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Ch 1
Abnormal Psychology Over Time
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/08/2010

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abnormality consists of difficulties usually in...(6)
Definition
-suffering
-maladaptiveness
-deviancy
-violation of standards of society
-social discomfort
-irrationality and unpredictability
Term
maladaptivness
Definition
-behavior that interferes with an individuals well being
-decreases ones ability to enjoy work and relationships
Term
deviancy
Definition
-deviation from what is socially acceptable or deemed "normal"
-involves value judgments
-can involved rare and undesirable behavior
Term
violation of standards of society
Definition
-depends on magnitude
-rules
-social and moral
-laws
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social discomfort
Definition
-violation of a social rule
-those around may experience discomfort or unease
Term
irrationality/unpredictablility
Definition
-behavior that is unpredictable and makes no sense
-evaluation of whether or not person has control
Term
mental disorder
Definition
-a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome that is associated with distress or disability
-not simply a predictable and culturally sanctioned response to an event
-considered to reflect behavior, psychological, or biological dysfunction
Term
Wakefield's harmful dysfunction
Definition
-harm-social values (suffering, unable to work)
-dysfunction- evolutionary perspective (mechanism fails to perform its design)
Term
classification disadvantages
Definition
-provides information in the shorthand form thus leading to a loss of information
-focus on a diagnosis, not the actual person
-stigma (disgrace)
-stereotyping
-labeling
Term
classification advantages
Definition
-most sciences rely on systems of classification
-nomenclature
-allows clinicians to better study and understand different disorders, while improving treatment methods
-insurance reimbursement
Term
culture
Definition
shared beliefs and behaviors that are widely accepted
Term
culture specific disorders
Definition
-Taijin Kyofusho - anxiety
-Ataque de nervois - distress in Latino/Carribean
Term
epidemiology
Definition
study of distribution of diseases, disorders, or health related behaviors in a population
Term
prevalence
Definition
number of active cases in a population during a given period of time
Term
point prevalence
Definition
estimated proportion of actual active cases of a disorder in a population at a given point in time
Term
1 year prevalence
Definition
number of active cases at any point in time throughout the year
Term
lifetime prevalence
Definition
number of people who have suffered from a particular disorder at any time in their lives
Term
incidence
Definition
number of new cases
Term
comorbidity
Definition
presence of two or more disorders in the same person
Term
Demonology, Gods, Magic believed by
Definition
Greek, Chinese, Egyptians, Hebrews
Term
spirit treatment methods
Definition
-casting out an evil spirit
-magic prayer
-incantation
-noisemaking
-horrible tasting concoctions
Term
trephining
Definition
drilling hole in skull
Term
Hippocrates 1
Definition
-Father of Modern Medicine
-denied deities/demons caused illness
-believed brain pathology was cause of mental disorders
-emphasized importance of hereditary factors
Term
Hippocrates 2
Definition
-classified all disorders into three categories (mania, melancholia, phrenitis)
-four elements of the material world (earth, air, fire, water) combined to form four essential fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, bile, black bile)
-doctrine of four humors (sanguine, phlegm, choler, melancholer)
Term
Greek and Roman thought
Definition
-development of first sanatoria
-principle of contrariis contarius (opposite by opposite)
-treatment methods: dieting, massage, hydrotherapy, gymnastics, education, less desirable practices
Term
Galen
Definition
-Greek physician
-anatomy and nervous system
-divided disorder causes into physical and mental categories
Term
Middle Ages
Definition
-first mental hospital in Baghdad in AD 792
-Avicenne
Term
Avicenne
Definition
-Middle Ages,
-Prince of physicians
-emphasized importance of ritual and superstition
-exorcisms
Term
Return of Science in Europe
Definition
-Paracelsus
-Johann Weyer
Term
Paracelsus
Definition
-Swiss physician
-critic of superstition/gods
-advocated bodily magnetism (hypnosis)
-believed moon was influential over brain
Term
Johann Weyer
Definition
-German physician
-founder of modern psychopathology
-influence of the clergy
Term
asylums
Definition
-removed individuals from society that could no longer care for themselves
-"madhouses"
-Valencia Mental Hospital - probably first in Spain
-Bedlam-infamous for poor conditions and practices
-patients provided entertainment for public
Term
Humanitarian reform people
Definition
-Pinel
-Tuke
-Rush
Term
Philippe Pinel
Definition
-treat people with kindness and consideration
Term
William Tuke
Definition
-English Quaker
-established York Retreat ( pleasant country house where mental patients lived, worked in a kind religious atmosphere)
Term
William Tuke
Definition
-English Quaker
-established York Retreat ( pleasant country house where mental patients lived, worked in a kind religious atmosphere)
Term
Benjamin Rush
Definition
-US humanitarian
-founder of American psychiatry and signed Declaration of Independence
Term
moral management
Definition
treatment focused on a patient's social, individual, and occupational needs
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