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Psychological Disorders

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Patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour that result in personal distress anf significant impairment on someones functioning.

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Contemporary Approches to Psychopathology

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  1. Psychodynamic: Neursoes, personality disorders, psychoses.
  2. Cognitive behvaioural: learning and soical processes, coginitive.
  3. Biological: Neural circuits and neurotransmitter dysfunctions.
  4. Systems: family systems
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Biopsychosocial Model

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  1. Biological Factors: Disorders from an underlying illness can be diagnosed, treated or cured.
  2. Psychological Processes: Wants, needs, emotions.
  3. Sociocultural Contexts: Age, gender, cultural values.
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Diathesis Stress Model

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  1. Explains how different factors interact to create disorder.
  2. Genetic, biolgical factors, eary lfie experiences.
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Descriptive Psychodiagnosis

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  1. International classification of disease: produced by WHO, commonly used in Europe.
  2. DSM: produced by APA, common diagnostic instrument.
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DSM5 TR

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  1. American psychiatric assoication
  2. Describes abnoraml patterns of thinking, emotion and behaviour.
  3. Disorders usually are grouped by symptoms and characterstics.
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Schizophrenia

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  1. Lifetime prevalence 1%
  2. Early onset
  3. 10-20% fully recover
  4. Risk of suicide
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Positive Symptoms - Schizophrenia

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  1. Delusions and irrational thought
  2. Hallucinations
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Negative Symptoms - Schizophrenia

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  1. Disturbed emotions
  2. Cationic behaviour (rigid, random activities)
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Aetiology Schitzophrenia

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  1. Genetic vulnerability
  2. Neurochemical abnormality
  3. Diathesis stress model.
  4. Neurodevelopmental hypothesis
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Bipolar Disorder

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  1. Depression and manic episodes
  2. Only one manic episode needed
  3. Early onset
  4. 1 in 50 Australians diagnosed annually
  5. 3x greater prevalence in women
  6. Suicide risk
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Major Depressive Disorder

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  1. Duration and impact of functioning.
  2. Reduced ability to feel pleasure.
  3. Change in eating and reduction in self esteem.
  4. Prevalence on 6.2%
  5. More common in females.
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Etiologic of Depressive Disorders

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  1. Neurochemical - hereditary may be linked to abbormalities
  2. Cognitive
  3. Cognitive distortions
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Anxiety Disorders

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  1. Common occurance
  2. Prevalence of 13%
  3. More prevalence in females
  4. Lifetime prevalence of 1 in 3
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Specific Phobia

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  1. High anxiety and irrational fear of a specific object.
  2. Interfere with everyday functioning
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Generalised Anxiety Disorders

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  1. Not related to a specific threat
  2. Worry about mistakes and problems
  3. Prevents major negative events
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Panic Disorder

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  1. Unexpected anxiety attacks
  2. Concerned about next attack
  3. Common in females and late adolescence
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Agoraphobia

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  1. Fear of public places
  2. May not want to leave home
  3. May be related to panic disorders
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Obsessive Complusive Disorder

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  1. Persistent, uncontrollable or unwanted thoughts.
  2. Urges to engage in senseless rituals
  3. Early onset
  4. Impairs functioning
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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  1. Severe anxiety associated with major trauma.
  2. Re-experiencing trauma, hallucinations
  3. Prevalence of 12%
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Dissociative Disorders

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  1. Lose contact with portions of their identity
  2. Dissociative amnesia
  3. Loss of entire personal memory and personal identity.
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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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  1. Coccurrence of two or more distinct personalities
  2. Multiple personalities
  3. Increased diagnosis in females
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Eating Disorders

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  1. Anorexia nervosa
  2. Bulimia nervosa
  3. Pica
  4. ARFID
  5. Binge eating disorder
  6. Females 8.4%
  7. Males 2.2%
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Anorexia Nervosa

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  1. 3% of those with an ED
  2. 10x more prevalent in women
  3. Self starvation
  4. Body weight bellow 85% normal
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Causes of Anorexia Nervosa

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  1. Genetic and biological factors
  2. Social influence
  3. Personality factors
  4. Cultural pressures
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Bulimia Nervosa

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  1. 12% of people with ED
  2. 70% female
  3. Binge, purge episodes
  4. Non life threatening consequences
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Causes of Bulimia Nervosa

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  1. Low self esteem
  2. Stress
  3. Depression
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Personality Disorders

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  1. 10 personality disorders
  2. Prevalence of 10-12%
  3. Inflexible ways of behaving that create a variety of problems
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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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  1. Reject social norms
  2. Impulsive, manipulative, agressive
  3. May participate in illegal activities
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Causes of Antisocial Personality Disorder

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  1. Genetic predisposition
  2. Home environment- chaoic, abuse
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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  1. Diagnosed in childhood by:
    a. inattention
    b. impulsiveness
    c. hyperactivity
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Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Developmental disability involves challenges with social, emotional and communication skills.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Mood and behaviour changes with the season.

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Substance Related Syndrome

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Use of substances negatively affect psychological and social functioning.

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