Abnormal Psych Vocab

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Persistent Depressive Disorder

• Experience a depression mood more often then not for 2 years

• Mild form with no suicidal thoughts

• At least 2 of the following symptoms

  • Difficulty with decision making and concentration

  • Feeling hopeless

  • Poor self-esteem

  • Reduced energy levels

  • Problems regulating sleep

  • Problems regulating appetite

Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders

• Most complex/severe

• Must have 2 of the following symptoms for 1 month, but 1 has to be from the first 3 listed

  • Delusions

  • Hallucinations

  • Disorganized Thinking/Speech

  • Catatonic Behavior

  • Positive and/or Negative Symptoms

Delusions

• False beliefs

• There are 2 main delusions: Delusions of Persecution and Delusions of Grandeur

Hallucinations

• Can be visual and/or auditory

• Most are auditory

  • Frequent voices that are negative, insulting, and giving orders to hurt oneself

Disorganized Speech/Thinking

• Disorganized Speech

  • Word salad

  • Fragmented and bizarre

• Disorganized Thinking

  • Breakdown of selective attention

  • Can not filter

  • Conversations can be irrelevant and minute by minute

Negative Symptoms

• Lack of typical behaviors

  • Toneless

  • Expressionless

  • Rigid bodies

Positive Symptoms

• Presence of inappropriate symptoms

  • Hallucination

  • Delusions

  • Disorganized talk

  • Catatonic excitement

Acute Schizo

• A reaction to stress

Chronic Schizo

• Gradual

  • Mainly afflicting men over women

Delusions of Persecutions

• Paranoia

  • Someone is out to get you

Delusions of Grandeur

• Belief that you have an extraordinary trait/ability

  • If at the top of a high building one can believe they are able to fly and attempt to jump and fly

Word Salad

• Saying words all together that make no sense

Catatonia

• Inappropriate motor behaviors

  • Catatonic Excitement

  • Catatonic Stupor

Flat Affect

• Expressionless

Catatonic Stupor

• Motionless for hours leading to agitation

• Waxy flexibility meaning others can move the body however

Catatonic Excitement

• performance of senseless and compulsive acts

• Will repeat like a parrot

Dopamine Hypothesis

• High dopamine receptors

  • Leads to intensified brain signals

Dissociative Disorder

• “Break from reality”

• A response to stress and trauma

• Two main types:

  • Dissociative Amnesia

  • Dissociative Identity

Dissociative Amnesia

• Cannot remember thing with no brain trauma

• Stressful and traumatic event

• Memory loss length can vary

• Can end up in unfamiliar environments

• Fugue

Fugue

• Traveling amnesia

  • Moments of memory loss of identity, personal history, and past events

• Departure of original environment

• Some take on new identities

Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Multiple Personality Disorder

• Several integrated personalities

  • Own voice and mannerism

• Control at different times

• Core personality have no clue of others

• Childhood abuse or trauma

• Only cure is to merge which can take years

• 8:1; women:men

Personality Disorders

• Inflexible

• Endure behavior patterns that impair social functioning

• 3 Clusters:

  • Cluster A: Eccentric/odd behavior

  • Cluster B: Dramatic/Impulsive/Emotional/Erratic behaviors

  • Cluster C: Anxiety/Fearful

Personality Personality Disorder

• Distrust/suspicious of others motives

• Emotional Detachment

• Hostile

• Does not have delusions/hallucinations

• Extreme speciousness

Schizoid Personality Disorder

• Lack of interest in social relationship

• Limited range of emotional expression

• Can not pick up normal social cues

• Dull/Indifferent to others

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

• Strange thinking/beliefs

• Believes messages are hidden for them in public speeches/displays

• Distortion; sensing a unseen presence/hearing whispers that are not there

• Magical thinking

• Anxious/uncomfortable in social situations causing few close relationships

• Difficult social functions appearing odd to others

Avoidant Personality Disorder

• Hypersensitivity to criticism/rejections

• Feeling inadequate

• Social Isolation

• Shy in social situations

• Timidity

Dependent Personality Disorder

• Submissive towards others

• Rely on attention and help from others

• Want taken care of

• Tolerance for poor/abusive behavior

• Urgent need to get into a new relationship right out of one

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

• Concerned with thoughts/performing certain behaviors

• Preoccupied by order and rule

• Perfection

• Want control

• Inflexible

Borderline Personality Disorder

• Impulsive and risky behavior

• Volatile relationships

• Unstable mood

• Suicidal behavior

• Fear of being alone

• 75% are involved in self-mutilation

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

• Fantasizing over power, success, and attractiveness

• Unwanted sense of self-importance

• Center of the universe

• Exaggerate achievements or talents

• Want constant praise and admiration

• Fail to notice others feelings

Histrionic Personality Disorder

• Need to be the center of attention

• Silly or dress provocatively

• Theatrical

• Excessively emotional

• Sensitive to others approval

• Unstable mood

• Concerned with physical appearance

• Feel almost all relationships are intimate

• Sexualize situations

Antisocial Personality Disorder

• Sociopaths or psychopaths

• Mainly male

• Lack of empathy

• Do not regard others feelings

• Dishonest, lie, ad manipulate

• View the world as hostile

• Certain charm

• 4% of the world