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Abnormal Psych 4

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Loosening of associations   Switching tenses, changing subject, incoherent speech  
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Types of delusions   delusions of persecution(aliens, FBI), delusions of grandeur(believe they are god or have godlike powers), delusions of control(being controlled by external force), delusions of reference(being watched), somatic delusions(may believe they are a machine)  
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Disordered perception   Schizophrenic symptom; hallucinations  
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Most to lease common senses of hallucination   Auditory, visual, tactile, smell/tase  
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Acute Schizophrenia   Currently in schizophrenic state  
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Disordered Attention   Schizophrenic symptom; too much going on; can't attend to everything at once. Breakdown in the cognitive filter mechanism leads to a stimulus overload  
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Asarnow & MacCrimmon 1978   Span of Apprehension Task; detect if you saw a T or a F in the sequence of letters, normal controls had more correct detections that schizophrenics and the biggest differences start at 5 or more letters. Remitted schizophrenics similar to acute  
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Semantic Intrusion   Strong association gets distracted; alternate meeting of a word introduces a new thought which causes the change of a subject  
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Phonetic Intrusion   "clang" association; rhyming  
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Habit strength Intrusion   Cliches used to answer questions  
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Catatonia   Disordered motor behavior, bizarre movements  
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Catatotonic stupor   Unresponsive, motionless, silent  
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Catatonic posturing and rigidity   Waxy flexibility  
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Inappropriate affect   Schizophrenia symptom; laugh when someone dies, cry during a comedy, etc.  
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Lack of insight   Don't question delusions or hallucinations, 96% of schizophrenics  
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Paranoid Schizophrenia   Systemized delusions, auditory delusions, no flat affect, later onset, better prognosis  
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DSM 5 Symptom Clusters (Schizophrenia)   For two subtypes to differ, they should be different in many dimensions: symptom picture, course, etiology, response to treatment, prognosis  
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Type 1 Schizophrenia   Positive symptoms, acute onset, fluctuating episodes, good premorbid functioning, better response to traditional neuroleptics  
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Type 2 Schizophrenia   Negative Symptoms, gradual onset, chronic, poor premorbid functioning  
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Disturbance in brain chemicals (schizophrenia)   Type 1, high dopamine levels  
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Structural brain changes (schizophrenia)   Type 2, brain atrophy  
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Differential Diagnosis of Schizophrenia   Different from MPD, bipolar disorder, schizotypal personality disorder,  
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Delusional Disorder   Has non-bizarre delusions: things that could really happen. Other than delusions, functioning well. Erotomania type, jealous type, grandiose type  
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Erotomania type   Delusion that someone is secretly in love with them (usually someone of higher status)  
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Jealous type   Delusion that romantic partner is unfaithful  
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Grandiose type   Delusion that they have a special talent, special purpose, or special relationship with god  
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Epidemiology Schizophrenia   1/100. more common in lower SES, age of onset for males is 23 and females is 28, gender ratio 1:1 in long run  
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Sociogenic hypothesis   Low socioeconomic status causes non- adequate care during pregnancy, birth complications may lead to schizophrenia  
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Social drift hypothesis   Drifts to a lower socioeconomic status due to schizophrenia  
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22% of schizophrenics   Only have one episode  
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MZ twins and Schizophrenia   48%- suggests that schizophrenia is not only genetic  
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Gottesman & Bertelsen 1989   Children of twins and schizophrenia: If parent has schizophrenia- 16%, if parent's identical twin has schizophrenia- 16%  
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Dopamine hypothesis   Dopamine overactivity in schizophrenia; penothiazines block dopamine receptor sites  
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Amphetamine Psychosis   Amphetimes (ex:meth) raise dopamine levels causing resemblance of paranoid schizophrenia. Administer phenothiazines to treat amphetamine psychosis  
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Dopamine overactivity gender differences   Receptors decline more rapidly with age in men than women, but before age 25, they start with more receptor sites  
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McGuire et. al 1993   Press button when you hear voices (while brain is being scanned), broca's area is active (speech production), listening part of the brain also active, no activity in the pre-frontal cortex. Explains auditory hallucinations  
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Dopamine theory more applicable to   Positive Schizophrenia  
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Central Atrophy   Negative schizophrenia; enlarged brain ventricles  
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Peripheral Atrophy   Negative schizophrenia; fissures in brain are bigger because brain is fading away, smaller brain  
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Hypfrontality   Schizophrenics brain; less frontal cortex may make type 2 schizophrenics unmotivated, unable to anticipate future, can't plan  
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Problems in neurotransmission treated by   Traditional psychotics  
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Abnormalities in brain structure treated by   Medication that targets serotonin  
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Thorazine   Neuroleptic, phenothiazines  
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Clozapine   Atypical antipsychotics, second generation  
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Phases of schizophrenia   Premorbid, prodromal, active phase, residual phase  
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How many schizophrenics recover completely?   25%  
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More likely to recover from schizophrenia if...   Sudden onset triggered by stress, later onset, good premorbid functioning, treatment during prodromal phase  
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Personality Disorders: dimensional vs. categorial   Dimensional- how much of a characteristic rather than all black or white. DSM5 is categorical  
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Prevalence of Personality Disorders   10-13% of population, half have 2 or more personality disorders which supports a dimensional system  
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Comorbidity in Borderline Personality Disorder   50% also have major depression, 10% also have bipolar, 25% also have bulimia  
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Brain in Borderline Personality Disorder   Smaller prefrontal lobes and underachieve prefrontal cortex; poor executive functions, planning, and self control. Smaller, but overactive amygdala  
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Serotonin in Borderline Personality Disorder   Receptors are less sensitive.  
