Test 1 Chapter 1 Words in Book

Question 1

multicultural psychology

Answer 1

field that examines the impact of culture, race, ethnicity and gender on behaviors and thoughts and focuses on how such factors may influence the origin, nature and treatment of abnormal behavior

Question 2

positive psychology/ solution focused

Answer 2

study of positive feelings, traits and abilities to promote psychological wellness

Question 3

psychotropic medications

Answer 3

drugs that mainly affect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental disfunction

Question 4

deinstitutionaliztion

Answer 4

practice of releasing hundreds of thousands of patients from public mental hospitals

Question 5

psychoanalysis

Answer 5

theory or treatment of abnormal mental functioning that emphasizes psychological forces as the cause of psychopathology

Question 6

state hospitals

Answer 6

state-run public mental institutions in the united states

Question 7

moral treatment

Answer 7

approach to treatment people with mental disfunction that emphasized moral guidance and humane and respectful treatment

Question 8

asylum

Answer 8

type of institution that first became popular in 16th century to provide care for persons with mental disorders, eventually became virtual prisons

Question 9

humors

Answer 9

according to the Greeks and Romans, bodily chemicals that influence mental and physical health (yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm)

Question 10

treatment/ therapy

Answer 10

systematic procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into more normal behavior (therapy)

Question 11

trephination

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ancient operation in which a stone instrument was used to cut away a circular section of the skull to treat abnormal behavior

Question 12

norms

Answer 12

society’s stated and unstated rules for proper conduct

Question 13

culture

Answer 13

person’s common history, values, institutions, habits, skills technology and arts

Question 14

abnormal psychology

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scientific study of abnormal behavior undertaken to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning

Question 15

institutions

Answer 15

various types (asylums, mental hospitals, in-patient centers, private practices) founded to help people with mental health issues

Question 16

general history of psychopathology

Answer 16

• used to think mental health was supernatural, would cut away part of skull to remove the demons
• imbalance of 4 humans caused mental illness, would remove some of the humors to balance and fix mental illness
• back to blaming demons for mental health (witchcraft)
• rise of asylums which eventually turned prison like
• 19th century increase in moral and humane treatment
• then the development of psychogenic and somatogenic perspectives

Question 17

how did multiculturalism used to affect therapy

Answer 17

• people used to prescribe different things in therapy for different cultures
• multiculturalism is a sensitive topic

Question 18

are their certain cultures/communities being diagnosed with things more?

Answer 18

can’t really answer this because can’t separate culture from society

Question 19

how do we diagnose people (two things)

Answer 19

signs: observable elements
- potentially more objective

symptoms: reported
- less reliable/subjective

Question 20

what is presenting problems

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report symptoms and then the doctor looks for signs
principle Dx (diagnosis) -> counseling

ex. headaches, achey -> principal Dx is sleep deprivation
but at therapist, not sleeping -> principal Dx is being cheated on

Question 21

what is chaining

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one problem comes from another, and then comes from another, etc

Question 22

what is diagnosis

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(by knowledge) when we piece variables together to come up with a knowledgable decision as to what is going on

Question 23

what is diagnosis done by

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clinical judgement (insight/intuition)

• gain this when you see a lot of people and know the signs, still need to use DSM
• look at psychological (why) and descriptive (what you say, facts) factors

Question 24

what is the acronym used to diagnose

Answer 24

SOAP
Subjective
Objective
Assessment
Plan

Question 25

what is reliability in diagnosis

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many clinicians and same patient coming up with the same diagnosis

Question 26

what is validity in diagnosis

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many patients, same diagnosis (symptoms/signs)

ex. manic depression (now called bipolar) all put in a center and it was realized not as many similarities as previously thought

Question 27

what is etiology

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study of causes or origins of disorders (hard to do)

Question 28

what is psychotropic

Answer 28

medicine to affect brain functioning and improve mental functioning

-SSRI and NSSRI

Question 29

what is course

Answer 29

how long something will last
-it is good to find best course of treatment, but can’t really do this in mental health because never sure how long something will last (no petri dish)

Question 30

what are the three kinds of courses

Answer 30

1) chronic: long term and long lasting
2) episodes: shorter periods of time when you experience something (goes up and down in waves)
3) time limited: moreso in medical field “this will last two weeks”