance

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selective attending and increased awareness of source of obsessions in new situations

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OCD - cognitive coping strategies

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coping methods that manage anxiety and act as a distraction

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OCD - insight

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Aware their cognitions are irrational, despite this they maintain constant alertness and focus on potential hazards

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