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Chapter 14: Disorders of the Mind and Body
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
05/16/2011

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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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Psychopathology
Definition
- defined as thoughts, and behaviors, that are maladaptive rather than deviant. (excessive hand-washing until your hands go raw)
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Emil Kraepelin
Definition
created DSM to categorize and classify mental disorders.
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Definition
- 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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Prognosis
Definition
probable outcome of mental disorder
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Clinical Interview (DSM)
Definition
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)
Definition
The occurrence of two or more distinct identities in the same individual.
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Therapists in the 80's and 90's?
Definition
- believed that childhood trauma frequently was repressed and that it needed to be uncovered during treatment. (hypnosis was used)
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Diathesis-stress model
Definition
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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Anxiety Disorders
Definition
Those suffering from one feel tense, anxious and apprehensive.
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Phobic Disorder
Definition
extreme fears
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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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Panic Disorder
Definition
An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden, overwhelming attacks of terror
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Agoraphobia
Definition
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)
Definition
An anxiety disorder characterized by frequent intrusive thoughts and compulsive actions.
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What could trigger OCD?
Definition
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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Mood Disorders
Definition
reflect extreme emotions: depressive disorders feature persistent and pervasive feelings of sadness, and bipolar disorders involve radical fluctuations in mood.
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Major Depression
Definition
A disorder characterized by severe negative moods or a lack of interest in normally pleasurable activities
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Dysthymia (mild to moderate)
Definition
A form of depression that is not severe enough to be diagnosed as major depression.
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Bipolar Disorder
Definition
A mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania
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Manic Episodes
Definition
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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hypersexuality
Definition
- extremely frequent or suddenly increased sexual urges or sexual activity. ;)
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hypomanic episode
Definition
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
Definition
A cognitive model of depression in which people feel unable to control events around them
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Schizophrenia
Definition
A mental disorder characterized by alterations in perceptions, emotions, thoughts, or consciousness.
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Positive Symptoms
Definition
Symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions and hallucinations, that are excesses in behavior
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Negative Symptoms
Definition
Symptoms of schizophrenia marked by deficits in functioning such as apathy, lack of emotion, and slowed speech and movement.
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Delusions
Definition
False personal beliefs based on incorrect inferences about reality
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Delusions of Grandeur
Definition
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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Delusions of Persecution
Definition
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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Hallucinations
Definition
False sensory perceptions that are experienced without an external source.
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Catatonic Schizophrenia
Definition
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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Personality Disorder
Definition
- (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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Paranoid
Definition
Tense, guarded, suspicious; holds grudges
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Borderline
Definition
Cannot stand to be alone; intense, unstable moods and personal relationships; chronic anger; drug and alcohol abuse.
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Anti-Social
Definition
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
Definition
A personality disorder characterized by identity, affective and impulse disturbances.
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Anti-Social
Definition
A personality disorder marked by a lack of empathy and remorse.
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Barry Gilmore
Definition
this dude was a murderer who was diagnosed as anti-social.
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Autism
Definition
- 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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ADHD
Definition
A disorder characterized by restless, inattentive, and impulsive behaviors.
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