PSY 301 Test 3
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| Statistical norms | are extreme happiness and intelligence abnormal?
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| Social norms | different cultures and different times have different definitions of norms
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| cognitive/perceptual disorders | is having extremely high self esteem abnormal?
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| Personal distress | subjective feelings can be normal (miserable, anxious, depressed, insomnia)
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| behavioral maladaptiveness | most important! it's a problem when welfare of the individual or their social group is harmed
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| efficient perception of reality | realistic appraisals of their reactions and capabilities and the world around them; basically Not cognitive/perceptual distortion; grounded in reality
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| voluntary control over behavior | decisions to act are voluntary and not due to uncontrollable impulses
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| self esteem and acceptance | feelings of self worth and acceptance; comfortable and spontaneous w/ others
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| able to form affectionate relationships | sensitive to the needs of others; dont make excessive demands; many times serial killers lack this
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| productivity | able to channel energy and ability into productive activity
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| DSM | statistical manual that's a checklist for disorders; put out by the American Psychiatric Association; Psychologists and psychiatrists don't always see eye to eye (psychology looks at how & why while Psychiatrists look at logical symptoms & diagnostics)
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| DSM-IV | has 5 axis; older version of DSM
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| DSM-IV Axis 1 | acute psychological problem (what's wrong now?) ex. depression, insomnia
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| DSM-IV Axis 2 | Long term psychological problems (ex. personality disorders)
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| DSM-IV Axis 3 | Medical problems (may contribute to psychology such as heart surgery leading to depression)
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| DSM-IV Axis 4 | major life changes (death in family, moving); social change
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| DSM-IV Axis 5 | global assessment of functioning (how is the person coping and how do they participate in the environment?)
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| DSM-V | Went from 5 axis to 3 sections
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| Changes in DSM (Asperger's syndrome& Pervasive Developmental disorders ) | Asperger's syndrome& Pervasive Developmental disorders dont exists anymore->now on autism spectrum (pro: hopes of less stigma, con: some ppl need the classification to afford behavioral therapy insurance)
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| Changes in DSM (bipolar disorder) | bipolar now separate from major depression
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| Changes in DSM (PTSD) | Posttraumatic stress disorder no longer classified as anxiety disorder
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| Changes in DSM (OCD) | OCD no longer classified as anxiety disorder
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| Changes in DSM (exclusion of bereavement) | major depression no longer includes an exclusion of bereavement (so no clause to account for things such as death of a loved one)
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| comorbidity | when you get a similar diagnosis between 2 or more disorders
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| DSM-V (Section 1) | Why the DSM was changed
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| DSM-V (Section 2) | List of all disorders despite what axis it was previously listed in
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| DSM-V (Section 3) | Does the job of axis 4 and 5, except axis 5 is only suggested, not required
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| Lifetime prevalence | most times ppl double or tripple dip in disorders (comorbid)
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| Generalized anxiety | to nothing identifiable; persistent; chronic, but some things may make it worse
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| Panic attacks | to nothing identifiable; transient and intense
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| Phobias | to something identifiable; disruptive; exaggerated; irrational; can be simple, social, or complex
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| Obsessive compulsive disorder | obsessive idea generates anxiety relieved by compulsive/ritualistic acts that may not be logically associated with the obsessive idea
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| Posttraumatic stress disorder | acute stress disorder after 30 days since the event occurred, even if symptoms not visible in the first 30 days
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| Acute stress disorder | stress within the first 30 days since the event occurred
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| Trauma and stress | flashbacks, nightmares, sleep problems, can occur by war/natural disasters/accidents/assault; during flashbacks, ppl have lots of adrenaline but low cortisol lvls
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| Major depression (primary) | depression is root problem
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| Major depression (secondary) | depression is caused by something else; ex. heart surgery leading to depression
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| Major depression (involutional) | comes from loss of ability
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| Major depression (postpartum) | occurs in some women after child birth; doesnt always respond to classical depression meds
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| Major depression (exogenous) | due to an external event; sometimes responds to meds, but not always
