Unit 5: Psychological Disorders Flashcards
Proposes it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease.
Medical Model
The reference guide used by clinicians to classify psychological disorders.
DSM 5 (Diagnostic & Statistic Manual- Fifth Edition)
(1973) two-part study completed by David Rosenhan.
Pt. 1) : Pseudo patients were admitted to twelve mental hospitals in 5 different states.
Pt. 2) : Psychiatric hospital staff were asked to detect the non-existent “fake” patients. The staff falsely identified large numbers of hospital patients as imposters.
The Rosenhan Study
Disorders that focus on fear & worry.
Anxiety Disorders
Anxious about something specific.
Ex: snakes, spiders, heights (pinpointed fear).
Phobia Anxiety
Feelings of dread/ doom and physical stress lasting at least 6 months.
Ex: worry about things most people wouldn’t worry about.
Generalized Anxiety
Frequent, disruptive panic attacks.
Panic Disorder
Sudden intense panic; multiple physical and emotional symptoms.
Panic Attack
Obsessions and compulsions:
- Features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears (obsession)
- Lead you to do repetitive behaviors. (compulsions)
Ex: Checking and rechecking
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Symptoms include persistent ASD (Acute Stress Disorder) lasting longer than a month or can emerge as late as 6 months post trauma.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Identifications of all of the factors that possibly contribute to an illness.
- Etiology is complex bc people are complex
- Composing of factors to why someone struggles with certain disorder NOT a cause.
Etiology
Disorders in which mood is severely disturbed.
Ex: depression, bipolar, manic episodes, schizophrenia.
Mood Disorders
Severe depression, sudden, no apparent external cause.
- Most common of diagnosed disorders of mood.
- 1.5 to 3 times more likely in women than in men.
Major Depressive Disorder
Psychological disorder marked by the experience of both depressed and manic episodes or periods.
Bipolar Disorder
Significant shift between extreme highs 7 lows in a person’s mental and emotional state.
Manic Episode
People have difficulties determining the difference between reality and delusions.
Schizophrenia
False beliefs that are not based on reality.
Delusions
False sensory perceptions.
Hallucinations
(Too much)/ over the top symptoms. Delusions and Hallucinations.
Positive Symptoms
(Less than)/ absence of poor attentions, flat affect: lack of emotion, poor speech production.
Negative Symptoms
Extreme emaciation; fear of gaining weight.
Anorexia Nervosa
Effort to binge eat, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.
Ex: Self-induced vomiting
Bulimia Nervosa
Attribution Style Theory:
4 Criteria to determine whether a subject is Abnormal or Normal:
