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| How the APA defines a psych disorder |
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1. Person experiences significant pain or distress, inability to work or play, increased risk of death, loss of freedom in impt ideas in life
2. Source of the problem resides within persondue to biological factors, not just a normal response to external stimuli
3. problem is not delibertae rection due to conditions such as poverty, prejudice, conflicts with society |
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| A condition in which a person's behavior is judged to be dysfunctional |
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1. Medical: disorders caused by biological conditions that can be treated through med interventin
2. Psychological: disorders are caused and maintained by one's life experiences
3. Sociocultural: disorders influenced by cultural factors |
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Recurring maladaptive behavior limited to cultural grp or location
-amok: brooding, outbursts, murder
-pibloktoq: excitemtn, seizures, coma |
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| process of identifying and grouping mental disorders with similar symptoms |
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| American Psychological Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) |
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1. lacked reliability, pathologizes everyday life
2. may be biased based on demographic stereotypes
3. dianostic labels may change the way we treat and perceive pple with mental disorders |
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| Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) |
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| constant state of anxiety not linked to an identifiable source |
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| sudden and intense rushes of anxiety without apparent reason |
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An anxiety disorder characterized by intense and irrational fear
1)agoraphobia (public places)
2)simple phobia (specifid object or situation)
3)social phobia (situations tt invite public scrutiny) |
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| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) |
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| persistent thoughts (obsessions) and the need to perform repetitive acts (compulsions) |
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| unwanted preoccupation with one's physical health |
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mental disorder in ehich a person experiences bodily symptoms that are psychological rather than medical in nature
1. hypochondriasid
2. conversion disorder |
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| person temporarily loses a bodily function in the absence of a physical cause |
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temporary disruption in one's memory, consciousness or self identity
1. Amnesia and fugue states
2. dissociative identity disorder (DID) |
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| dissociative disorder involving partial or complete loss of memory |
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| form of amnesia when person forgets his identity, wanders from home and starts a new life |
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condition characterized by prolonged emotional extremes ranging from mania to depression
1. major depressive disorder
2. bipolar disorder |
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| sadness, dispair, feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem |
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| A learned expectation that one cannot control impt life outcomes, resulting in apathy and depression eg electrocuted dogs |
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| depressive explanatory style |
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| the tendency for depressed pple to attribute negative events to factors tt are internal, stable and global eg its my fault, it will not change, it affects other parts of my life |
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| A rare mood disorder characterized by wild fluctuations from mania to depression |
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involving gross distortions of thoughts, perceptions and loss of contact with reality
1. Dosorganized
2. Catatonic
3. Undifferentiates
4. Residual |
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| 5 major symptoms of schizophrenia |
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1. incoherent thinking
2. delusions, false beliefs
3. hallucinations
4. disturbance of affect
5. bizarre behavior |
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1. Disorganized- illogical thinking and speech, silly and childish behavior
2. Catatonis- extremes in motor behavior eg stupor or hyperactivity
3. Paranoid- preoccupations with delusions or ahllucinations, causing extereme suspiciousness or hostility
4. Undifferentiated- catchall categories for mixtures tt dont fit into any type
5. Residual- pple with prior episodes of schizphrenia but not experiencing major symptoms |
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| theory tt mental disorders dvp when pple with a genetic or acquired vulnerability are exposed to high levels of stress |
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| grp of disorders charactized by a personality that is highly inflexible and maladaptive. |
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| 11 personality disorders in DSM-IV |
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| Schizoid personality, Paraniod personality, Obsessive-compulsive personality, histronic personality, narcissistic personality, avoidant personality, borderline personality, antiosocial personality |
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| Borderline personality disorder |
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| instability in one's self image, mood, social relationships and lack of clear identity |
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| chronic pattern of self centred, manipulative, and destructive behavior towards others |
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| tendency for people diagnosed with one mental disorder to exhibit symptoms of other disorders as well |
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