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Abnormal Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
04/17/2009

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Term
PERSONALITY DISORDER TRAIT DIMENSIONS
Definition

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION/INTROVERSION

AGREEABLENESS/ANTAGONISM

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

Term
CLUSTER A PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Definition

DISTRUST

SUSPICIOUSNESS

SOCIAL DETACHMENT

 

PARANOID

SCHIZOID

SCHIZOTYPAL

Term

CLUSTER A

PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER .5-2.5%

 

Definition
SUSPICIOUSNESS AND MISTRUST OF OTHERS, TENDANCY TO SEE SELF AS BLAMELESS, ON GUARD FOR PERCEIVED ATTACKS BY OTHERS
Term
CLUSTER A SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER LESS THAN 1%
Definition
IMPAIRED SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, INABILITY AND LACK OF DESIRE TO FORM ATTACHMENTS TO OTHERS
Term
CLUSTER A SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER 3%
Definition
PECULIAR THOUGHT PATTERNS, ODDITIES OF PERCEPTION AND SPEECH THAT INTERFERE WITH COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
Term
CLUSTER B PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Definition

DRAMATIC

EMOTIONAL

ERRATIC

 

HISTRIONIC

NARCISSISTIC

ANTISOCIAL

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

Term

CLUSTER B HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

2-3%

Definition
SELF-DRAMATIZATION; OVERCONCERN WITH ATTRACTIVENESS, TENDENCY OF IRRITABILITY AND TEMPER OUTBURSTS IF ATTENTION SEEKING IS FRUSTRATED
Term

CLUSTER B NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

LESS THAN 1%

 

Definition
GRANDIOSITY; THINKS THEY ARE SO GOOD LOOKING, SO SMART, SO FUNNY, PREOCCUPATION WITH RECEIVING ATTENTION, SELF-PROMPTING, LACK OF EMPATHY
Term

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

1% FEMALES, 3% MALES

Definition
LACK OF MORAL OR ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT, INABLITY TO FOLLOW APPROVED MODELS OF BEHAVIOR, DECEITFULLNES, SHAMELESS MANIPULATION OF OTHERS, HISTORY OF CONDUCT PROBLEMS AS A CHILD
Term

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

2%

Definition

IMPULSIVENESS, INAPPROPRIATE ANGER, DRASTIC MOOD SHIFTS, CHRONIC FEEINGS OF BOREDOM, ATTEMPTS AT SELF-MUTILATION OR SUICIDE

 

MOST DIFFICULT PERSONALITY DISORDER TO TREAT PERIOD

Term
CLUSTER C PERSONALITY DISODERS
Definition

ANXIETY, FEAR

 

AVOIDANT

DEPENDENT

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE

Term

CLUSTER C AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER

.5-1%

 

Definition
HYPERSENSITIVITY TO REJECTION OR SOCIAL DEROGATION, SHYNESS, INSECURITY IN SOCIAL INTERACTION AND INITIATING RELATIONSHIPS
Term

CLUSTER C DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER

2%

Definition
DIFFICULTY IN SEPARATING IN RELATIONSHIP, DISCOMFORT AT BEING ALONE, SUBORDINATION OF NEEDS IN ORDER TO KEEP OTHERS INVOLVED IN A RELATIONSHIP, INDECISEVENESS
Term

CLUSTER C OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER

1%

Definition
EXCESSIVE CONCERN WITH ORDER, RULES, AND TRIVIAL DETAILS, PERFECTIONISM, LACK OF EXPRESSIVENESS AND WARMTH, DIFFICULTY IN RELAXING AND HAVING FUN
Term
CAUSAL FACTORS FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Definition

GENETICS

PARENTAL STYLE

SOCIETY

 

