Final Exam PSY 101 Psychological Disorders

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psychological disorders

a syndrom (collection of symptoms) marked by a clinically significant

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societal views

of dysfunctional thoughts, feels, and behaviors influence what may be classified as a disorder

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Middle Ages

people may have been cages, beaten, mutalated, teeth, intestines, or blood removed

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Late 1700s

moral treatment was introduced, boosting patients moral by talking with them and treating them with gentleness, social activity and cleanliness

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mid 1800s

the medical model was being used; a mental illness needs to be dignosed by its symptoms snd treated through therapy.

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classification aims to

predict, suggest, and prompt

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predict

the disorders future course

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suggest

the appropriate treatments

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prompt

research into its causes

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DSM-5

diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, most common tool for describing and estimating disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

excessive and uncontrollable worry, more days that not, for a minimum of 6 months; may be jittery agitated, and may have difficultly sleeping

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Panic disorder

unpredictable minutes long episodes of intense dread including terror, chest pain, choking, or other sensations, worry about the next attack.

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Phobias

persistent irrational fear and avoidance of some object, activity, or situation

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OCD

unwanted, repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions) or both

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PTSD

marked by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or difficulties sleeping that lasts hours, for four or more weeks.

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stimulus generalization

occurs when a persons experiences are fearful event, and later develops a fear of similar events

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Reinforcement

helps maintain- anything that helps us avoid or escape the feared situation can be reinforcing because it reduces anxiety

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Mirroring

can illicit fears-watching someone be afraid, may increase your fear

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Major depressive disorder

signs of depression that lasts for 2 or more weeks and causes near daily distress or impairment

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Seasonal Affect Disorder

episodes of depression can also be reliant on seasons

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Bipolar disorder

marked by alternating moods or helplessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania

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Rumination

staying focused on a problem, or overthinking, can divert us from thinking about other life tasks and increase negative mood.

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External forces

individuals who blame outside forces (the test was too hard) are more likely to feel anger

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Internal forces

individuals who blame themselves (i'm too stupid for this class) are more likely to feel depression

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Schizophrenia

marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonia, and/or diminished inappropriate emotional expression

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Catatonia

disrupts a persons awareness of the world around them, individual may react very little, or not at all to their surrounding, and they may stand/hold a position for a long time

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

marked by extreme dissociation of the self form ordinary consciousness; two or more distinct identities (own voice and mannerisms) seem to control a persons behavior at different times. the personalities aren't aware of each other .

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anxiety cluster

fearful sensitivity to rejection

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example of anxiety cluster

avoidant personality disorder

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Eccentric or odd behaviors cluster

emotionless disengagement

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example of Eccentric or odd behaviors cluster

shizotypal personality disorder

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dramatic or impulsive behaviors cluster

attention seeking/seeking behaviors, self focused behaviors, and callous, sometimes dangerous behaviors

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example of dramatic or impulsive behaviors cluster

borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder , antisocial personality disorder

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Anorexia Nervosa

an individual maintaining a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight sometimes accompanied by excessive exercise

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Bullimia Nervosa

marked by alternating between binge eating (high calorie foods) with purging )vomiting or laxative usage) or fasting

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Binge Eating Disorder

engagement in significant bouts of overeating, followed by remorse, they do not purge, fast, or exercise excessively