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| Five Critiria for Classification of Psychological Disorders |
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1) Clinical Significance: Measurable
2) dysfunction in biological, psychological, and developmental process
3) distress in important realms of life
4) NOT considered deviant in terms of religion, politics, and sexuality
5)NOT because of conflict between individual and society |
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| Spiritual Approach to Mental Illness |
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| Evil spirits needing to be released through trephining or ritual exorcisms. |
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Pushed for legislations that opened state-funded hospitals to replace overcrowded and understaffed safehouse.
State-funded hospitals became overcrowded and barbaric. |
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| replacing long stays in psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services. |
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| Standard Treatments Approaches in State Hospitals |
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›Lobotomy
›Electoconvulsive Therapy
›Light Therapy
›Tranquilizing Drugs |
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Dependent Variable
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Independent Variable |
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Depedent: value is the outcome of the manipulated variable
Independent: the manipulated or adjusted variable |
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sugar pill or fake treatment
placebo condition: the placebo is similar to the treatment but lacks the key feature
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| tests hypothesis by manipulating a variable then measuring with a different variable (independent and dependent) |
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| explores the relation between 2 or more variables |
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| Correlation Research and Statistical Relationship |
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+1 is a perfect positive correlation
-1 is a perfect negative correlation
0 is no correlation |
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| information gathered from a sample of a population using questions |
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| Geneticists attempted to determine the extent to which psychological disorders are inherited. |
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| Single Case Experimental Design |
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| A single (same) person serves as both the experimantal and control "group" |
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| are experiments carried out laboratories under controlled conditions. |
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Prevalence: number of people who experience a disorders during a certain time spand. (EX: 30-day prevalence)
Incidence: Number of new cases that experience symptoms of a disorder w/in a time frame. |
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| Causes of Abnormal Behavior |
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Biological
Psychological
Sociocultural
Biopsychosocial |
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Cutting holes in skulls believed to releases evil spirits.
Technique used as part of the Spiritual Approach to Mental Illnesses. |
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Pychologist
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Psychiatrist
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Psychologists: Trained in Social Science
Hands on therapy
No prescription privileges except in NM, LA, and IL
Psychiatrist: Medically trained (MD)
Prescription privileges |
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| Ability to administer medical treatment |
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| Information Provided with Each Diagnostic Criteria |
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›associated features
›prevalence
›development and course
›risk and prognostic factors
›culture-related issues : "normal" in other cultures
›functional consequences
›differential diagnosis
›comorbidity
›suicide risk |
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List of other disorders with similar features.
List of other disorders that it could be instead. |
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| Having 2 or more disorders at the same time. |
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| Pros of Psychological Diagnosis |
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»communition between professionals
»insurance coverage
»treatment
»identification
»self-understanding of mental illness
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| Cons of Psychological Diagnosis |
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»stigmatizing
»labeling
»self-fulfilling prophecy
»insurance coverage requires diagnosis |
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International Classifications of Diseases
used in medical field. |
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| How many chapters are in the DSM-5? |
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Validity : Accuracy
Reliability : Consistency |
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Who is involved??
Individual, family, groups, marriage, milieu?? |
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1) Meet client and sometimes family, friends, workers, etc.
2) Non-verbals: behavior, emotional state, appearance, state of mind.
3) Ask about symptoms, time frame, and other conditions such as alcohol & substance abuse.
4) Review relevant records
5) Diagnosis and Treatment Plan |
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