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| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) |
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| thing that diagnosis mental disorders- any characteristic of a person's actions, thoughts and feelings |
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| any behavior or emotional state that causes an individual gret suffering or worry, is self-defeating of self- destruction, or is maladaptive and disrupts the person's relationship or the large community |
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| proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease |
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| clusters of interrelated symptoms and is the form basis of diagnosis of mental disorders |
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| thought that mental disorders were a violation of cultural standards or social norms |
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| things that bring on a disorder |
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| the susceptability to a psychological disorder, genetic factors or habitual patterns |
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| the things that keep a disorder going once it begins |
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| a class or disorders maked by feelings of excessive epprehension and anxiety |
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| Generalized anxiety disorder |
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| is marked by a chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat |
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| characterized by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occurs sudden;y and unexpectidly |
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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| involves enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event |
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| is marked by a presistent and irrational fear of an object of situation that presents no realistic danger |
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| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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| is marked by persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of unwanted thoughts(obsessions) and urges to negage in sensless rituals (compulsions) |
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| step by step prcess of desensitizing a client to feared object or experience |
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| Exposure treatment (flooding) |
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| therapist accompanies client into feared situation, client remains in situation until anxiety declines |
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| Cognitive-behavioral therapy |
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| attempts to identify and change irrational, unproductive ways of thinking- to reduce negative emotions |
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| replace reinforcing maladaptive behaviors with other more adaptive behavior |
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| are a class of disorders marked by emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, and thought process |
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| People show persistent feelings of sadness and despair and a loss of interest in previous source of pleasure |
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| a mood disorder in which a person swings from one emotional extreme to the other |
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1.) Biological Bases for depression
2.) social bases for depression
3.) Cognitive bases for depression |
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| is a treatment for mood disorders in which you take medication |
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| uses Valproic Acid that has fewer side effects than Lithium |
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| Electroconvulsive Therapy |
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| treatment for suvere cases or for those not responding to antidepressants, used as last resort |
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| identify thoughts, beliefs abd expectations that are prolonging |
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| Dissociative Identity Disorder |
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| appearacne of 2 or more distinct personalities with in an individual, each with their own name and personality traits |
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| means split-mind, condition invlolving distorted perceptions of reality and an inability to function in most aspects of life and also is marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized etc. |
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| involve behavioral deficits, such as flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired attention and poverty of speech |
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| involve behavioral excessive or peculiarities, such as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre bahvior and wild flight of ideas |
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| is dominated by delusions of persecution, along with delusions of grandeur |
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| is marked by striking motor disturbances, ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity |
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| Disorganized schizophrenia |
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| a particularly severe deterioration of adaptive behavior is seen |
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| are false beliefs that are maintained even though they clearly are out of touch with reality |
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| are snesory perceptions that occur in the absence of a real, external stimulus or are gross distortions of perceptual input |
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| reduce receptivity to dopamine, reduce agitation, delusions and hillucinations |
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| Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy |
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| Albert Ellis's "musterbation", thinking with a positive aditude |
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| emerged out of the insight therapy, treatment for depression that uses combinations of verbal interventions and behavior modification techniques to help clients change maladaptive patterns of thinking- emphasizes patient to help self |
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1.)enlarged cerabral ventricles
2.)Decreased neural tissue
3.)Hyperactivity of synapses where dopamine is neurotransmitter
4.)Damage to the fetal brain
5.) social class
6.) Family environment |
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| Theories of Schizophrenia |
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| are of psychology that studies how people's thoughts, feelings, and bahaviors are influenced by the real presence of other people and or the implied presence of other people |
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| organized cluster of ideas aboit categories of social events and people |
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| inferences that people draw about the causes of events, others' behavior, and their own behavior |
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| situational factors one has to deal with |
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| Fundamental attribution error |
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| bias to overestimate internal factors( personality traits) and underestimate external factors when attributing the bahavior of others |
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| bias to attribute own behavior as internal for good actions and external for bad actions |
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| belief tha the world is fair, good people are rewarded and bad people are punished |
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| putting personal goals ahead of group goals and defining one's identity in terms of persona; attributions rather than the groups. |
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| putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining ones identity in terms of the groups on belongs to |
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| influence of the social context or individual behavior |
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| change in behavior due to real or implied influence of others |
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| a from of complience that occurs when people follow direct commanda, usually from someone in a position of authority. |
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| a paradoxical social phenomenon in which people are less likely to provide needed help when they are in groups than when that are alone |
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| Diffusion of Responsibility |
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| when we are in a big group no one helps because we assume others will take responsibility |
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| same group process as diffusion of responsibility but in work situations rather than a crisis |
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| a psychological state that exists when related cognitions are inconsistent |
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| summary impressions of a group of people |
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| a negative stereotype and a strong unreasonable dislike or hatred of individual members |
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| behaving differently, usually infairly, toward the memebers of a group |
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