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Module 29, 30, and 31
Disorders
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Psychology
12th Grade
03/30/2010

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History of disorders
Definition
Up until the 1800's disorders was linked to religion, if you had a disorder then you were possessed by a demon
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Asylums
Definition
Where people were locked away if they had a disorder
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What makes a disorder?
Definition

1. Maladaptive behavior

2. Unjustifiable

3. Disturbing

4. Atypical

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Neurotic
Definition
Don't interfere with life
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Psychotic
Definition
Definitely interfere with life
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DSM IV
Definition
diagnostic and statistical manual...version 4
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DSM IV
Definition
  • 17 catergories of disorders
  • 200 specific disorders
  • published in 1994
  • changes over time
  • classifies disorders by symptoms
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Labeling those who have disorders
Definition
  • good-can get treatment
  • bad-people think of them as crazy

 

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Cluster B
Definition

Dramatic/Impulsive behavior

  • borderline-instability
  • antisocial-lawbreakers
  • narcisstic-god complex (power)
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people with disorders
Definition
90% of them are NOT dangerous
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People who live in poverty are _______ as likely to get a disorder
Definition
twice
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Disorder most common among men
Definition
Alcohol Abuse
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Disorder most common among women
Definition
Depression
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Types of disorders
Definition
  1. Anxiety
  2. Mood
  3. Dissociative
  4. Schizophrenia
  5. Personality
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Organic Disorders
Definition

A disorder that is caused by physical damage

ex. alcoholism and alzheimer's

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Somatoform Disorders
Definition
When a break occurs between the mind and body
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Hypochondriasis
Definition
mental symptoms and no physical cause (imagined illness)
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Conversion Disorders
Definition

Physical disorders that are caused by something mental

ex. blindness and paralysis

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Schizophrenia
Definition

family of disorders

1% of worlds population

schizo-a break

 

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Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Definition
  1. Delusions
  2. Hallucinations
  3. Inappropriate emotions or behaviors
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Cause of Schizophrenia
Definition
  1. genetic
  2. Brain Structure
  3. Brain Function
  4. Prenatal viruses

triggers:

  1. stress
  2. family communication
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Types of Schizophrenia
Definition
  1. paranoid-persecution
  2. Catatonic-Freeze
  3. Disorganized-word salad
  4. Undifferentiated
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Personality disorders
Definition
  • lasting rigid behaviors that disrupt social functioning
  • 10 or 11 disorders
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Cluster A
Definition

Odd Behavior

  • paranoid-doesn't trust
  • schizoid-stay away from people

Anxiety-based

  • avoidant-can't do relationships
  • histrionic-drama queen on steroids
  • dependent-clingy
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People with personality disorders
Definition
  • won't believe you when you tell them that they have a disorder
  • most dangerous
  • lack of remorse
  • lack of empathy
  • symptoms begin when little
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2 levels of personality behaviors
Definition
  1. sociopath-charming
  2. psychopath-so impulsive they can't hide
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Anxiety
Definition
vague feeling of apprehension and nervousness
Term
anxiety/mood disorders are...
Definition
more common
Term
types of anxiety disorders
Definition
  • Generalized anxiety
  • Panic
  • Phobia
  • OCD
  • PTSD
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Generalized Anxiety
Definition
disruptive, long term, unexplained
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Panic
Definition
Brief intense panic attacks
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Phobia
Definition
Irrational fear that is disruptive
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OCD
Definition
unwanted repetitive thoughts and actions
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PTSD
Definition
reliving a severly upsetting event in unwanted recurring memories and dreams
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Causes of anxiety disorders
Definition

biological

learned

predisposition

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Mood Disorders
Definition
  1. major depressive disorder
  2. Bipolar
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Major depressive disorder
Definition
  • depression excpet on steroids
  • lasts longer than 2 weeks
  • loss of interest
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Bipolar
Definition
  • Used to be called manic depressive
  • swings from happy and depressed in seconds
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Indications of a mnood disorder
Definition
  • suicide
  • euthanasia
  • self mutilation
  • loneliness
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Causes of mood disorders
Definition
  • Biological-heredity, brain function
  • Social cognitive-learned helplessness, attributions
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1 out of what have a disorder?
Definition
4
Term
Dissociative Disorders
Definition
  • sense of self has become separated from previous memories, thoughts, or feelings

A way to deal with trauma

Term
Amnesia
Definition
  • not organic
  • not repression
  • loss of memory in a traumatic event
  • generally comes back all at once
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Fugue
Definition
  • Loss of identity and travel to a new location
  • create a whole new life for yourself
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Identity
Definition
  • also called MPD (multiple personality disorder)
  • dissociative fugue on steroids
  • 3-12 different personalities
  • created by trauma
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Dependence Disorders
Definition
  • dependence on an activity to reduce anxiety
  • ex. alcoholism, drug abuse
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