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Chapter 12: AB Psych

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Abnormal: Behaviors that are at odds with social expectations and result in distress/discomfort
5 D's for classifying a mental illness 1. Dangerous 2. Deviance (Deviates from social norms) 3. Dysfunction(Intereferes with daily activities) 4. Distress(Causes distress to themselves or others) 5. Duration(Persists for cetain length of time)
What percentage of people have a mental illness 20% or 1/5
Are woman or men less likley to seek therapy? Men for social expectations
What stigma is associated with a mental illness? Weakness
What is a comorbidity? 2 or more disorders (high w/ anxiety and mood disorders and Schizophrenia)
Most common comorbidity Anxiety and Depression
In the Diathesis-Stress Model what is the predisposition towards developing a psycological disorder?************ Diathesis
Where does a Diathesis derive from? Genetics/ Abuse/ Social-Culture setting
What is the seconnd part of the Diathesis- stress model? Stressor/Trigger
Who called for a more moral treatment of people with psychological disorders? Philippe Pinel
What did Philippe Pinel do? Remove the chains and bounds from mentally ill paitents at the La Bicetre hospital
What was mental illness seen as before Philippe Pinel Madness/Demon Possession
What hospital did Philippe Pinel create? St Mary's of Bethleham
What is the bible for psychologist********* DSM-5
When was the DSM5 realeased 2013/ updated 2022
What is the legal term for being unable to tell right from wrong Insanity
Treatment of mental illness Psychopathology
What type of behavior is maked by chronic distress and troubles in emotional regulation Neurcrotic Behavior
In Psycheurosis/ Neurotic behavior, you interpret ordinary situaton as x and respond to difficult situations with y emotions x= Threatening y= intense
What type of behavior consists of impaired contact w/ reality and detoriation of adaptive functioning******** Psychotic Behavior
Schizophenia and Bipolar can have what kind of behavior?****** Psychotic Behavior (Psychosis)
Class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety*********** Anxiety Disorders
Most prevelent class of disorders******** Anxiety Disorders
Disorder w/ chronic, high-level anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat (Free-Floating Anxiety) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Treatment for GAD include what (2 things)********** SSRIs and CBT
This disorder consists of recurrent attaks of overwhelming anxiety Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder jas panic attacks that occur x and y x= suddenly y= unexpectedly
Rapid heart rate/ shortness of breath/ overwhealiming fear/ and faer of losing control are associated with what? Panic Attack
This disorder is marked by a presistant and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger Phobic Disorder
3 Catagories of Phobias 1. Agroaphobia 2. Social Phobia 3. Specific Phobia
Fear of escaping a difficult or embarassing situation is what kind of phobia? Agoraphobia
Fear or avoidance of social situation is what kind of phobia? Social Phobia
Fear of specific thing/situation is what kind of phobia? Specific Phobia
Disorder marked by uncontrollable instrusions of unwanted thoughts/obsessions and urges to engage in senseless rituals/compulsions Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
How many people have OCD 5% or 1/20
An overwhelming and presistant anxious thoughts of or feelings of things************** obsession (cognitions)
Actions and behaiors to your obsession is the*********** compulsion
In OCD x are your thoughts and y are your actions and behaviors that derive from those thoughts************ x= obsessions y= compulsions
OCD is no longer listed as an anxiety disorder and is now listed as obsession-compulsive and realted disorders (T/F) True
Disorder marked by periodic outbursts of anxiety, panic, or depression provoked by reminders of trumatic expiercences ************* Post-trumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
X and Y are common and haunt the person with PTSD*********** X= Flashbacks Y= Nightmares
PTSD is increasing or decreasing*********** Increasing
This theory for anxiety disorders involves x conditioning which occurs from a child pairing object/experience with anxious recation from parent Learning x= Classical
This theory for anxiety disorders states we have evolved to fear or avoid things that can hurt us Biological
Most anxiety disorders are linked to too little what?********* Serotonin
Panic Disorders are linked to overactivity of what part of your brain? Amgdylela
Class of disorders involving physica; ailments w/ no organic or biological basis Somatoform Disorders
Defense Mechanisms are commonly associated with this class of disorder Somatoform Disorders
This disorder involves excessive health concerns and worry about developing physical illness Hypochondrasis
Another name for Hypochondrasis is... Illness Anxiety Disorder
Cause of Hypochondrasis is.... Unknown
Hypochondrasis occurs more in what gender? Equal in males and females (Early Adulthood)
