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psych ch 14
psychological science 3rd ed (class & text notes)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/23/2012

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3 aspects of psychological disorder
Definition

1. psychological dysfunction

2. personal distress

3. atypical response

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advantages to classifying disorders
Definition

1. investigate etiology

2. communicate among professionals

3. help people with disorder

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disadvantages to classifying disorder
Definition

1. behaviour and traits are on a continuum

2. stigma

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etiology
Definition
cause, contributing factors to disorder
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DSM
Definition
multiaxial system to categorize disorders
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5 axis of DSM
Definition

1. clinical disorders

2. mental retardation/personality disorder

3. medical condition

4. psychosocial problems

5. global assessment 

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clinical assessment
Definition
systematical evaluation and measurement of biopsychosocial factors in a person
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purposes of clinical assessment
Definition
understand individual, predict behaviour, plan treatment, provide prognosis
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3 types of clinical interview
Definition

1. structured

2. semi structured

3. unstructured

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projective test
Definition
making inferences about a client's repsonse to ambiguous stimuli (type of assessment)
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personality test
Definition
self-report, assess traits and patterns that relate to existence of particular disorders (assessment) (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)
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cognitive testing
Definition
"intelligence test" assess various aspects of attention, memory and intelligence
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neuropsychological testing
Definition
used to assess brain abnormalities/impairments
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Diathesis Stress Model
Definition
underlying vulnerability + precipiating event = disorder
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comorbidity
Definition
more than one psychological disorder co-occurring in an individual
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gender differences
Definition

internalizing = male

externalizing = female

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DID (dissociative identity disorder)
Definition
split, hosts, identities, alters, switch, female, childhood, comorbidity, ptsd, escape mechanism, reintegration
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Hillside Strangler
Definition
used DID as excuse for killing
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Definition
dysmorphophobia, fear of ugliness, appearance obsession, suicide, equal m/f, 20s, MJ
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Mood disorders (2)
Definition

1. Depressive disorders

2. bipolar disorders

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Depressive disorders
Definition
persistent and persasive feelings of sadness, cognitive symptoms + anhedonia
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anhedonia
Definition
loss of interest/pleasure in usually pleasurable activities
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depressive disorders (3)
Definition

1. major depression

2. Dysthymia

3. double depression 

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gender and depression 
Definition

women 2x more likely

superwoman syndrome

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manic episode 
Definition
a distincy period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting at least 1 week
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bipolar disorder
Definition
periods of mania frequently alternating with periods of depression, genetic contribution (70%) 
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anxiety disorders
Definition

1. phobic disorders

2. panic disorders 

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anxiety disorders
Definition
anxiety vs. fear, pervasive and persistent symptoms of anxiety, excessive avoidance and escape
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specific phobias 
Definition
phobias involving particular objects or situations
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social phobia
Definition
involves fear of being humiliated in a social situation
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GAD - generalized anxiety disorder
Definition
excessive uncontrollable anxious apprehension and worry 
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panic disorder 
Definition
panic attacks, agoraphobia
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agoraphobia
Definition
fear of having additional attacks & being in a situation where escape might be difficult
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OCD
Definition
obsession and compulsions
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obsession
Definition
intrusive thoughts or images 
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compulsions 
Definition
person feels compelled to engage in ritualistic behaviour
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Schizophrenia
Definition
psychotic disorder that may involve distrubances in thinking, perception, speech, emotions, and behaviour
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positive sypmtoms
Definition
excesses/distortions or normal behaviour, most responsive
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negative symptoms
Definition
absence or insufficiency of normal behaviour, spectrum: Apathy, Algoia, Anhedonia, Flat Affect
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4 A's of neg symptoms
Definition

1. apathy

2. algoia

3. anhedonia

4. flat affect

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cotard delusions
Definition
person believes part of body has been changed or are dead
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capgras delusions
Definition
person believes someone they know is replaced by double
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Disorganized symptoms
Definition
severe excess speech, behaviour, emotion, cognitive slippage, tangentiality, loose associations
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genetics of schizo
Definition
family history, multiple gene mutation, brain disorder, enviro too
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personality disorders
Definition
maladaptive ways of relating to the world, last throughout lifetime
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3 clusters of personality disorders
Definition

A - odd/eccentric

B- dramatic, emotional/ eratic

C - Anxious, fearful

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antisocial personality disorder
Definition
failure to comply with social norms, irrespsonsible, impulsive, lack conscious, empathy..cluster B
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etiology of antisocial personality disorder
Definition

nurture - families with inconsistant discipline, support

nature - cortical immaturity hypothesis, cerbral cortex

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borderline personality disorder
Definition
unstable moods, relationship, impulsive, fear of abandonment, self mutilation, suicidal, comorbidity
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anorexia nervosa 
Definition
mortality, weight loss, female
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bulimia nervosa
Definition
binge eating + compensatory behaviour, female, late teen, chronic
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muscle dysmorphia
Definition
reverse anorexia
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childhood disorders
Definition
added to new dsm, usually first diagnosed during infancy, childhood, or adolescence
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Autism (3)
Definition

1. impairment of social interaction

2. communication probs

3. restricted patterns of behaviour, interests, activities

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Treatment for autism (2)
Definition

1. ABA - applied behavioural analysis, intense!

2. PRT - pivotal repsonse training, n.s, naturalistic behavioural

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ADHD
Definition
inattention, over-activity, impulsivity (childhood), numerous impairments
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paraphilias
Definition
unusual attraction
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voyeurism
Definition
arousal from secretely observing others nude, risk, male, no contact
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exhibitionism
Definition
sexual gratification from exposing, streaking, produce shock, thril
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zoophilia
Definition
sexual contact with animals, men, farmers
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necrophilia
Definition
desiring sex with corpses, non resistant, no rejecting partner
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autoerotic asphyxiation
Definition
"breath play", death
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frotteurism
Definition
rubbing against non conseting person, crowds, rarely reported
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GID
Definition
trapped in body of wrong sex, sex reassignment as treatment
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sexual dysfunction
Definition
hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), little interest in sexual activity
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sexual aversion disorder
Definition
little interest in sex, extreme fear, pain, disgust, panic disorder, trauma
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male erectile disorder
Definition
difficulty acieving and maintaining an errection
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Sexual arousal disorder
Definition
prob is arousal not desire, males
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orgasm disorder
Definition
inhibited orgasm, female 
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