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Psych 380 Exam 2
Abnormal
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
10/28/2015

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Separation Anxiety Disorder
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A childhood disorder characterized by intense and inappropriate anxiety, lasting at least 4 weeks, concerning separation from home or caregivers
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Social Anxiety Disorder
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An anxiety disorder characterized by by marked, or intense, fear of anxiety of social situation in which the individual may be scrutinized by others
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Panic Disorder
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A period of intense fear and physical discomfort accompanied by the feeling that is one being overwhelmed and is about to lose control
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Agoraphobia
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Intense anxiety triggered by the real or anticipated exposure to situations in which they may be unable to get help should they become incapacitated
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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An anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety and worry that is not associated with a particular object, situation, or event but seems to be a constant feature of a person’s day to day existence
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OCD
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An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions or compulsions that are inordinately time-consuming or that cause significant distress or impairment
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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A disorder in which individuals are preoccupied with the idea that their body is ugly or defective
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Trichotillomania
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An impulse- control disorder involving the compulsive, persistent urge to pull out one’s own hair
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Excoriation Disorder
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Recurrent picking at one’s own skin
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Acute Stress Disorder
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An anxiety disorder that develops after a traumatic event, and lasts for up to 1 month with symptoms such as depersonalization, numbing, dissociative amnesia, intense anxiety, hypervigilance, and impairment of everyday functioning
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Panic-control Therapy
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Treatment that consists of cognitive restructuring, exposure to bodily cues associated with panic attacks, and breathing retraining
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Dissociative Amnesia
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An inability to remember important personal details and experiences; is usually associated with traumatic or very stressful events
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Conversion Disorder
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A somatic symptom disorder involving the translation of unacceptable drives or troubling conflicts into physical symptoms
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Illness Anxiety Disorder
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A somatic symptom disorder characterized by the misinterpretation of normal bodily functions as signs of serious illness
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Problem-focused coping
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Coping in which the individual takes action to reduce stress by changing whatever it is about the situation that makes it stressful
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Behavioral medicine
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An interdisciplinary approach to medical conditions affected by psychological factors that is rooted in learning theory
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Sexual dysfunctions
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An abnormality in an individual’s sexual responsiveness and reactions.
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Sexual self-schemas
Definition
Cognitive generalizations about sexual aspects of oneself that are derived from past experience, manifest in current experience, influential in the processing of sexually relevant social information, and guide sexual behavior
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Sensate focus
Definition
Method of treating sexual dysfunction in which the interaction is not intended to lead to an orgasm, but to experience pleasurable sensations during the phases prior to orgasm.
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Lovemaps
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The representation of an individual’s sexual fantasies and preferred practices
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Dysphoria
Definition
An unusually elevated sad mood
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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
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Changes in mood, irritability, dysphoria, and anxiety that occur during the premenstrual phase of the monthly menstrual cycle and subside after the menstrual period begins for most if the cycles of the preceding year
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Hypomanic episode
Definition
A period of elated mood not as extreme as a manic episode
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Cognitive distortions
Definition
Ways that our mind convinces us of something that isn't really true. These inaccurate thoughts are usually used to reinforce negative thinking or emotions — telling ourselves things that sound rational and accurate, but really only serve to keep us feeling bad about ourselves
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Shattered Assumptions:
Definition
1: The world is benevolent
2. The world is meaningful
3. The self is worthy
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Iatrogenic
Definition
Induced in a patient by a clinician's activity, manner, or therapy (Once image is implanted, you start to respond to it)
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Malingering
Definition
Misrepresentation of condition- exaggerating or faking condition to get out of work or other obligation - NOT a disorder, more of a behavior
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Factitious Disorder
Definition
Makes up the condition with the motivation of attention (esp. with health providers)
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Kindling
Definition
Each mood episode sensitizes the brain to another episode therefore want to administer medication as soon as possible to stop episode, and prevent them from recurring
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Rapid cycling
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A form of bipolar disorder involving four or more episodes within the previous year that meet the criteria for manic, hypomanic, or major depressive disorder
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Fred's Diagnosis
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Dissociative Condition
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Don's Diagnosis
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Sexual Masochism
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Mary/Max's Diagnosis
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Gender Dysphoria
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Sam's Diagnosis
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Bipolar Disorder
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Beverly's Diagnosis
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Schizophrenia
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Bipolar 1
Definition
Manic episodes, lasting at least 7 days or severe enough to send someone to a hospital, don't necessarily experience depressive episodes but can ( feel creative like they can do anything)
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Bipolar 2
Definition
Depressive episodes cycling with hypomanic episodes (step below mania - not as severe)
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Delusion
Definition
Deeply entrenched false belief not consistent with the client's intelligence/cultural background
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Hallucination
Definition
False perception not corresponding to the objective stimuli present in the environment
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Positive Symptoms
Definition
Exaggerations/distortions of normal thoughts, emotions, behaviors
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Negative Symptoms
Definition
Symptoms that involve functioning below the level of normal behavior
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Brief Psychotic Disorder
Definition
Disorder characterized by the sudden onset of psychotic symptoms that are limited to a period of less a month.
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Schizophreniform Disorder
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Experience symptoms of schizophrenia for 1-6 months
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Schizoaffective disorder
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involves the experience of a major depressive episode, a manic episode, or a mixed episode while also meeting the criteria for schizophrenia; must have 2 weeks w/ psychotic symptoms as only symptoms
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Remission
Definition
When symptoms no longer interfere with a patient's behavior
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Command hallucinations
Definition
Auditory hallucinations that instruct a patient to act in specific ways
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Prodromal phase
Definition
Early symptom that might indicate the start of a disease before specific symptoms occur
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Neurodevelopmental hypothesis
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Disruption of early brain development increases the risk of later developing schizophrenia
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Emotion-focused coping
Definition
Coping in which the individual changes feeling about the situation, but not the situation itself
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