Term
TREATMENT FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Definition

HARD TO TREAT

CLUSTER C MOST PROMISING

CLUSTER A THE HARDEST

Term
THERAPIES FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Definition

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT: ANTIDEPRESSANTS, ANTIPSYCHOTICS, MOOD STABILIZERS

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORA THERAPY: ENCOURAGE THE ACCEPTANCE OF NEGATIVE AFFECT WITHOUT BAD BEHAVIOR AS A CONSEQUENCE

PSYCHODYNAMIC TREATMENT: STRENGTHENING EGOS, SHOWING SHADES OR GREY

Term
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOPATHY
Definition

PSYCHOPATHS HAVE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WITH ANTISOCIAL DISORDER PLUS

-LACK OF EMPATHY

-INFLATED AND ARROGANT SELF-APPRAISAL

-SUPERFICIAL CHARM

Term
PSYCHOPATHS AND PRISON
Definition

70-80% OF PRISONERS QYALIFY FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER BUT ONLY 25% QUALIFY FOR PSYCHOPATHY

*THE BEST PREDICTOR OF WHETHER SOMEONE IS GOING TO RE-OFFEND IS A DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHOPATHY

Term
PSYCHOPATHIC MAO-A ACTIVITY
Definition

MAO-A IS THE GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR BREAKING NEUROTRANSMITTERS DOWN.

LOW MAO-A ACTIVITY PLUS POOR TREATMENT AS A CHILD EQUALS GREATER INCREASE IN LIKELIHOOD OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER(THIS IS A GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION)

Term
TREATMENT AND OUTCOMES IN PSYCHOPATHIC AND ASPD
Definition

TREATMENT OF PSYCHOPATHS IS DIFFICULT

COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENTS OFFER SOME PROMISE

PREVENTION IS KEY

Term
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR
Definition

BEHAVIOR BASED ON THE NEED FOR SUBSTANCE OR ACTIVITY.

NOT A WANT BUT A NEED

Term
PYCHOPATH'S FEAR RESPONSE
Definition
A LACK OF FEAR RESPONSE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL PSYCHOPATHS
Term
ALCOHOLIC
Definition
A PERSON WITH A SERIOUS DRINKING PROBLEM WHOSE DRINKING IMPAIRS THE HEALTH, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING
Term
SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE
Definition
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEED FOR INCREASING AMOUNTS OF THE SUBSTNACE TO ACHIEVE A DESIRED EFFECT
Term
ALCOHOL EFFECTS ON THE BODY
Definition

COMPLEX AND CONTRADICTORY EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN.

LOW LEVELS STIMULATES CERTAIN BRAIN CELLS AND ACTIVATES THE BRAIN'S "PLEASURE AREAS"

HIGH LEVELS DEPRESSES BRAIN FUNCTIONING

Term
ALCOHOL LEVELS
Definition

.05-.08-LEGAL LIMIT

.50 PASS OUT

.55 FATAL

Term
ALCOHOL ABUSE CAN LEAD TO
Definition

CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

MALNUTRITION

STOMACH PAINS

FATIGUE

DEPRESSION

IMPAIRED THINKING AND REASONING SKILLS

BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Term
ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM (AWD)
Definition

AFTER DRINKING SPREE CAN DEVELOP AWD:

DISORIENTATION

VIVID HALLUCINATIONS

FEAR OF THOSE AROUND CHANGING SIZE, SHAPE

EXTREME SUGGESTIBILTY

TREMORS IN HANDS, TONGUE AND LIPS

EXCESSIVE PERSPIRING, INCREASED HEART RATE

Term
BIOLOGICAL FACTOR OF ALCOHOLISM
Definition

1/3 OF ALCOHOLICS HAD A PARENT WITH ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

ADOPTED CHILDREN WITH ADOPTIVE PARENTS THAT DIDN'T DRINK AND BIOLOGICAL PARENTS THAT DID DRINK HAD AN INCREASED RISK OF HAVING A DRINKING PROBLEM

