Test 4 Review Part 2 Flashcards
Know the questions we ask to define abnormality
- Is the behavior considered strange in the person’s culture
- Does the behavior cause personal distress
- Is the behavior maladaptive
- Is the person a danger to themselves or others
- Is the personal legally responsible for their own actions
What is the difference between adaptive and maladaptive behavior?)
maladaptive-bad and negative. Adaptive-good and help function
What is the DSM-V?
diagnostic and static manual that creates common language between professionals
know what these two say about mental disorders and how to treat them. Biological Perspective (medical model)
Underlying physical disorders cause mental disorders, structural, brain biochemical, genetic, or infections
know what these two say about mental disorders and how to treat them. Bio-psycho-social Perspective
Combination of biological, psychological, and social causes
What is the most common psychological disorder?
anxiety
What does research suggest is the most effective means of treating most mental illness?
medication and therapy
Review the anxiety disorders we went over in class (general knowledge). Panic Attack
Episode of overwhelming anxiety, fear, or terror. Pounding heart, uncontrollable shaking, sensation of choking, feelings of going to die or go crazy
Review the anxiety disorders we went over in class (general knowledge). Panic Disorder
Person experiences recurring, unpredictable episodes of overwhelming anxiety, fear, or terror. Diagnosed after multiple panic attacks
Review the anxiety disorders we went over in class (general knowledge). PTSD
Flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive memories, high anxiety
What is survivor’s guilt
Guilt over surviving a harrowing situation
Review the anxiety disorders we went over in class (general knowledge). Agoraphobia
Irrational fear and avoidance of any social or performance situation
Review the anxiety disorders we went over in class (general knowledge). Social Phobia
Intense fear of being in a situation from which escape is not possible
Review the anxiety disorders we went over in class (general knowledge). Specific Phobia
Marked fear of a specific object or situation
OCD- what is an obsession
Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance that caused anxiety or distress. Person attempts to suppress obsession with a compulsion
OCD- what is a compulsion
Repetitive behavior or mental acts that are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or distress
Review the anxiety disorders we went over in class (general knowledge). Hording -know its a form of OCD
Acquiring and failing to throw out a large number of items that would appear to have little or no value to others
What is the difference between anxiety and fear?
- Anxiety is a response to an unknown, internal, vague problem
- Fear is a response to a known external defined problem
What is Major Depressive Disorder
Marked by feelings of great sadness, despair and hopelessness, loss of ability to experience pleasure
Major Depressive Disorder symptoms and signs
- Changes in appetite, weight, or sleep patterns
- Loss of energy
- Difficulty in thinking and concentrating
- Recurrent thoughts of death and dying
- Psychotic depressing
- Hallucinations and delusions
- Psychomotor disturbances
- Slowed body movements, reaction time and speech
- Constant movements, fidgeting, wringing of hands
Major Depressive M:F ratio
3:1 female to male
Major Depressive Disorder Treatments
Medication, psychotherapy, social support and exercise
Difference between Bi-Polar 1 and 2
1 - Depression switches with Mania
2 - Depression switches with hypomania
Mania
Excessive euphoria, inflated self-esteem, wild optimism, and hyperactivity with delusions of grandeur. Less 7 days
