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| maladaptive, dangerous, unusual, personally distressing, or "abnormal" by cultural standards |
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| interferes with everyday function or is self-defeating in important aspects in life |
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| occurrence of behavior is statistically rare, or "out of touch" with reality |
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| feeling discomfort and wishing for change. or in personality disorders, they don't mind, but others are in distress. |
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| change by location and time, and can change often. |
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Psychiatrist: has MD, prescribe meds
Psychologist: masters, phD
Social Worker
Psychiatric Nurse
Marriage/Family Therapist
Counselors |
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Theory: set of concepts or ideas
To test theory...
Hypothesis: testable predictions
Data: collect information
Conclude: analyze data
Confirm: accept/reject hypothesis |
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| Research Methods (Case Study) |
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detailed of 1 or a few subjects. descriptive.
May do "psychological autopsy" case study on somebody who has committed suicide, study their psyche. |
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| Research Methods (Naturalistic Observation) |
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| observing something in its natural habitat. descriptive. |
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| Research Methods (Correlational Method) |
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study relationship between two variables, usually expressed statistically
One type is "longitudinal study", subjects are followed over long period of time |
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| Research Methods (Experimental Study) |
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| its the use of a controlled experiment to observe cause and effect. |
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| There are 5 axes which are used to make an official diagnosis (by DSM standard) |
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| MAJOR DISORDER? (Depression) |
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| DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OR PERSONALITY DISORDER? (Dependent Personality) |
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| GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION? (Hypertension) |
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| PSYCHOSOCIAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS? (Divorce, unemployment) |
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| GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING/GAF SCALE? (Ability to cope on scale of 0-100, 100 being least ability) |
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| diagnosis of a second disorder |
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| provides certian language professionals, can treat diagnosis accordingly, helpful for clients to have a name for their feelings, insurance insists on having a diagnosis. |
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| can cause stereotyping, use as excuse for bad behavior, may lose individualization, self-fulfilling prophecy, may scare patient/follow them through life, may be misapplied for political/social reasons. |
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| specific to certian regions/people or were prevalent during a certian time period |
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different ways of viewing behavior. each perspective believes abnormal behavior has to do with -something-
Biological, Psychodynamic, Learning Model |
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| genetics, passed to children. Polygenetic (haven't found one gene for behavior) treatment is drugs. (p 126) |
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| Psychodynamic Perspective |
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(Freud's Psychoanalytic)
no drugs, use therapy to find unconscious problems. they interpret and explain results of treatment. |
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| systematic interaction between therapist/client, using psychological principals to help the client more effectively |
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| Treatment Concepts (Psychotherapy) |
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free association
resistance
transference
counter-transference
dream analysis
catharsis
timing |
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| Learning Model Perspective |
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(Behaviorism)
abnormal behavior is learned from the environment. there are 3 learning models
1. classical conditioning: learning by association
2. operant conditioning: reinforcement
3. modeling: learning by observation/imitation |
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| Systematic application of learning principals in order to promote positive behavior change. Must be able to measure overt (observable) actions |
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| Treatment Concepts (Behavior Therapy) |
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systematic desensitization
in-vivo/gradual exposure
aversion
operant |
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