Term

TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM

BIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Definition

MEDICATIONS TO BLOCK THE DESIRE TO DRINK

ANTABUSE:MAKES YOU SICK IF YOU DRINK

NALTREXONE:REDUCES THE CRAVING

MEDICATIONS TO LOWER THE SIDE EFFECTS OF ACUTE WITHDRAWAL: VALIUM

Term

TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM

PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

Definition

GROUP THERPY

ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTION

BEHAVIOUR THERAPY-AVERSION THERAPY

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY-MODELING

(THIS IS GOOD FOR YOUNG DRINKERS WHO ARE AR RISK FOR BECOMING DEPENDENT)

Term
OTHER TREATMENTS OF ALCOHOLISM
Definition

CONTROLLED DRINKING RATHER THAN ABSTINENCE(CONTROVERSIAL)

12 STEP AA

 

Term
PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE:
Definition

NARCOTICS

STIMULANTS

SDEATIVES

ANTI-ANXIETY DRUGS

HALLUCINOGENS

 

Term
NARCOTICS INCLUDE
Definition

OPIUM

MORPHINE

HEROIN

Term
NARCOTICS ENTER BODY THROUGH
Definition

SMOKING

SNORTING

EATING

SKIN POPPING(RIGHT UNDER SKIN)

MAINLINING(INTO VEIN)

Term

AFFECTS OF NARCOTICS

LAST 4-6 HOURS

Definition

EUPHORIC SPASH/RUSH-IMMEDIATE 60 SECS

ALLEVIATION OF PHYSICAL PAIN

RELAXATION AND PLEASANT FEELINGS

ALLEVIATION OF ANXIETY AND TENSION

HIGH=LETHARGIC, NEED FOR FOOD, SEX DECREASED

VOMITING, NAUSEA

Term
LONG TERM AFFECTS OF NARCOTICS
Definition

CAN BECOME ADDICTED AFTER CONTINUAL USE FOR 30 DAYS

PHYSIOLOGICAL CRAVING FOR THE DRUG

-INCREASED AMOUNT TAKEDN TO SATIFY CRAVING

GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF WELL-BEING

 

Term
NARCOTIC WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
Definition

AGONIZING

-SWEATING

-TEARING EYES

-RESTLESSNESS

-RUNNY NOSE

-INCREASED BREATHING

-VOMITING

-DIARRHEA

-CRAMPING

-BACK AND HEADACHES

-TREMORS

Term
NARCOTIC TREATMENT
Definition

SIMILAR TO ALCOHOL ADDICTION TREATMENT

METHADONE AND BUPRENORPHINE ARE OFTEN USED IN CONJUCTION WITH A REHABILITATION PROGRAM (METH CLINIC)

Term
STIMULANTS INCLUDE
Definition

COCAINE (USED TO BE CONSIDERED THE DRUG OF THE ELITE)

CRACK (COCAINE PROCESSED TO SMOKE)

AMPHETAMINES (MOST COMMON METHAMPHETAMINE AKA SPEED)

Term

IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF STIMULANTS

LAST 4-6 HOURS

Definition

COCAINE CRACK:

FEELINGS OF CONFIDENCE

FEELINGS OF CONTENTMENT

HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, RESLTESSNESS

STIMULATED AND ACCENTUATED SEXUAL FEELINGS

AMPHETAMINES:

SUPPRESSED APPETITE

EXCESS ENERGY

SUPPRESSION OF DESIRE TO SLEEP

 

Term
LONG TERM EFFECTS OF STIMULANTS
Definition

VISUAL, TACTILE, AND AUDITORY HALLUCINATION

 

LEGAL PROBLEMS

 

DIVORCE

 

LOSS OF PARENTAL ROLE

Term
COCAINE WITHDRAWAL
Definition
DEPRESSION, FATIGUE, INCREASED DREAMING
Term
STIMULANT TREATMENT
Definition

CRACK/COCAINE:

SIMILAR TO NARCOTIC

CAN RECOVER ON OWN-RELATED TO IMPROVE SELF CONCEPT

AMPHETAMINES:

