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Psychopathology
Chapters 1-3
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
09/17/2008

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Psychological Disorder
Definition
Psychological Dysfunction/Distress
Term
Psychological Dysfunction
Definition
Break down in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning
Term
Personal Distress
Definition
Difficulty performing appropriate and expected roles
Impairment is set in the context of a person's background
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Cultural Expectation
Definition
A typical or culturally expected response
Reaction is outside the cultural norms
Term
DSM-IV-TR
Definition
The diagnostic and statistical manual
Contains Diagnostic criteria
Term
Psychopathology
Definition
A psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in functioning that is not typical or culturally expected
Term
Types of jobs
Definition
Ph.D's - clinical and counseling psychologist
Psy.D's - Clinical and Counseling "Dr of Psych"
M.D.'s - psychatrists
M.S.W.'s - Psychiatric and non -psych social workers
MN/MSN - Psychiatric nurses
Lay public community groups
Term
The Scientist-Practitioner Model
Definition
Producers of Research
Consumers of Research
Evaluators of their work using empirical methods
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Clinical Description
Definition
Prevalence - # of ppl that have a particular disorder in the total pop at any given time
INcidence - # of new case of a disorder that appear during a specific time period
ONset acute or insidious
Episodic - follow an episode
Time-limited - improve w/out treatment in short amount of time (death)
Chronic Course - last a long time seek route treatment
Term
Acute/insidious
Definition
suddenly/ develops over a period of time
Term
Prognosis
Definition
Predicted future development of disorder
good - recovery w/ or w/out treatment
Gaurded - outcome is not positive/lots of intervention
Term
Etiology
Definition
What contributes to the development of psycholopathology
Biological/psychological. Social dimensions
Term
Super natural
Definition
Deviant behavior was a battle of good and evil
caused by demonic possession, withcraft etc
treatments included exorcism, torture, beatings and crude surgeries
Moon and stars
Term
Lunatic
Definition
Luna moon
Term
Hippocrates
Definition
abnormal behaivoral as a physical disease
Humoral therapy
blood, flem, black and yellow viel
Term
Galenic-hippocratic tradition
Definition
linked abnormality with brain chemical imbalances
foreshadowing modern views
Term
ID/Ego/Superego
Definition
Pleasure/Logical/Morals
Term
Defense Mechanisms
Definition
Displacement - kick the dog
Rationalization -excuses
Denial
Reaction formation
Projection
Repression
Sublimation
Term
Psychosexual Stages of Development
Definition
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latnecy
Gentical
Term
Emotion/mood/affect
Definition
overall feelings/state of mood at any given time - short term mood
Term
Clinical Assessment
Definition
Psychological, Biological, Sociological
Come on own accord
Gaurdian broughten
Mandated
Term
Diagnosis
Definition
Understanding the Individual
predict behavior
plan treatment
evaluate the treatment outcome
Term
Reliability v. Validity
Definition
Consistantcy v. Accuracy
Term
Standardization
Definition
Ensures consistancy in the use of a technique
Provides population benchmarks for comparison
Term
Mental Status Exam
Definition
Appearnce and behavior -outward
thought processes
mood and affect
intellecutal functioning
Sensorium
Physical exam
Term
Behavioral Assessment
Definition
Can be formal or informal
self-monitoring vs. being observed by others
problems of reactivity using direct observation
Term
Reactivity
Definition
you can distort the data becuase you know you're going to be observed
Term
Projective Tests
Definition
Roots in psychoanalytic tradition
Valid and reliable
Project aspects of personality onto ambiguous test stimuli
Requre high degree of inference in socring and interpretation
inkplot
Term
Neuropsychological Testing
Definition
Assess broad range of skills and abilities
Goal is to understand brain-behavior relations
Term
False Positive/False Negative
Definition
Something reported but none present
Negative but there is something present
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