Test 1 Flashcards
What are the different DSM axis?
Axis I-V
What is Axis I?
collection of signs and symptoms that together constitute a particular disorder or a condition that may be a focus of treatment.
**Can treat with Medication
What is Axis II?
Personality disorders and mental retardation
What is Axis III?
general medical conditions believed to be relevant to the mental disorder in question
**existing medical conditions
What is Axis IV?
reporting psychosocial and environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of a mental disorder
**Contributing factors: poor, no parental support
What is Axis V?
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
Best level of psychological, social and occupational functioning during the preceding year and where they are currently
*100 is best, 1 is worst
What are Freud’s three levels of consciousness?
Id, Ego and Superego
What is Id?
primitive, pleasure seeking part of our personalities that lurks in the unconscious mind
What is Ego?
our sense of self and acts as an intermediary b/ the id and the world by using ego defense mechanisms such as repression, denial and rationalization
What is superego?
our conscience and is greatly influenced by our parents or caregivers moral and ethical stances
*right & wrong
What was Sullivan?
believed that personality dynamics and disorders were caused by social forces and interpersonal situations
Interpersonal theory?
Sullivan
Good me, Bad me, Not me
Maslow’s Hierarchy?
physiological safety love and belonging esteem self actualization
Lower needs vs. higher needs?
physiological (Breathing) is a lower need
Self esteem would be a higher need
What is an example that could be both a lower and higher need?
Shelter