LITTLE RESEARCH DONE

 

Term
AMPHETAMINE WITHDRAWAL
Definition
DEPRESSION, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, CRAMPING, CONVULSIONS
Term

CO-MORBID DISORDERS WITH ALCOHOLISM

 

Definition

MORE THAN 37% SUFFER FROM AT LEAST ONE

DEPRESSION

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

Term
HALLUCINOGENS INCLUDE
Definition

LSD

MESCALINE

PSILOCYBIN

PCP

ECSTACY

Term
LSD
Definition

8 HOURS OF SENSORY PERCETION CHANGES, MOOD SWINGS

CAN BE A GOOD OR BAD TRIP

IS ASSOCIATED WITH FLASHBACKS UP TO 2 YEARS LATER

Term
ECSTASY
Definition

HALLUCINOGEN AND STIMULANT

PARTY DRUG

PILL FORM

FEELING A RUSH THEN A CALMNESS AND GENERAL FEELING OF WELL BEING

INTESIFICATION OF COLORS, SOUNDS, TOUCH

INCREASED ENERGY

NAUSEA, SWEATING, TEETH CLENCHING, CRAMPS, BLURRED VISION

HALLUCINATIONS

MEMORY IMPAIRMENT

Term
MARIJUANA
Definition

MILD HALLUCINOGEN

USUALLY SMOKED

35 OF HS STUDENTS HAVE USED IN THE LAST YEAR

Term
MARIJUANA SHORT TERM EFFECTS
Definition

2-3 HOURS

EUPHORIA

HILARITY

HYPER-TALKING

ANXIETY

DEPRESSOIN

HALLUCINATIONS

ENHANCED PLEASURABLE EXPERIENCES

Term
MARIJUANA LONG TERM EFFECTS
Definition

NOT STRONGLY PHYSIOLOGICALLY ADDICTIVE, BUT IT MAY BE PSYCHOLOGICALLY ADDICTIVE

PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS

Term
MARIJUANA TREATMENT
Definition

PSYCHOLOGICAL TREAMTNET METHODS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING USE IN DEPENDENT ADULTS

RARELY THINK THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND RARELY WANT TREATMENT

Term
CROSS GENDER IDENTIFICATION
Definition
DESIRE TO BE THE OPPOSITE SEX
Term
GENDER DYSPHORIA
Definition
PERSISTENT DISCOMFORT ABOUT ONE'S BIOLOGICAL SEX OR THE SENSE THAT THE GENDER ROLE OF THAT SEX IS INAPPROPRIATE
Term
GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY 2 COMPONENTS:
Definition

CROSS-GENDER IDENTIFICATION

GENDER DYSPHORIA

Term
TRANSEXUAL
Definition
ADULTS WITH GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER WHO WANT TO CHANGE THEIR SEX
Term
TRANSGENDER
Definition
ADULTS WITH GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER WHO DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THEIR SEX
Term
FEMALE TO MALE CHANGE
Definition
ALMOST ALWAYS EXPERIENCE GID AS A CHILD
Term

MALE TO FEMALE CHANGE

2 TYPES

Definition

HOMOSEXUAL: EXPERIENCED GID AS A CHILD

AUTOGYNEPHILIC: ABOUT THE AROUNSAL OF BEING A WOMAN, DID NOT EXPERIENCE GID AS A CHILD

Term
PARAPHILIAS
Definition

GROUP OF PERSISTENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS THAT INVOLVE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

NONHUMAN OBJECTS

SUFFERING OR HUMILIATION OF SELF OR OTHERS

CHILDREN

NON CONSENTING ADULTS

Term
FETISHISM
Definition

RECURRENT INTENSE SEXUAL FANTASIES, URGES, OR BEHAVIORS RELATED TO AN INANIMATE OBJECT

CAUSE DISTRESS

Term
TRANSVESTIC FETISHISM
Definition

INTENSE SEXUAL FANTASIES, URGES, BEHAVIOR, INVOVING HETEROSEXUAL MEN DRESSING UP AS WOMEN

INVOLVES BEING EXCITED BY THE THOUGHT OF FANTASY OF BEING A WOMAN

MEN WHO DRESS IN DRAG WITHOUT THE SEXUAL PLEASURE ASPECT ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS HAVING TRASVESTIC FETISHISM

