Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Schizophrenia

Answer 1

Mental disorder where reality is interpreted differently

Sx: Cognitive (Attention/Planning), Negative (Blunted emotions), Positive (Hallucinations)

Question 2

Schizophrenic Brain

Answer 2

Enlarged ventricles, reduced brain size, reduced tissue.

Question 3

Depression

Answer 3

Reduced frontal lobe activation, increased limbic structure activation.
Abnormal levels of cortisol, dopamine etc.

Question 4

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 4

Decreased cognition and increased memory loss
increased brain atrophy
amyloid plaques (b-amyloid proteins)
NF tangles (tau) inside neurons

Question 5

Parkinson’s Disease

Answer 5

Degenerative CNS motor disorder

No dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra

Question 6

DSM-5

Answer 6

Universal authority on classification and diagnosis of psychological disodrers

Question 7

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 7

Panic disorder, Panic attack, Generalized anxiety disorder, Phobias, PTSD, OCD & Acute stress disorder

Question 8

Panic disorder

Answer 8

Suffered a panic attack and is worried about more

Question 9

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 9

General anxiousness about many things

Question 10

Specific Phobia

Answer 10

Phobia about a certain object or situation

Question 11

Social Phobia

Answer 11

Fear of various social situations

Question 12

PTSD

Answer 12

Intense fear/horror/helplessness and hyperaroused

Question 13

Acute Stress disorder

Answer 13

Similar to PTSD but Sx

Question 14

Somatoform Disorders

Answer 14

Psychological disorder characterized by physical Sx and mimmic physical disease. No medical explanation.

Question 15

Conversion Disorder

Answer 15

Functional impairment with no physical cause. Ex: experience blindness but have blink reflex.