chapter 15 Flashcards
Abnormal behaviour
as behaviour that is personally distressing, personally dysfunctional and or so culturally deviant that other poeple judge it to be inappropriate or maladaptive
Anxiety
a natural response to a perceived threat 4 components to anxiety: 1- Cognitive component 2- Physiological stress 3- Behavioural responses
Phobic disorders
are strong and irrational fears of certain objects or situations
- Agoraphobia
- Social phobia
- Specific phobia
Things that cause PTSD:
1- Intrusion symptoms
2- Persistent avoidance
3- Negative changes in cognition and mood
4- Changes in arousal and reactivity
Factors in anxiety and related disorders:
- Biological factors
- Psychological factors
- Psychodynamic factors
- Cognitive factors
- Sociocultural factors
Somatic system and related disorders
involve physical complaints or disabilities that suggest a medical problem but that do not always have a known biological cause and are not produced voluntary by the person
what is major depression
an intense state of sadness and/or lack of ability to feel positive emotion (dysphoria) and/leaves them unable to function effectively in their lives
Symptoms of depression
- Cognitive
- Emotional
- Semantic
Schizophrenia
includes severe disturbances in thinking, speech, perception, emotion and behaviour
4 sybtypes of Schizophrenia
1- Paranoid schizophrenia
2- Disorganised schizophrenia
3- Catatonic schizophrenia
4- Undifferentiated schizophrenia
Factors affecting schizophrenia;
1- Genetic predisposition 2- Brain abnormalities 3- Biochemical factors 4- Psychological factors 5- Environmental factors 6- Sociocultural factors
Hallucinations
false perceptions that have compelling sense of reality
Personality disorders
exhibit stable, ingrained, inflexible and maladaptive ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
3 clusters of personality disorders
1- Dramatic and impulsive
2- Anxious and fearful
3- Odd and eccentric
