Short Answers Psychological Disorders

Question 1

What are the subtypes of PTSD?

Answer 1

Acute PTSD, chronic PTSD, delayed onset PTSD, acute stress disorder

Question 2

Two types of bipolar disorder

Answer 2

Bipolar I- Full manic or depressive episodes

Bipolar II- Hypomanic episodes alternate with major depressive episodes

Question 3

Three phases of schizophrenia

Answer 3

1. prodrome-symptoms are not obvious but person is deteriorating in functioning;speech function and social withdrawal
2. Active-symptoms are present; maybe triggered by stress
3. Residual-Dramatic symptoms me lessen but negative symptoms may remain

Question 4

Four D’s that define abnormal

Answer 4

Deviance, distress, dysfunction, danger

Question 5

What was Thomas Szas view on mental illness?

Answer 5

Believe that the concept of mental illness is invented to better control or change people who threatened social order

Question 6

Problems with the DSM

Answer 6

Too inclusive
Criteria are not impose consistently – Poor reliability
Heterogeneity of symptom profiles
Many of the subtypes are not based on empirical data
Validity of some disorders is questionable
Current research shows that some disorders maybe both a category and a continuum
Resilience is forgotten

Question 7

Models in psychopathology

Answer 7

Supernatural/demonological

• medical/biological
• Psychological
• Scientific method in an integrative approach

Question 8

Cognitive model of social anxiety disorder

Answer 8

Social situation> activation of assumptions> perceived social danger> catastrophic thinking>Behavioural symptoms