Quiz 4 Pysch Flashcards
Psychological Disorder
A clinically significant dysfunction in an
individual’s cognitions, emotional regulation, or behavior. Must interfere with day-to-day life
Bio,Pysch,social Approach
Bio: Individual genes, Brain structure
Psyc: stress trauma, learned helplessness
Social: roles, expectations
DSM
Diagnostic Statistical Manual
Psych disorders usually strike by
early childhood and symptoms by age 24
Antisocial personality disorder
age 8
Phobias
age 10
Alcohol use disorder
age 20
Obsessive compulsive disorder
age 20
Schizophrenia
age 20
Major depressive disorder
age 25
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Types of ADHD
- Predominantly Inattentive
- Predominantly Hyperactive impulsive
ADHD biological components
children w/parents 2-7.5x likely
adoption takes after bio parent
twin studies show genetic factors acount for 80% of causation
neurotransmitters
brain differences
Anxiety Disorders
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Panic Disorder
- Phobias
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Post traumatic Stress Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
person is unexplainably and continually tense and uneasy
Panic Disorder
Person expereiences panic attacks, sudden episodes of intense dread, and fears the next episodes unpredictable onset.
Phobia
person is intensely and irrationally afraid of a specific object, activity, or situation
how long does generalized anxiety disorder need to be for
at least 6 months
Panic Disorders
persistent concern about next, not due to medication or drugs
Phobia
the phobic object is avoided or else endured with intense anxiety or distress
Phobias
social, agoraphobia, specific
animal type, natural environmental type, blood-injection injury type, situational
Obsessions
unwanted thoughts/impulses
Complusions
rituals to reduce anxiety about obsessive thoughts
Obsessive Compulsive disorder
distressing and unwanted thoughts lead to compulsive rituals that significantly interfere with daily functioning
Symptoms of PTSD
flashbacks, jumpy anxiety, trouble sleeping, surviors
Stimulus Generalization
fear of other similar fearful events
Treatments
therapy, working on thoughts, exposure, meedications
Major depressive disorder
a person experiences two or more weeks with five or more symptoms and at least one of which must be depressed mood or loss of interest pleasure
Bipolar Disorder
a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
Mania
characterized by highly optimistic feelings with potentially poor judgment
Depression can be caused by
many factors, genetic, nutritional, situational
Rumination
compulsive fretting, overthinking about our problems and their causes
Schizophrenia
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and diminished inappropriate emotional expression
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
presence of inappropriate behavior such as hallucinations
Negative symptoms
absense of appropriate behavior
Hallucinations
seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting, things that exist only in the mind
Delusions
false beliefs
Flat affect
emotionless, a state of no apparent feeling
impaired theory of mind
difficulty reading other peoples facial emotions and states of mind
chronic schizophrenia
process schizophrenia, late adolescence or early adulthood
Acute schizophrenia
reactive, any age, emotionally traumatic event
Dissociative Identity Disorder
developing multiple distinctive identities as a way to cope with trauma
Personality Disorders
inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
Three clusters such as
anxiety, eccentric or odd behaviors, and dramatic or impulsive behaviors
Antisocial Personality Disorder
dramatic, impulsive behaviors and lack of concern for wrongdoing, even toward family and friends
Eating Disorders
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating
Eating disorders can be caused by
biological, emotional, psych, and social factors
which treatment is used to reduce anxiety through gradual exposure to a feared stimuli
systematic desensitization
what are symptoms of mania in bipolar disorder
extreme euphoria and risky decision making