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| Major depression (endogenous) | has to do with interior brain physiology, usually responds well to meds
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| Major depression (Seasonal affective disorder) | dont receive enough light= depression; mostly happens in the North; there are structures in the brain that pick up a little light thru the skull which regulates sleep cycle
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| Bipolar disorder | aka Manic depression; alternating moods; unresponsive to antidepressants; irritability- possible warning of harm to self; go thru manic (lots of excitement) and depressive (usually longer than manic) states; use mood stabilizers as med; high suicide rates
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| schizophrenia | it has nothing to do w/ multiple personalities; "a break" from reality; disturbances of thought/attention; hallucinations; disturbances of emotional stat; motor withdrawal (waxy flexibility); decreased ability to function
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| schizophrenia (acute) | rarest; doesnt run in families; can occur any time during life; usually in response to a traumatic event; typically doesnt reoccur; not very responsive to antipsychotic meds; doesnt have neurochemical basis
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| schizophrenia (chronic) | appears in late adolescence; most common; go into periodic remission; comorbid w/ ADD& OCD; as patient ages, psychotic episodes get longer, more severe; typically responds well to antipsychotic meds, but have to take it continually
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| schizophrenia (vulnerability) | high risk children (one schizo parent)- more likely to have birth complications, separation from mom, fathers hospitalized, inappropriate behavior at school, atypical pattern of infant development
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| schizophrenia (type 1) | positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, confused thinking), functioned well before appearance of symptoms; disturbed behaviors come and go; responds well to antipsychotic meds; problem in dopamine neurotramission
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| schizophrenia (type 2) | negative symptoms (poverty of speech, emotional unresponsiveness, seclusiveness, impaired attention), poor history of social and edu functioning prior to onset; unresponsive to antipsychotic meds; due to structural brain abnormalities (Flu epidemic)
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| schizophrenia (CAT and MRI Scans) | shows structural abnormalities in the brain's areas involved in thinking, concentration, memory, and perception (cerebral ventricles, frontal and temporal lobes, hippocampus)
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| schizophrenia (PET scans) | show reduced metabolism in the frontal lobes of unmedicated patients; suggests increased # of dopamine receptors in the brains of previously unmedicated sufferers
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| Personality disorders | immature way of coping with traumatic things such as bullying and abuse as a child
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| Personality disorders (antisocial personality) | psychopathic, sociopathic; not to be confused w/ antisocial behavior; no conscious, guilt, empathy, or concern for others; low physiological measures for arousal or anxiety despite an apparent need for thrills and excitement; restless and impulsive
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| Personality disorders (borderline personality) | mass manipulation; extreme fear of abandonment; instability; anxiety attacks; ppl teeter b/w severe neurotic traits and bouts of psychosis; high users of outpatient mental health services
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| dissociative amnesia | sudden memory loss due to a psychologically stressful event; may be brief or prolonged; recovery is often also sudden; memories come back from old life and amnesia life; occurs to adults
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| dissociative fugue | sudden memory loss due to stressful event; recovery duration is variable; after recovery, fugue memories are lost
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| dissociative identity | multiple personality; early emotional trauma (very young child); personalities may or may not be aware of eachother; abnormal EEG measurements during shift in personality; core personality and protector personality
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| mental hospital | care for those who cant care for themselves; brief hospitalization for acute psychotic episodes; used to be many, but not since it became the states' jobs to fund them
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| general hospital | most psychiatric impatient stays; sometimes in a specialized psychiatric ward
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| nursing home | older chromic mental patients; quality of living condition varies; few, if any specialized treatment personnel
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| halfway houses | provides transition to general community; may help seek employment and place to live
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| community mental health centers | free or low cost services; activities aimed at preventing psychological problems where possible
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| private offices | preferred by those who can afford them
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| psychiatrist | MD; can work in any setting but most choose hospital or private practice; can prescribe drugs; mindset is physician like; some do zero talk therapy
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| clinical psychologist | doctorate in psychology with training in research and clinical practice; many employed in universities in addition to private practice
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| counseling psychologist | doctorate in psychology; less research and more clinical emphasis; more likely to see patients w/o a mental disorder
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| counselor | masters degree in counseling; likely to work in school or institution helping ppl deal w/ school or job related problems