Term
**BOTH FETISHISM AND TRASVESTIC FETISHISM TEND TO NOT HARM OTHERS**
Definition
Term

VOYEURISM

"PEEPING TOM"

Definition
INTENSE SEXUAL FANTASIES, URGES OR BEHAVIORS RELATED TO WATHCHING FEMALES UNDRESS OF COUPLES HAVING SEX
Term
EXHIBITIONISM
Definition

INTENSE SEXUAL FANTASIES, URGES OR BEHAVIORS RELATED TO EXPOSING ONES GENITALS TO OTHERS-STRANGERS

MOST COMMON SEXUAL OFFENSE REPORTED TO POLICE IN THE US

Term

SADISM

 

PAIN ON OTHERS

Definition

INTENSE SECUAL FANTASIES, URGES OR BEHAVIORS INVOLVING PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL PAIN OF ANOTHER PERSON

LEAD TO INFLICING PAIN, TORTURE, MURDER

TED BUNDY, JEFFREY DAHMER, PAUL BERNARDO

Term

MASOCHISM

 

PAIN ON ONESSELF

Definition

INTENSE SEXUAL FANTASIES, URGES, OR BEHAVIORS RELATED TO BEING HUMILIATED BEATEN OR BOUND BY A LOVER

REQUIRES ONE PERSON TO BE THE "DICIPLINARIAN", OTHER TO BE THE "SLAVE"

MORE COMMON THAN SADISM--OCCURS IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES

Term
**SADISM AND MASOCHISM IN MILD FORMS ARE COMMON AND DO NOT CLASSIFY AS A DISORDER**
Definition
Term
CAUSAL FACTORS AND TREATMENT FOR THE SEXUAL VARIANTS
Definition

NEARLY ALL ARE MALE

USUALLY START AROUND ADOLESCENCE

OFTEN HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARAPHILIA

DEVELOPMENT OF PARAPHILIA MAY BE DUE TO CLASSICAL CONDITINING IN ONES YOUTH

OTHER THAN SEX OFFENDERS, MOST PEOPLE WITH PARAPHILIAS DO NOT ENGAGE IN TREATMENT

Term
SEXUAL ABUSE
Definition

ANY PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL COERCION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CANNOT OR DID NOT CONSENT

-RAPE

-INCEST

-PEDOPHILIA

Term
**ONLY PEDOPHILIA IS CONSIDERED TO BE A MENTAL DISORDER BY THE DSMIV**
Definition
Term
SHORT TERM CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE
Definition

FEARS

PTSD

LOWERED SELF-ESTEEM

SEXUAL INAPPROPRIATENESS

Term
LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE
Definition
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CHILDHOOD ABUSE AND ADULT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Term
PEDOPHILIA
Definition

AN ADULT HAS RECURRENT, INTENSE SEXUAL URGES OR FANTASIES ABOUT SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A PREPUBESCENT CHILD

ALMOST ALWAYS MALE

CAN INVOLVE ACTING ON THE FANTASIES

OFENT BEGINS IN ADLOESCENCE

MAY APPEAR SHY, INTROVERTED, BUT WANT TO DOMINATE OTHERS

MAY IDEALIZE CHILDHOOD

VICTIMS ARE USUALLY BETWEEN 8-11. OVER 65% ARE GIRLS

 

Term
INCEST
Definition

CULTURALLY PROHIBITED SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS

RARELY REPORTED

MOST COMMON IS BROTHER-SISTER

2ND MOST COMMON IS FATHER-DAUGHTER

 

Term

RAPE

 

