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Abnormal Psychology

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What is schizophrenia? Characterized by psychotic symptoms lasting 6 or more months
What is schizophreniform? Characterized by psychotic symptoms lasting more than 1 month but less than 6 months
Schizoaffective Characterized by the presence of both psychotic symptoms and mood disorder symptoms
Schizotypal Personality Disorder Personality disorder that is most closely related to and most likely to develop into schizophrenia
Schizoid Personality Disorder Personality disorder characterized by a persistent lifetime pattern of having no relationships and having no interest in relationships
List treatment and mental health condition for CBT anxiety, depression
List treatment and mental health condition for family therapy eating disorders
List treatment and mental health condition for group therapy substance use disorders
List treatment and mental health condition for antipsychotic medication schizophrenia
List treatment and mental health condition for mood stabilizers bipolar disorder
List treatment and mental health condition for stimulants ADHA
List treatment and mental health condition for exposure therapy phobias
What are biological treatments? List them out CBT, Family therapy, group therapy, antipsychotic medication, mood stabilizers, stimulants, exposure therapy
What is the diathesis-stress model? Someone with a genetic predisposition to depression (diathesis) might remain mentally healthy until they experience a severe stressor such as a breakup or job loss (stress). The combination can lead to the onset of depression.
What is the biopsychosocial-spiritual model? Holistic framework for understanding health and mental health. It expands the traditional biopsychosocial model by adding a spiritual dimension, recognizing that a person’s beliefs, values, meaning, and sense of connection can influence well-being.
The "high" is produced by the availability of the neurotransmitter Dopamine
Identify the physiological effects of nicotine They resemble a flight-or-fight response
The term "insanity" is what type of terminology? Legal term as opposed to a psychological term
How are obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome and Narcolepsy different? Apnea involves repeated episodes of upper-airway blockage during sleep, narcolepsy is recurrent attacks of an irrepressible need to sleep, lapses in sleep, or naps occurring within the same day
Sleepwalking and sleep terrors belong to which general category Disorders of arousal
The most common central nervous depressant Alcohol
What is a personality trait? A complex pattern of behavior, thought, and feeling that is stable across many situations
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II: Type of elevated mood required Mania, Hypomania
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II: Depression required? No, yes
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II: Psychosis possible? Yes in mania, Rare
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II: Hospitalization required? More common, rare
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II: Overall severity Generally more severe manic symptoms, depression often more impairing
What are the four D's of abnormality Dysfunction, distress, deviance, and dangerousness
The best predictor of the outcome of ASD is what? A child's IQ and the amount of language development before age six
Factitious disorder imposed on another means what? a mental disorder in which a caregiver intentionally fabricates, exaggerates, or induces physical or psychological symptoms in another person (usually a child or dependent) in order to assume the sick role by proxy.
Types of drugs known to reduce disruptive behaviors in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? stimulants
Are hallucinations a positive or negative symptom of schizophrenia? Positive
What does it mean when we say there is a continuum model of abnormality? A continuum model of abnormality means that mental health and mental disorders are viewed on a spectrum, rather than as an “either you have it or you don’t” situation.
Anhedonia means what? Anhedonia means a loss of interest or inability to feel pleasure in activities that are normally enjoyable.
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