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Lect. 1: Normality v. Abnormality and Mental Illness Flashcards

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What is the WHO definition for Normalcy?

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A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being

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What is the DSM IV-TR definition for Abnormality?

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A behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern associated w/ distress, risk for pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom

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What are the 4 functional perspectives of Normality according to Offer and Sabshin?

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  1. Health
  2. Utopia
  3. Average
  4. A process
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What is the prevalence of Anxiety Disorder?

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28.8%

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What is the prevalence of Mood Disorder?

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20.8%

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What is the prevalence of Impulse Control Disorder?

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24.8%

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What is the prevalence of Substance Use Disorder?

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14.6%

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What is Psychosis and what psychotic disorder do we spend the most money on?

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Grossly impaired reality testing.

Schizophrenia — >70%

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What is Neurosis?

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! Term is no longer used !

Chronic anxiety and distress

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What is Horney’s Basic Assumption?

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Social and cultural conditions, especially during childhood, are primarily influences on later personality

—Neurosis stems from childhood traumas
—Kids who don’t get genuine love feel threatened and adopt rigid behavioral patterns to try to gain love
—Modern culture is too competitive and leads to hostility, isolation and an overvaluing of love

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What is “Co-Dependency”?

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Excessive emotional or psychological dependence on a partner who requires support due to an illness or addiciton

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What is “Hypercompetitiveness”?

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Used to describe psychodynamics of anorexia nervosa and bulimia

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Which DSM edition was revolutionary in that it was the first to employ a multi-axial system and expanded the # of mental disorders?

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DSM III (1980)

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Homosexuality was considered to be abnormal until which publication of which DSM edition?

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The 7th publication of DSM II

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What are Freud’s 3 Components of Personality?

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  1. Id
  2. Ego
  3. Superego
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What is the “Id”?

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“Pleasure Principle”—All about me

Ones base impulses, libido, thanatos, bodily needs

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What is the “Ego”?

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“Reality Principle”

Social self, cultured self, protective self

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What is the “Superego”?

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“Perfection Principle”

Conscience, incorporation of parental values, moral self

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What are examples of Immature Defenses?

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Acting out, blocking, passive aggression, somatization

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What are examples of Narcissistic Defenses?

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Denial, distortion

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What are examples of Neurotic Defenses?

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Controlling, reaction formation, repression

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What are examples of Mature Defenses?

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Humor, sublimation, suppression, altruism, anticipation, asceticism

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What is projection?

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Defending oneself against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence within oneself and attributing them to others

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What is hypochondriasis?

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Abnormal anxiety about ones health. An unwarranted fear that one has a serious disease

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What is introjection?

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The unconscious adoption of the ideas or attributes of others

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What is regression?

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Reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in an adult way

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What is schizoid fantasy?

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Retreating into autistic fantasy (daydreaming, eccentric speech) as a defense mechanism for avoiding intimacy

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What is displacement?

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Taking out frustrations on people or objects that are less threatening

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What is externalization?

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Symptoms or behaviors are directed outwards toward others (i.e. aggression, angry outbursts, law-breaking, hyperactivity)

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What is inhibition?

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Conscious or unconscious constraints of a behavior, especially of impulses or desires

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What is intellectualization?

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Reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress where thinking is used to avoid feeling

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What is dissociation?

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Mild detachment from immediate surroundings

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What is repression?

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Unconscious movement of painful or difficult memories out of consciousness

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What is suppression?

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Conscious exclusion of painful or difficult memories out of consciousness

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What is asceticism?

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Severe self discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence

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What are Erikson’s 8 Stages of Man?

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  1. Trust v Mistrust 0-1 (Freud—Oral)
  2. Autonomy v shame 1-3 (Freud—Anal)
  3. Initiative v guilt 3-6 (Freud—Phallic)
  4. Industry v inferiority 6-12 (Freud—Latency)
  5. Identity v role confusion 12-19 (Freud—Genital)
  6. Intimacy v isolation 20-25
  7. Generativity v stagnation 26-64
  8. Integrity v despair 65-death

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