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Abnormal Exam 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
02/06/2012

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Misogyny
Definition
Hatred of Women
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Fumigate Vagina
Definition
How egyptians treated hysteria
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Trephinning
Definition
Make an opening in the person's skull to allow the demons to exit
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Purgative
Definition
Given to a person to rid their body of stomach contents in order to make the demon uncomfortable
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Egas Moniz
Definition
Portuguese neurologist believed that the cause of mental disorders was due to a reverberating circuit in the brain. Did the first lobtomy
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Walter Freeman
Definition
Advocate for the lobotomy
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Leucotome
Definition
Similar to an ice pic. "Brain- Knife"
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Topectomy
Definition
Plug of tissue is removed, weighed to see if it was equal on both sides; if not they removed more
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Transoribtal Leucotomy
Definition
In through the eye..OUCH
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Lycanthropy
Definition
Delusion of being a wolf
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Lemhotep
Definition
God of medicine
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Incubation
Definition
Sleep in a temple and your dreams would reflect and suggest a treatment
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Hippocrates
Definition
Father of medicine
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Yellow Bile
Definition
Choleric, Angry, Irritable
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Black Bile
Definition
Melancholic, sad, depressed
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Phlegm
Definition
Cold, listless
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Blood
Definition
Hopeful, happy, warm, optimistic-mania
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Avicenna Stories (2 of them)
Definition
1.)Prince who thought he was a cow
2.) Heart sick man
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Projection
Definition
An individual takes the characteristics unacceptable in him/her and throws them onto others; women became scapegoats (Renaissance era in Europe)
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Reaction Formation
Definition
An individual expresses a view that is the opposite of what he/she truly believes; i.e. someone is obsessed with porn but starts a campaign against it.
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Pope Innocent VIII
Definition
"Leave no stone unturned" in the hunt for the devil
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The Witches' Hammer
Definition
Had three parts:
1.) Proved existence of witches
2.) How to identify witches
3.) How to try witches and punish them
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Anesthesia (needle trick)
Definition
Poked you all over with a needle. If you didn't scream at a poke, that spot is where the devil possessed you.
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Stigmata Diaboli
Definition
Sign of the devil; marks on the body where "devil made imprint"
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Cornelius Agrippa
Definition
Wrote a book "The nobility and pre-eminence of the feminine sex"; started the idea of that all women aren't evil/bad/witches
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Johann Weyer
Definition
Studied with Agrippa; physician for the Duke; "witch hunters" came after him
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The Deception of Demons
Definition
Talks about a 16 year old girl who claims to be able to take a cloth of needles and swallow and regurgitate it because she is a witch
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Reginald Scot
Definition
Writes book called "Discovery of Witchcraft"; talked about sickness affecting witches brains and impairing their powers of judgement; book was burned
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St. Teresa of Avila
Definition
First women ever mentioned in Abnormal Psychology; acted sick instead of possessed with accused of being a witch. IT WORKED!!!!!!
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St. Mary of Bethlehem
Definition
patients here called "lunatics"; root of the word "bedlam"
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Gheel Shrine
Definition
In Belguim; tolerated lunatics and embraced them
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Phil Pinel
Definition
Father of modern psychiatry; wanted to see more patients let free
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Pussin
Definition
Worked for Phil Pinel and did most of his work
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Vincezo Chiarugi
Definition
the "Pinel" of Italy
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William Tuke
Definition
Quaker who lost friend in an asylum; created moral therapy
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Moral Therapy
Definition
Lack of restraints, combination of work and leisure, family style setting
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Benjamin Rush
Definition
Father of American psychiatry; Wrote first textbook on psychiatry; only hired kind attendants; invented tranquilizer chair
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Dorothea Dix
Definition
Started a crusade in Massachusetts; started the founding of more than 30 hospitals for mentally ill to be funded by the government; St. Elizabeth's Hospital is famous
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Franz Anton Mesmer
Definition
Invented mesmerism; thought universe was made of magnetic fluid and if trapped in our bodies made us ill
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Hypnosis
Definition
famous from Sigmon Freud and came out of mesmerism
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National Committee for Mental Hygiene
Definition
Formed in 1909 after Clifford Beers was treated like shit in the mental ward
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Emil Kraepelin
