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| Certain criteria in determining whether behavior represents psychopathology |
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- 1. Does the behavior deviate from cultural norms?
- 2. Is the behavior maladaptive?
- 3. Is the behavior causing the invidiual personal distress? |
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| - defined as thoughts, and behaviors, that are maladaptive rather than deviant. (excessive hand-washing until your hands go raw) |
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| created DSM to categorize and classify mental disorders. |
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| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) |
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- Multiaxial system: The system used in the DSM that provides assessment along five axes describing important mental health factors.
- (1) Clinical Disorders
- (2) Mental retardation or personality disorders
- (3) Medical conditions
- (4) Psychosocial problems
- (5) global or overall assessment of how well the person is functioning. |
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| probable outcome of mental disorder |
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| the interviewer's skills determine the quantity and value of information obtained. A good interviewer expresses empathy, builds rapport quickly, is nonjudgemental and trusting, and supports the client's efforts to find out what is wrong and how it might be addressed. |
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| Dissociative Disorder (multiple personality disorder) |
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| The occurrence of two or more distinct identities in the same individual. |
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| Therapists in the 80's and 90's? |
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| - believed that childhood trauma frequently was repressed and that it needed to be uncovered during treatment. (hypnosis was used) |
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A diagnostic model that proposes that a disorder may develop when an underlying vulnerability is coupled with a precipitating event.
- IN this model, nature and nurture work together: A person can be vulnerable to a mental disorder because of an inherited predisposition, an environmental influence or both. Stress than may act upon the person's vulnerability. |
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| Cognitive Behavioral Approach |
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| A diagnostic model that views psychopathology as the result of learned, maladaptive cognitions. |
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| Those suffering from one feel tense, anxious and apprehensive. |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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| A diffuse state of constant anxiety not associated with any specific object or event. |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden, overwhelming attacks of terror |
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| An anxiety disorder marked by fear of being in situations win which escape may be difficult or impossible |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by frequent intrusive thoughts and compulsive actions. |
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OCD can sometimes be triggered by infections of streptococcal bacteria.
-Scientists speculate it can be triggered by an autoimmune response that damages the caudate and produces the shown symptoms of repetitive behavior. |
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| reflect extreme emotions: depressive disorders feature persistent and pervasive feelings of sadness, and bipolar disorders involve radical fluctuations in mood. |
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| A disorder characterized by severe negative moods or a lack of interest in normally pleasurable activities |
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| Dysthymia (mild to moderate) |
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| A form of depression that is not severe enough to be diagnosed as major depression. |
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| A mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania |
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| characterized by elevated mood, increased activity, diminished need for sleep, grandiose ideas, racing thoughts, and extreme distractibility. During these episodes, heightened levels of activity and euphoria often result in excessive involvement in pleasurable, but foolish activities |
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| - extremely frequent or suddenly increased sexual urges or sexual activity. ;) |
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| characterized by heightened creativity and productivity and can be extremely pleasurable and rewarding; they are not too disruptive in a person's life. |
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| Learned Helplessness Model |
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| A cognitive model of depression in which people feel unable to control events around them |
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| A mental disorder characterized by alterations in perceptions, emotions, thoughts, or consciousness. |
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| Symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions and hallucinations, that are excesses in behavior |
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| Symptoms of schizophrenia marked by deficits in functioning such as apathy, lack of emotion, and slowed speech and movement. |
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| False personal beliefs based on incorrect inferences about reality |
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| characterized by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, or otherwise very powerful. The delusions are generally fantastic, often with a supernatural, science-fictional, or religious bent |
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| delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you |
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| False sensory perceptions that are experienced without an external source. |
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| condition of mindlessly repeating words that are heard, a behavior called echolalia; or they might remain immobilized in on positions for hours with a rigid, masklike facial expression and eyes staring into the distance. (could be extreme fear response) |
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- (Axis II, divided into 3 groups of Odd or Eccentric; Dramatic, emotional, or Erratic behavior; Anxious or Fearful behavior
- Interacting with the world in a maladaptive manner that is long-lasting and causes problems in work and in social situations. |
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| Tense, guarded, suspicious; holds grudges |
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| Cannot stand to be alone; intense, unstable moods and personal relationships; chronic anger; drug and alcohol abuse. |
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| Manipulative, exploitive; dishonest,; disloyal; lacking in guilt; habitually breaks social rules; childhood history of such behavior; often in trouble. |
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| Borderline personality disorder |
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| A personality disorder characterized by identity, affective and impulse disturbances. |
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| A personality disorder marked by a lack of empathy and remorse. |
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| this dude was a murderer who was diagnosed as anti-social. |
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- characterized by deficits in social interactions, by impaired communication and by restricted interests.
- A developmental disorder involving deficits in social interactions, impaired communication, and restricted enzymes. |
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| A disorder characterized by restless, inattentive, and impulsive behaviors. |
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