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Unit 9 Flashcards

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Degree

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degree to which a person is suffering (impact on life)

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Intern Syndrome

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beware of self-diagnosis

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Abnormal

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not typical
thought, emotion, behaviour that is abnormal, atypical, or rare
deviant (acting against)

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DSM

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classifies and contains descriptors, symptoms, criteria for diagnosing mental disorder

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Insane vs Sane

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We dont use it but the legal system uses it

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Rosenhan Study

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  • Can doctors tell people are faking - they could not determine if people were faking it
  • Pretended to hear voices, after being admitted they stopped pretending
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Medical

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Chemical imbalance in the brain or DST

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DST
(Diathesis stress theory)

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mental disorders developed from a genetic or biological and that illness combined with stressful condition play a role

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Behavioural

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learned/reinforcement

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Cognitive

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irrational thinking

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Psychoanalytic

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unconscious

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Sociocultural

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enviormental

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Somatic Symptom + Related Disorder

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physical symptoms occur without any organic causes
- Illness Anxiety Disorder
- Conversion Disorder

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Illness Anxiety Disorder

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-Somatic symptoms
you think you have or might get a serious illness

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Symptoms of Illness Anxiety Disorder

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  • high levels of anxiety about health, + easily alarmed by personal health status
    ex: repeated body checks, avoiding doctor appointment
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Causes of Illness Anxiety Disorder

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  • Believed to be Behavioural because reinforcement, reward being lessen anxiety
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Conversion Disorder

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-Somatic symptoms
you actually have it
- psychological disorders turn into physical disorders

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Aphobia

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inability to speak

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Symptoms of Conversion Disorder

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  • symptoms affect voluntary movements + sensory function
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Causes of somatic symptoms + related disorders

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Psychological - Unconscious conflict
Behavioural - learned

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OCD

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An Obsession and Compulsion

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Obsessions

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thoughts/impulses that constantly occur

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Compulsion

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behaviour/action attempting to neutralise the obsessions

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OCD symptoms

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-obsessions
-compulsive behaviours
-takes time away + gets in the way

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OCD Causes

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Brain: problems in communication between front brain + deeper structure
Genetics: genes plays a role

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Hoarding

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Hoarding use to be considered an OCD subcategory

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Hoarding symptoms

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-Difficulty (Uncomfortable)
letting things go
-excessive amount of new items

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PTSD symptoms

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-intrusive memories
-avoiding talking about the event
-negative mood changes
-changes in physical/emotional reaction
ex: being physically frightened

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PTSD Causes

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developed when someone is exposed to a traumatic event whether witnessing/experimenting
ex: threats of death

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Dissociative Disorder

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viewing parts of your activity as separate from your own
you dont remember it

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Dissociative Amnesia

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-Dissociative Disorder
inability to remember important info, usually of a traumatic or stressful, inconsistent with forgetting

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Dissociative Fugue

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-Dissociative Disorder
state of purposeful travel or bewildered wandering
ex: you’re in a different country but dont remember going

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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-Dissociative Disorder
develops 2 or more personalities
Treatment - Integration (accepting all personality)

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Dissociative Identity Disorder Causes

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abuse in childhood (psychoanalytic)

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Depressive/Mood Disorder

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Major Depressive Episode + Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Depression

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Major Depressive Episode + Disorder

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  • Depressive/Mood Disorder
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Depressive/Mood Disorder

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  • Lost of interest in things they once loved
  • Weight/sleep issues
  • Delusional guilt: guilt about something that’s not their fault
  • Physically painful - cant get out of bed
  • Chemical imbalance
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Seasonal Affective Disorder

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  • Depression in the winters
  • Therapy: light therapy
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Depression Causes

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  • lack of serotonin
  • psychoanalytic
  • medical
  • cognitive
  • behaviourism
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Bipolar + Related Disorder

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characterised by periods of excitement (mania) + depression
- people like the mania + depression lasts long + no set time

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Medicine (treatment)

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Lithium - mood stabiliser - effective

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Manic Episode symptoms

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  • Euphoric optimism, very delusional, hyperactive, sexually agressive, little to no sleep, shopping spree
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Manic Episode Causes

