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abnormal psyc
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
07/28/2008

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Term
psychosomatic hypothisis
Definition
bodily symptoms can be caused by blocking of emotional expression
Term
eating disorders
Definition
anorexia nervosia

bulimia

binge eating
Term
anorexia nurvisa
Definition
distorted body image

- denys seriousness
- 90-95% females
Term
bulimia
Definition
binge eating followed by throwing up

- poor impules control
- runs in family
- 6 month of medicine / therapy 95% decrease in desease
- cognitive therapry
Term
binge eating
Definition
binging w.o throwing up

- compulsive snacking
- stress
Term
sleep disorders
Definition
33% of population has sleep disorders - cant be better explained by medical disorder or drug abuse

- dissomnias -
1- insomnia
2- hyperinsomnia-
3- naquolepsy-
Term
dissomnias
Definition
problem with amount, quality, and timing of sleep
Term
insomnia
Definition
most common sleep disorder
problem with maintaining sleep initiating sleep

- commom women
- prevelent w age
Term
hyperinsomnia
Definition
excessive sleep - daytime sleep
Term
narquolepsy
Definition
daytime sleep w REM sleep

- not sure of cause -genetic coomponent
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parasomnia
Definition
unusual behavior during sleep

- nightmare disorder
- sleep terror
- sleep walking disorder
Term
nightmare disorder
Definition
remembering your dream
Term
sleep terror
Definition
dont remember dream - increased arousal not in REM
Term
sleep walking desise
Definition
rise from bed during sleep
- not a disorder unless harm is being done
Term
psychosociological / psychosymatic
Definition
psychical disorder associated w psychological events

- carenary heart desise
Term
concordance / disconcordance
Definition
- twins have same disorder
- one twin has it one twin doesnt
Term
fragham study
Definition
1940 mass -- women prvide more social support
Term
disorders or bodily preocupation
Definition
somatophorms - all in the head

1- pain disorder
2- somatization disorder
3- hypercondriac
4- conversion disorder
5- body dismorphic disorder (BDD)
Term
Pain disorder
Definition
suvere pain prolonged, tiny physical symptoms - somtimes none


acute - casued by somthing specific
chronic - prolonged keeps coming back
Term
somatization disorder
Definition
multipal bodily complaints

- 4 different areas on pain

- 2 gasto intestinal w.o pain
- 1 sexual w.o pain
- 1 suronurological
Term
hypocondriac
Definition
s person that has a persistant (6month) belief of a specific illness

worried about health
Term
conversion disorder
Definition
loss of bodily function

- haring
- seeing
- walking
- talking

hand parilization - glove amnisia
Term
BDD
Definition
preocupation with a minor issue excessive concern

thinking you are extreamly ugly

-- muscle dismorphia - gym head
Term
facticious disorders
Definition
faking it for attention - neglectful lifestyal

- munchausen syndrome
- facticious disorder by proxy
- malingering -
Term
munchausen syndrome
Definition
enflicting intentional injuries on self - full blown stories
- sttention seeking behavior
Term
Facticious - byproxy
Definition
parent producing a child with syndrome
Term
malingering
Definition
faking illness for personal gain
Term
anxiety disorders
Definition
unpleasent feeling of prolonged aprehension or fear

- GDA
- 6 months
- under 30 females


panic disorder
Term
panic disorder
Definition
sudden overwelming experience of terror
Term
comoribility
Definition
having 2 or more disorders at the same dime (depression / anxiety)
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