**ABOUT BOTH SEX AND ANGER**

Definition

SEXUAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS UNDER ACTUAL OR THREATEDNED FORCIBLE COERCION OF ONE PERSON BY ANOTHER

USUALLY MEN AGAINST WOMEN

RAPISTS ARE USUALLY 18-24 LOW SES

Term
DATE RAPE
Definition
USUALLY MIDDLE UPPER CLASS SES HAVE EXTREMEM FEELINGS OF MASCULINITY AND ARE EMOTIONALLY DETACHED
Term
**VICTIM PRECIPITATED ARGUMENT CAN BE A "SECOND RAPE" TO A VICTIM
Definition
Term
RECIDIVISM
Definition
CHANCE OF RELAPSING
Term
RECIDIVISM RATES
Definition

THOSE WHO HAVE DEVIANT SEXUAL PREFERENCE (ATTRACTED TO CHILDREN) HAVE HIGH RATES OF RECIDIVISM

RECIDIVISM RATES DECREASE WITH AGE FOR RAPISTS BUT NOT FOR CHILD MOLESTERS

Term
TREATMENT FOR SEX OFFENDERS
Definition

ONE OF 4 GOALS

-MODIFY PATTERNS OF SEXUAL AROUSAL

-MODIFY CONGNITIONS AND SOCIAL SKILLS TO ALLOW MORE APPROPRIATE SEXUAL INTERACITONS WITH ADULT PARTNERS

-CHANGE HABITS AND BEHAVIOR THAT INCREASE THE CHANCE OF REOFFENDING

-REDUCE SEXUAL DRIVE

Term
PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR SEX OFFENDERS
Definition

AVERSION THERAPY

COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING

CASTRATION

Term
AVERSION THERAPY
Definition

CONVERT SESITIZATION/ASSISTED CONVERT SENSITIZATION

NO LONGER USED ON ITS OWN-QUESTIONABLE RESULTS

Term
COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING
Definition

MORE EFFECTIVE THAN AVERSION THERAPY

MORE EFFECTIVE FOR SOME SEX OFFENDERS THAN OTHERS (CHILD MOLESTERS AND EXHIBITIONIST LESS LIKELY TO RE-OFFEND AFTER TREATMENT)

 

Term
CASTRATION
Definition

CHEMICALLY OR SURGICALLY

DRASTICALLY REDUCES RECIDIVISM RATES

Term
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
Definition

IMPAIRMENT EITHER IN THE DESIRE FOR SEXUAL GRATIFICATION OR THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE IT

-CAN BE PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL

Term
HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE PHASES
Definition

1. DESIRE PHASE

2.EXCITEMENT PHASE

3. ORGASM

4. RESOLUTION

 

DISRODERS CAN OCCUR IN PHASE 1, 2 OR 3

Term
PREVALENCE RATES OF SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS
Definition
43% OF WOMEN AND 31% OF MEN REPORTED AT LEAST ONE EXPERIENCE WITH SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN THE PAST YEAR
Term
PREVALENCE OF MEN ADN SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION DISORDERS
Definition

CLIMAXING TOO EARLY- 21%

ERECTILE DYSFUNCION- 5%

LACK OF SEXUAL INTEREST- 5%

Term
PREVALENCE OF WOMEN AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION DISORDERS
Definition

LACK OF SEXUAL DESIRE- 22%

SEXUAL AROUSAL PROBLEMS- 14%

Term
SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDERS
Definition

-HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER

-SEXUAL AVERSION DISORDER

 

 

Term
HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER
Definition

A PERSON SHOWS LITTLE OR NO SEX DRIVE OR INTEREST

OFTEN MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL THAN PHYSICAL

MOST COMMON DISORDER FOR WOMEN

Term
SEXUAL AVERSION DISORDER
Definition

THE PERSON SHOWS EXTREME AVERSION TO , AND AVOIDANCE OF ALL GENITAL SEXUAL CONTACT ITH A PARTNER

 