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Medical

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Schizophrenia Spectrum + other psychotic disorders

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Hallucination
Delusion
Positive Symptoms
Negative Symptoms

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Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia
(add something + doesn’t mean good)

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disorganised speech/thinking, withdrawn from reality, grossly disorganised, catatonic behaviour (unmoving state no matter how awkward)

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Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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diminished emotional expression

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Types of Schizophrenia

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Paranoid:
- Delusions of grandeur
- Delusions of persecution
- Delusions of reference
- Catatonic

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Delusions of grandeur

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greatness
ex: thinking you’re the queen of england

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Delusions of persecution

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out to get you
ex: someone is out to get you

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Delusions of reference

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neutral event has special meaning
ex: believe that certain news bulletins have a direct reference to them

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Catatonic

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unmoving emotion expression no matter how awkward

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Schizophrenia Causes

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  • dopamine excessive amount
  • runs in the family
  • flu virus exposure when pregnant increase risk of the child
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Double Bind

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young child has mixed messages
ex: hugging a kid and then hitting them

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Eating Disorder

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  • Anorexia Nervoua
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Binge Eating
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Anorexia Nervosa

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  • restricts food intake
  • intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat
  • disturbance in the way which ones body weight/shape is experience
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Bulimia

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  • Binge eating and purging cycles
  • eating alot more than what most people would eat
  • lack of control overeating during episode
  • trying to prevent weight gain
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Binge Eating

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  • Binge eating more than what most would eat
  • lack of control over eating during episode
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Binge Eating symptoms

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  • eating rapidly
  • eating uncomfortably full
  • eating alone because of embarrassment
  • feeling disgusting afterwards
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Causes for Eating Disorder

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  • unknown but medical - genes: brain chemicals
  • others: low self-esteem
  • sociocultural: social media
  • cognitive: thinking
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Anxiety Disorders

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  • Generalised Anxiety
  • Phobia
  • Panic Disorder
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Generalised Anxiety

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  • produces fear, worry, overwhelming feeling
  • excessive worrying (multi-focal), non-specific
    physical + psychological symptoms
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Generalised Anxiety requirements for diagnosis

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  • easily fatigued
  • sleep disturbance/restlessness
  • excessive worrying/difficulty controlling it
  • muscle tension
  • difficulty concentrating
    -irritability
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Phobia

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  • Specific phobia
  • Agoraphobia
  • Social Anxiety
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Specific Phobia

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  • fear of something that poses little to no danger
  • thinking about it brings severe anxiety
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Agoraphobia

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  • fear of a place/situation where escape is difficult
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Agoraphobia symptoms

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avoidance of being alone/outside ex: travelling, crowds, cars, planes

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Social Anxiety

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fear of social situations where one is exposed to possible scrutiny by others
ex: preforming, social interactions

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Panic Disorder

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  • reoccurring + unexpected panic attack
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Panic Disorder symptoms

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  • sweating
  • nausea
  • increased heart rate
  • dizziness/numbness
  • having an attack without warning (big one)
  • fear of losing control/dying
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Neurocognitive Disorder

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  • due to alzheimer (clear decline in memory + cognition)
  • brain deteriorates (dementia)
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Neurodevelopement Disorder

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Autism

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Autism

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  • restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour
  • genetic component
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Autism symptoms

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  • persistent deficits in social communication + social interaction
    ex: echoic speech, sensory issues
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Personality Disorders

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dont see themselves as having an issue; function well

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Schizoid

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  • pattern of detachment
  • restricted range of emotional expressions
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Paranoid

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  • pattern of distrust
  • suspicious of others motives
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Narcissistic

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  • pattern of grandiosity
  • need for admiration
  • lack of empathy
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Histrionic

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  • pattern of excessive display of emotions
  • attention seeking
  • acting in a very emotional and dramatic way that draws attention to themselves.
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Dependent

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  • pattern of submissive
  • clingy behaviour
  • related to an excessive need to be taken care of
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Borderline

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  • pattern of instability in relationship, self image, abandonment, impulsivity
    ex: reckless driving, binge eating
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Anti-social/sociopath

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  • pattern of disregard for + violation of the rights of others and society

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