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy   Lineman, 2006. Full acceptance, and change; skill building, problem solving, interpersonal skills, regulate emotions  
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Must be ____ for diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder   18  
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Antisocial Personality Disorder "burnout"   Around age 40, criminal activity and aggressive behavior declines, thought attitudes don't change (remain cold hearted)  
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Under-arousal Hypothesis   Proneness to boredom, need for stimulation. Low arousal leads to sensation-seeking, high-risk taking behaviors  
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ADHD and arousal   Hyperactivity is treated with a stimulant: those with ADHD are under-aroused, to they search for constant activity to become aroused, and stimulant raises arousal and decreases behavior. More likely to develop ASPD  
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Perseveration   Schizophrenia- repeating the same phrase over and over again  
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Pathological Lying- Personality Disorders   Narcissistic, antisocial, borderline  
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What percentage of children qualify for a diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder?   10%  
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Alogia   A decrease in speech or speech content; a symptom of schizophrenia. Also called poverty of speech (negative symptom  
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Phenothiazines   A group of antihistamine drugs that became the first group of effective antipsychotic medications; neuroleptics  
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Atypical antipsychotic drugs   A relatively new group of antipsychotic drugs whose biological action is different from that of thetional antipsychotic drugs. Also known as second-generation antipsychotic drugs  
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Expressed emotion   The general level of criticism, disapproval, hostility, and intrusiveness expressed in a family. People recovering from schizophrenia are considered more likely to relapse if their families rate high  
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Milieu Therapy   A humanistic approach to institutional treatment based on the premise that institutions can help patients recover by creating a climate that promotes self-respect, individual responsible behavior, and meaningful activity  
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Schizoid personality disorder   A personality disorder in which a person persistently avoids social relationships and shows little emotional expression  
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Schizotypal personality disorder   A personality disorder characterized by extreme discomfort in close relationships, odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and behavioral eccentricities (most severe of the "odd" disorders)  
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Antisocial personality disorder   A personality disorder marked by a general pattern of disregard for and violation of other people’s rights  
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Borderline personality disorder   A personality disorder characterized by repeated instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and mood and by impulsive behavior. Self-mutilation, black and white thinking.  
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Avoidant personality disorder   A personality disorder characterized by consistent discomfort and restraint in social situations, overwhelming feelings of inadequacy, and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation  
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Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder   A childhood disorder marked by severe recurrent temper outbursts along with a persistent irritable or angry mood, initial diagnosis between 6-18 years of age  
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Oppositional defiant disorder   A disorder in which children are repeatedly argumentative and defiant, angry and irritable, and, in some cases, vindictive  
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Conduct disorder   A disorder in which a child repeatedly violates the basic rights of others and displays aggression physical cruelty to people or animals, the deliberate destruction of other people’s property, and the commission of various crimes  
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Cerebellum   The area of the brain that coordinates movement in the body and perhaps helps control a person’s ability to shift attention rapidly  
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Psychosis   A loss of contact with reality- 6 months or more=Schizophrenia  
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Downward drift theory   Schizophrenics becoming unable to function properly leads to a low socioeconomic status  
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L-dopa   Increases dopamine in those with Parkinson's disease- makes schizophrenics worse  
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Extrapyramidal Effects   Severe shaking, bizarre grimaces, twisting of body... caused by neuroleptics (phenothiazines)  
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Odd personality cluster   Paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid (behaviors similar to schizophrenia)  
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Dramatic personality cluster   Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic  
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Anxiety personality cluster   Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive  
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Low serotonin activity in   Antisocial personality disorder  
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% of children and adolescents that experience an anxiety disorder   14-25%  
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TADS   Treatments for Adolescents with Depression Study; found that cognitive behavioral therapy is hardly better than a placebo, and antidepressants are the best  
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Medication less effective in addressing the negative symptoms of schizophrenia   Traditional antipsychotics  
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The atypical antipsychotics (2nd generation) bind to the _____ receptors   D-1, D-2, and D-4  
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OCD in childhood is more common in...   Males  
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_____ of autistic children only say a few phrases in their life   20-50%  
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Preservation of sameness   Extreme negative reactions to change  
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Hyper-reactivity   Overstimulated, try to block stimulation  
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Hypo-reactivity   Interested in/react to low stimulation  
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_____ of autistic children score in the intellectual disability range of intelligence   26-75%  
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Shah & Firth 1983   Autistics performed better than "normals" and those with intellectual ability on embedded figures task  
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_____ of autistic children show "islands of excellence"   10%  
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Islands of excellence   Autistic "savants"- limited to non symbolic, rote tasks (drawing, musical performance, calendar calculator, prime numbers...)  
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Autism Epidemiology   Rare, 4x more common in boys  
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MZ twins and Autism   60%  
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Autism treatment   Lavaas (1987); start therapy around age 3, 40 hours per week for 2 years, parents trained to administer treatment as well, behavior oriented with rewards. Treatment gains were maintained.  
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Schizotypal personality disorder is often co morbid with   Major depressive disorder  
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Epidemiology of Antisocial Personality Disorder   3.6% of population, increasing rates (especially amongst women), low SES, 4:1 M:F  
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Diathesis- Stress Environment Antisocial Personality   Highest rates are among those with environmental and biological factors (36% of sons with a biological father and adoptive father convicted of crimes)  
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Treatment of ADHD   Treated by methylphenidate, a stimulant (Ritalin). Best combined with behavioral therapy  
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Schizoaffective disorder   Marked symptoms of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder  
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Obsessive Compulsive Personality Epidemiology   White, educated, married, and employed people receive the diagnosis most often. Males are twice as likely  
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