Definition
Described two disorders: Manic Depressive psychosis & Bipolar
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Psychoanalytic Model
Definition
Oldest model; roots were in mesmerism; Supported by Charcot and Freud
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Psychological Model
Definition
Classical conditioning with Ivan Pavlov; John Watson (was mean to little albert; B.F. Skinner (operant conditioning)
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Pseudo Patient Study by Rosenhan
Definition
Healthy people said they heard "empty hollow thud" in ear and got admitted in mental hospital; basically showed that:
1.)it's hard to tell the sane from the insane
2.) Our diagnosis are not always accurate
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we want around .7, but we really want .8
Definition
Degree of agreement between different doctors on a diagnosis
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Beck's Study
Definition
Studied Reliability of diagnosis; showed that only 54% of the time doctors agreed
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Three Things Responsible for Errors in agreement
Definition
1.) Patient could be making something up
2.) We don't ask proper follow up questions
3.) The system
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Axis of the DSM IV
Definition
I. Clinical disorders
II. Personality disorders/mental retardation
III. General medical conditions
IV. Psychosocial or environmental problems
V. Global Assessment of Functioning
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Comorbid
Definition
Person has more than one disorder
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Disorders men are predominant in
Definition
Anti-social personality (guys hate talking)
Sexual deviations (men like sex)
Alcohol Dependence (men like beer)
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Disorder with highest genetic link
Definition
Bipolar Disorder
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Differential Diagnosis
Definition
"Rule out" diagnosis; you rule things out because they can confuse you with your diagnosis
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Battery
Definition
A collection of psychological tests
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Objective Tests
Definition
1. Intelligence Tests (like WAIS-IV or Stanford-Binet)
2. Personality Tests (like MMPI-2)
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Projective Tests
Definition
1. Rorschach Inkblot test (the pictures on cards)
2. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
3. House-Tree-Person (HTP)
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Brain Damage Tests
Definition
1. Bender-Gestalt; can measure personality
2. Halstead-Reitan; tells you what weaknesses person has
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Two Kinds of IQ Tests
Definition
Individual and Group
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Discontinue rules
Definition
Tells us when to stop administering a test; when a person has missed a certain number
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Noncontingent Reinforcement
Definition
after every answer you say "Good" or "Greatttt"
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David Wechsler
Definition
psychologist at Bellevue hospital; used the Stanford-Binet test; found that the test lacked face validity (adults need harder questions)
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Average IQ
Definition
Adult= 100
Majority of population between 85-115
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Picture Completion
Definition
A perceptual Reasoning Index; tell what is missing in the picture; Schizophrenics have trouble with this
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Three steps in administering the Rorschach Inkblot Test
Definition
1. Free Response: What do they see?
2. Location: "Where do you see that ?"
3. Testing the Limits: Reality contact
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Civil Commitment
Definition
Person gets institutionalized because they need the treatment
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The M'Naghten Rule
Definition
"Right-Wrong" rule;First "not guilty" plea due to insanity
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Durham vs U.S.
Definition
Case with guy who cut girls pigtails; went to supreme court and deemed not guilty of a crime because your actions were a product of mental disease
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The Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984
Definition
Follows assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan; guy found not guilty by plea of insanity;
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Michael Hayes
Definition
Video guy who killed 4 people: plead not guilty due to insanity; eventually said he "was" insane but now "isn't"; stayed in mental hospital
Term
Insanity Plea (how often is it used)
Definition
Used in 35-40% of all cases people think BUT it is used way way less

-less than 1% insanity pleas
- only 26% of that 1% actually successful
- 90% of those pleading insanity are male
-Those found not guilty by reason of insanity, 84% schizophrenia and bipolar
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Burden Shift in the Court
Definition
Burden now on to the defendant after the Insanity Defense Reform Act
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Ken Donaldson
Definition
Visited his dad in Florida and complains of drowsiness and that "someone drugged his food" in California; Dad files petition saying he is a paranoid schizophrenic; turns out he was not mentally ill nor did he receive any treatment
Term
Least Restrictive Alternative (LRA)
Definition
If you can take care of this problem in a short 24hour window, then do it
Term
Reasons for Commitment (into psych ward)
Definition
1. Impaired judgement i.e. guy cuts own hand off
2. Need for treatment: the "thank you" reason;
3. Grave Disability: person cannot care for themselves
4. Danger to Self
5. Danger to Others
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Frank Addington
Definition
Dude in Texas hospitalized 7times in 8 years; was committed because he was dangerous to self and others;

Argued proof should be "beyond reasonable doubt"
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