Week 22

Question 1

Criteria for a mental disorder

Answer 1

Symptoms/actions are harmful such that they cause the person distress and/or significantly impair their functioning
Symptoms/actions represent a dysfunction; they are a maladaptive response to the environment

Question 2

Psychoactive substances

Answer 2

A chemical substance that acts on the central nervous system, where it affects the brain functioning, resulting in changes to a person’s emotions, perceptions, intelligence

Question 3

Substance-use disorder

Answer 3

Characterized by the continued use of a substance despite significant substance-related problems. It can be applied to all 10 classes of drug except caffeine.

Question 4

4 categories of symptoms for substance-use disorders

Answer 4

Impaired control
Social impairment
Risky use
Tolerance

Question 5

Substance intoxication

Answer 5

Substance intoxication occurs when a person suffers clinically significant negative or harmful behavioural changes or psychological effects because of the influence of a psychoactive substance

Question 6

Substance withdrawal

Answer 6

Occurs when a person suffers clinically significant negative or harmful behavioural changes or psychological effects because they recently stopped prolonged use of a psychoactive substance

Question 7

Diathesis

Answer 7

Medical term for predisposition/vulnerability. It can be genetic or arising out of early childhood/fetal development

Question 8

Symptoms of psychotic disorders

Answer 8

Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized thinking
Grossly disorganized/abnormal motor behaviour
Negative

Question 9

Positive symptoms

Answer 9

Present. Too much functioning. Delusions.

Question 10

Negative symptoms

Answer 10

Absence. Too little functioning. Flat emotional responses

Question 11

Schizophrenia

Answer 11

Lasts at least 6 months and includes at least one month of active phase symptoms that could include delusions hallucinations, disorder

Question 12

Schizophreniform disorder

Answer 12

Where the individual experience the symptoms of schizophrenia for a period of only 1-6m

Question 13

Schizoaffective disorder

Answer 13

Where a person experiences a mood episode, such as depression or mania, at the same time that he/she is exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations

Question 14

Delusional disorder

Answer 14

Marked by delusions that are considered none bizarre, if they are based on things that could actually happen

Question 15

Brief psychotic disorder

Answer 15

Is an episode of psychoactive symptoms that lasts between one day and one month

Question 16

Substance-induced disorder

Answer 16

A disorder where the psychotic symptoms are judged to be a direct physiological consequences of taking a psychoactive drug

Question 17

Major depressive disorder

Answer 17

A period of intense depressed mood and/or loss of interest in activities that persists for at least 2 weeks and is accompanied by at least 4 additional symptoms

Question 18

Persistant depressive disorder

Answer 18

Chronic depressed mood that persists for at least 2 years and is accompanied by at least 2 of…

Question 19

Bipolar I disorder

Answer 19

Experience at least 1 manic episode and elevated mood that persists for at least 1 week and is accompanied by last least 3/7 symptoms

Question 20

Bipolar II disorder

Answer 20

Experience at least 1 major depressive episode and at least 1 hypomanic disorder, abnormally elevated mood for at least 4 days and is accompanied by 3/7 additional manic symptoms

Question 21

Cyclothymic disorder

Answer 21

Long term (2 years) cycling of moods that alternate between depressed and mild hypomanic states

Question 22

Major depressive disorder

Answer 22

Mood disorder characterized by significant, persistant feelings of sadness and hopelessness accompanied by symptoms such as a loss of appetite, significant changes in sleep patterns

Question 23

Persistant depressive disorder

Answer 23

Characterized by depressive symptoms that have been present for at least 2 years

Question 24

Disruptive mood dysregulation

Answer 24

Children between 7-18 months characterized by irritability and severe recurrent outbursts of temper that aren’t consistent with age/situation

Question 25

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Answer 25

Dysphoria begins a week prior to menses. 5/11 symptoms must be present (related to mood)

Question 26

Hypomanic

Answer 26

Abnormally elevated mood that persists for at least 4 days

Question 27

Contributions to depressiong

Answer 27

Some people appraise situations positively, others more negatively and those appraisals affect their mood
Depression often runs in families