Unit 5: Clinical Psych Flashcards
Distress
Extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain
Stress
Feeling of anxiety of pressure
Eustress
Positive stress
Hans Selye’s GAS theory
General adaption syndrome. Alarm stadge (upset of homeostatis), resistance stage (body fights back), exhaustion stage (rest permits enhanced adaption).
Stress performance curve
There is an optimal amount of stress for any activity
Adverse childhood experiences
Traumatic childhood experiences.
Hypertension headaches
Blood pressure becomes dangerously high and has a pulsing quality on your head.
Immunosuppression
Deliberate suppression of the immune system
Emotion - focused coping skills
exercise, bath, pep talk, mediate
Problem-focused coping skills
Managing time, support, health boundaries, to-do list
Positive psych
Studies what enables individuals to thrive.
Post-traumatic growth
Positive change in thinking or behavior as a result of a negative experiences
Condition / disorder
3Ds –> deviance (outside of usual), distress (inability to function), duration prolonged suffering (lasts for months rather than days)
neurodevelopmental disorder
New heading. Includes autism spectrum disorders, intellectual deveopmental disorders and tic disorders (tourette’s etc.)
Schizophrenic spectrum disorders
marked by disturbances in thought patterns
Schizophrenia
People can’t distinguish their own thoughts from others. They make things up
Panic disorder
Attack of anxiety aggravated by stress, fear
Phobia
You think of terrifying outcoems from seeing something specific.
GAD
People have persistent fear and worry
Social anxiety disorders
People who have negative publicyt, public embarrassment, humiliation and social interaction.
Agoraphobia
Need to escape from a situation
Depressive disorder
Persistent feeling s of sadness and loss of interest in finding pleasure
Bipolar disorder
chronic experience of manic and depressive episodes
Seasonal affective disorder
Seasons affect how you feel