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| psychiatric social workers | masters in social work and training in dealing w/ ppl w/ psychological problems; often visit ppl at home and make rudimentary assessments of home situations; state workers; underpaid and overworked
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| psychiatric nurse | bachelors or masters in nursing; usually work in hospitals and may conduct psychotherapy sessions
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| initial interview | purpose is to determine if problem is organic or mental
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| computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT Scan) | 3D xray that can see most large scale injuries; cheap and quick though a little blurry
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| MRI Scan | sharp image up to a mm; more expensive; detects the radio frequencies emitted by water in tissue when a very strong magnetic field is flipped on and off; grayscale (white=bone, black- water/ventricles); gives brain structure
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| Positron emission tomography (PET scan) | measures metabolic activity via weak radioactively labeled markers ; lets you know what parts of the brain are working harder; poorer resolution
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| EEG | cheapest and easiest; least invasive; measures electrical activity in brain; can only see surface (Cortex) of brain; poor spatial resolution; works in real time
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| mini mental states exam | a little over 20 questions, brief quick and dirty exam to assess cognitive function
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| amytol interview | injection of sodium amytol (a barbiturate) followed by questions; makes ppl stoned so they cannot keep up a fake act
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| clinical interview (structured) | predetermined questions w/ no deviation; allows you to compare results across ppl
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| clinical interview (unstructured) | can ask whatever questions in whaterver order
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| MMPI | many many questions; ppl just take subset of test; meant for ppl with almost 100% identifiable disorder
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| WAIS | intelligence test; easily interpretable results
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| projective tests | more art than science; ambiguous pics and ask what do you see? ex. Thematic apperception test (Drawing w/o any context and ask what is going on? ex. ink blot test
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| free association | psychodynamic technique; client is encouraged to give free rein to thoughts and feelings w/o editing or censoring; long rambling conversation; can take years; to get over censorship
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| cognitive techniques | Instruction in self change skills, relaxation therapy, increasing pleasant events, cognitive strategies, assertiveness training, increasing social interaction
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| counter conditioning | the problem the person has is because of a learned component; instead of having a negative response to the stimuli, conditioned to have a positive response
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| aversion therapy | takes same stimuli of something pleasant (like alcohol) and makes the effect something unappealing
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| systematic desensitization | frightened or repelled by something that you shouldnt be; takes relaxing at thought, then picture, then video, then 50 ft away, then closer and closer; long term cure
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| flooding | based on extinction; better for milder probs; person confronts thing that makes them uncomfortable
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| implosion therapy | based on extinction; based on imagining being in that situation
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| Token economies | withhold bad behavior to get what you want; part of operant conditioning
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| modeling | you observe and follow somebody else's actions; part of observational learning
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| behavioral rehearsal/role playing | act like you are something else till u become it; often used in hurting relationship; ; part of observational learning
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| rational-emotive | replace irrational ideas; therapist attacks and contradicts; quick changes
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| transactional analysis | become aware of one's hidden intents; group setting
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| spontaneous remission | ppl suddenly get better
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| pyschotherapy common factors | interpersonal relationship of warmth and trust, reassurance and support, desensitization, reinforcement of adaptive responses, understanding or insight
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| culture and gender | men and women hospitalized at same rate but for different reasons; men= substance abuse; women= mood disorders
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| antianxiety drug | benzodiazepines; enhance the activity of GABA; work quickly; can lead to dependance
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| antipsychotic drugs | Phenothiazines- impair the activity of dopamine, leads to spaztic movements, takes 2-6 weeks to work/// novel- impairs the activity of seratonin and dopamine
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| antidepressant drugs | inhibitors & trycyclics- enhance monamines, side effects: cant eat certain things, can overdose/// seratonin uptake inhibitors- enhance the activity of seratonin, cant overdose on this
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| shock therapy/ ECT | used for extreme suicidal ppl for who other drugs dont work; last distch effort; controversial b/c it can also cause brain damage
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