This order involves loss of physical function and is a defense mechanism Conversion Disorder
In conversion disorder the mind shuts off part of the body to defend against trumatic event (T/F) True
Freud called Conversion Disorder... Hysteria
Conversion Disorder/Hysteria is more common in what gender Woman
These kind of disorders involve people losing contact with portions of their consciousness or memory resulting in a disruption in their scense of identity Dissociaive Disorders
Loss of memory from trumatic event Dissociative Amnesia
Condition of amnesia with unexplained change in location where person leaves enviroment abruptly Dissociative Fugue
Condition where person alternates between 2 or more distinct personalities normally resulting from childhood trauma Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
DID in terms of rarity is Very rare
This group of disorders makes up of people dealing with the enviroment and other people in a maladaptive and inflexible way Personality Disorders
Cluster 1: Odd or Eccentric x y x= Paranoid- Extreme sus, envy, mistrust y= Schizoid- inability to form interpersonal realtionships
Cluster 2: Dramatic/Emotional/Erratic************ x y z x= Histrionic- Dramatic/ emotions to extreme y= Narcissistic- Exaggerates impotance and constant need for attention z= Antisocial- No regards for others/ accompied by criminal activity
This personality disorder consists of manipulating and causing pain to others from underdeveloped amygdela. AKA Psychopaths************** Anti-social Personality Disorder (Cluster 2)
Cluster 3: Anxiety/ Fearfullness x y x= Avoidant- Fear of rejection/ no realtionships y= Dependent- Poor self-image and self-esteem/ look to "hook-up" with dominate personality
Class of disorders marked by emotional disturbances that disrupt thought processes Mood Disorders
How more likley are woman to have a mood disorder than men Twice (2x)
Mood Disorders have a genetic link(T/F) True Bipolar- 6 Mil MDD- 16 Mil
Condition where person takes little pleasure in life (Unipolar disorder) MDD(Major Depression)
MDD suicide is most comon when the person is.. at their highest level of functioning
Mild case of depression for 2 years or more(1 year in children) ************ Dysthymia
Disorder where person alternates between depression and mania Bipolar
Suicide during Bipolar is most common in what state Manic State
State with bipolar where person has lack of inhibitions, hyperactive, little sleep, dangerous behavior, psychosis Mania
Psychosis can occur in what state with Bipolar Disorder Manic State/ Mania
Condition where person becomes depressed every winter Seasonal Affective Disorder (SADD)
SADD is from a lack of what 2 things Melatonin and Seratonin
How prevelant is SADD and what gender experiences it more 5% 1/20 and more common in woman
Depressive Disorders likley come from low levels of x y z x= Serotonin y= Norepinephrine z= Dopamine
Depressive Disorders are prescribes with... Reuptake Inhibitors
Manic stage with Bipolar is linked to too much of what NT Norepinephrine
This mood stabalizer is often used to treat Bipolar Disorder************* Lithium Carbonate(Don't know how it works)
Depression is likley triggered by psychological factors like a stressful event which triggers onset (T/F) True
Class of disorders marked by disturbances in thought that affect processes Schizophenia
Schizophrenia occurs in what percentage of the population 1%
Schizophenia is more common and more severe in what gender Men
Schizophenia consists of these 2 symptons x************* y x= Delusions- Belief you are entitled y= Hallucinations- visual or auditory of something that isn't there
Delusions and Hallucinations are _____ symptons?******** Positive
Famous woman who had Postpartum Psychosis who downed her children Andrea Yates
What are negative symptons? Losing the ability / loss of function
Arm flapping and rocking are common signs of schizophenia when you are what age? Childhood
Most danegerous kind of Schizophrenia Paranoid
Type of schizophrenia characterized by odd physical postures often followed by a wild frenzy state************** Catatonic
Type of Schizophenia with word salads , flat emotions, disorganized speech and behavior********** Disorganized
With Disorganized Schizophrenia, you may develop nonsense words which are only used by them called******** Neologisms
Schizophhrenia is hereditary (T/F) True
What affects wether or not you experience symptoms of schizophrenia if you carry the gene for it*********** Enviroment
Schizophrenia can be linked to too much of this NT receptor****** Dopamine
Schizophenic paitents have larger x and smaller y*************** X= Ventricles Y= Thalamus
Flu in woman during this trimester increases risk of schizophenia*************** 2nd Trimester (67% increase)
Theory on why woman are less likley to get Schizophenia**************** estrogen progesterone
Self-Fullfilling Prophecy************* When diagnosed with a mental illness and you act out the mental illnes and let it consume your idenity
Lithium Carbonate damages what organ? Blood tests required Kidneys
New way to treat Bipolar besides Lithium Carbonate*********** Nasal Sprays
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