Psych Exam Psychological Disorders 13

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psychological disorder

Thoughts feeelings or behaviors that are significantly distressing in terms of social functioning, work or other parts of life

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abnormality: atypicality

1.       degree of which they’re uncommon

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abnormality: dysfunction

degree to which they interfere with daily life and relationships

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abnormality:Distress

degree to which thoughts feelings and behaviors cause a person to be upset and or uncomfortable

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abnormality: deviance

: degree to which they are outside standards of society

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Diagnoses

: process of determining which disorders a person has

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Comorbidity

multiple illnesses

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   how do mental health professionals in the US diagnose psychological disorders

biopsychosocial approach + DSM5

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Etiology

what causes a disorder?

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Equifinality

Multiple pathways can lead to the same outcome

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Multifinality

The same processes can lead to different outcomes.

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Panic Disorder

Reaccurent, unexpected panic attacks and fear that can cause significant chagnes in behavior

Symptoms: sudden extreme unexpected fear/discomfort, fight or flight

contributors: irregularities in amygdala, hypothalamus, classical conditioning

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Specific Phobia

Fear and anxiety directed towards a specific object.

Possible contributors: classical conditioning, negative reinforcement, observational learnign

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Social Anxiety Disorder

Fear directed towards social interaction

Possible contributers: classical conditionign, negative reinforcemnet, observational learning

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

excessive worries and anxiety about family, helath school and other areas of life

contributers: larger amygdala, smaller hippocampus (memory formation), childhood adversity, overprotective parents

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OCD

Obsession: a thought, urge, image that arises in the mind occurs repatidly, inrsuvei and unwelcome, usually causes distress

compusion: a behavior or mental activity that is repeated over adn over directed at reducing distress

contributers: genes, neurotrasmitters serotinin/dopamine, basal ganglia-dopamine rich enlarged, negative reinforcemnt.

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Major Depressive Disorder

At least one depressive episode that lasted for two weeks

Feelings of guild, sleep changes nad eating changes, more or less of it

Possible causes: genes, seretonin, epinephrine (adrenaline), cortisol and estrogen Cognatie distortins

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