LITTLE RESEARCH DONE

Term
SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDERS
Definition

MALE ERECTILE DISORDER

REMALE SEXUAL AROUNSAL DISORDER

Term
MALE ERECTILE DISORDER
Definition

UNABLE TO SUSTAIN AN ERECTION FOR THE DURATION OF THE ACT

EFFECTS HALF THE MALE POPULATION ON AT LEAST A TEMP. BASIS

Term
FEMALE SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER
Definition

ABSENCE OF FEELINGS OF SEXUAL DESIRE, AND A LACK OF RESPONSE TO STIMULATION

 

TREATMENT HAS NOT BEEN RESEARCHED

LUBRICATION OFTEN RECOMMENDED

Term
MALE ERECTILE DISORDER TREATMENT
Definition

MEDICATION

INJECTSION INTO THE PENIS(MUSCLE RELAXANT)

VACUUM PUMPS

 

Term
ORGASMIC DISORDERS
Definition

PREMATURE EJACULATION

MALE ORGASMIC DISORDER

FEMALE ORGASMIC DISORDER

 

Term
PREMATURE EJACULATION
Definition

THE PERSISTENT AND RECURRENT ONSET OF EJACULATION WITH MINIMAL SEXUAL STUMULATION

BEHAVIOR TREATMENT AND MEDICATION TREATMENT

Term
MALE ORGASMIC DISORDER
Definition

PERSISTENT INABILITY TO EJACULATE DURING INTERCOURSE

TREATMENT INCLUDES ANTIDEPRESSENT MEDS

 

Term
FEMALE ORGASMIC DISORDER
Definition

PERSISTENT OR RECURRENT DELAY IN OR ABSENCE OF ORGASM FOLLOWING A NORMAL SEXUAL EXCITEMENT PHASE

TREATMENT IS NOT WELL RESEARCHED, OFTEN UNNECESSARY AS NOT A LONG TERM PROBLEM, OR NOT INTERESTED IN TREATMENT

Term
SEXUAL PAIN DISORDERS
Definition

VAGINISMUS

PAINFUL COITUS OR DYSPAREUNIA

Term
VAGINISMUS
Definition
IN INVOLUNTARY SPASM OF THE MUSCLES AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE VAGINA THAT PREVENTS PENETRATION AND SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Term
TREATMENT FOR VAGINISMUS
Definition

NOT HAVING SEX

TRAINING VAGINAL MUSCLES TO EXTEND

SELF-INSERTION TO INCREASE VAGINAL SIZE

 

Term
PAINFUL COITUS OR DYSPAREUNIA
Definition

GENITAL PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SEX

CAN OCCUR IN MEN BUT IS FAR MORE COMMON IN WOMEN

SOME ARGUE THAT THIS IS A PAIN DISORDER, NOT A SEX DISORDER

TREATMENT IS USUALLY FOR THE PHYSICAL ISSUE CAUSING THE PAIN

Term
FREUD AND COCAINE
Definition
FREUD BELIEVED THAT COCAINE MADE YOU MORE NORMAL. HE SAID IT WAS A REAL WONDER DRUG
Term
HEROIN MOVIE
Definition
JOE AKIM SAYS HEROIN IS HIS WHOLE LIFE. DAY IS ORGANIZED BY THE ONE SIMPLE GOAL TO FIND A HEROIN FIX. INJECTS HEROIN. PERCEPTION OF HEROIN: DIRTY BLACK ALLEY. ALL START OUT AS THE "WEEKEND WARRIOR" BUT ALWAYS BECOME ADDICTS. SEQUENCE; HUSTLE, SCORE, USE. IF YOU START SNORTING 9 TIMES OUT OF 10 IT WILL LEAD TO THE NEEDLE. ***TO GET CLEAN YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE TO LEAVE THE DRUG BUT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR FRIENDS/SOCIAL NETWORK ALSO***
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