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| What is abnormal behavior? |
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| a behavior that deviates from the norm |
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| are they aware of consequences of behavior |
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| What are the possible models for defining disorders? |
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*1. a violation of cultural standards
*2. self destructive or harmful
*3. emotional distress |
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| What is the reference manual called that is used to diagnose disorders? |
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| What disorders go on the five axes of a psychological diagnosis |
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*personal disorders
*personality disorders
*general medical disorders
*psycho-social or environmental disorders
*global assessment of functioning |
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| What are some concerns about the diagnostic system? |
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*danger of overdiagnosis
*power of diagnostic labels
*confusion of serious mental disorders with normal problems
*the illusion of objectivity |
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| What are some concerns about the diagnostic system? |
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*danger of overdiagnosis
*power of diagnostic labels
*confusion of serious mental disorders with normal problems
*the illusion of objectivity |
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| What are some advantages to the DSM-IV-TR? |
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*new studies are improving empirical evidence
*categories help clinicians to select the most appropriate treatment
*culture-bound syndromes are now included |
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| What are projective and objective tests? |
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p-ink blot, tests that ask open ended questions
O-reliable, standardized ex: surveys |
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| What is generalized anxiety disorder? |
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| on a majority of days in a 6 month period a person experiences anxiety. Not brought on by physical cause. Symtoms-restlessness, irratibility, muscle tension, disturbed sleep, and unwanted worries |
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| person experiences reoccurring panick attacks, intense fear. Dizzy, rapid heart rate- physiological disorder-b/c of specific event |
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| What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? |
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-experienced traumatic or life threatening event.
*symptoms- psycic numbing, re-live trauma. Symptoms have to0 persist 4 more than one month after event |
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| What is the definition of a phobia? |
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| exaggerated, unrealistic fear of a specific situation, activity, or object |
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| What is different about phobias from normal fears or dislikes? |
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| Phobias stop you from going about you from going about ur daily life, and normal fears are normal not life altering |
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| What are two ways to therapeutically approach phobias? |
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*systematic desentization-step by step process where you are desentizing a client to fear a object or experience
*flooding-exposure treatment where client is taken directly to fear situation |
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| person feels trapped in repitive, persistant thoughts |
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| repetitive, ritualized behaviors |
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| What are the symptoms of depression? |
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*depressed mood
*reduced interest in almost all activities
*significant weight gain or loss
*sleep disturbance
*change in motor activity
*fatigue or loss of energy
*feelings of worthlessness or guilt
*reduced ability to think or conentrate
*recurrent thoughts of death |
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| What are the five theories of depression? |
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a. Biological-heritable or genetic disorder
b. Social-history of losses
cc. Attatchment-insecure attatchments
c. Cognitive-negative ways of thinking about things, uncontrollable, powerless
d. Vulnerability-stress model-biological approach, genetic predisposition for you to have depression |
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| What is narcissistic personality disorder? |
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| disorder characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance and self-absorption |
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| What is paranoid personality disorder? |
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| a disorder characterized by habitually unreasonable and excessive suspiciousness and jealousy |
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| What is antisocial personality disorder? |
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Definition
| a disorder characterized by antisocial behavior such as lying, stealing, manipulating others, and sometimes violence; and lack of guilt, shame and empathy |
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| What is dissociative identity disorder? What are the flaws in that diagnosis? |
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Definition
*controversial disorder marked by the apperance within on person of two or more distinct personalities, each with its own name and traits;
**flaws in underlying research-common, most goes undiagnosed, most clinicians can use false suggestion, media influence |
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| What is the definition of substance abuse? |
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| mal adaptive pattern of substance use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress |
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| What has research shown about countries that have some sort of prohibition and its link to alcoholism? |
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| Some cultures teach make u drink alcohol in binges and don’t make u drink moderate amounts |
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| What are the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia? |
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*p-hallucinations, dilusions, incoherent speech, inappropriate or disorganzed behavior
*n-loss of motivation, emotional flatness, social withdrawal, slowed speech or no speech |
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