chapter 22 Flashcards
What is psychiatry?
Branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.
What degree does a psychiatrist hold?
MD degree.
What is the primary training of a psychologist?
Masters or PhD degree in a specific field of interest.
What is a clinical psychologist trained to do?
Use tests to evaluate various aspects of a patient’s mental health and intelligence.
List three tools used by psychiatrists.
- Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalysis
- Drug therapy
List five tools used by clinical psychologists.
- Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalysis
- Intelligence tests
- Mental processing tests
- Memory tests
- Personality tests
What are the three components of Sigmund Freud’s personality structure?
- Id
- Ego
- Superego
Name four examples of psychiatric disorders.
- Anxiety disorders
- Bipolar disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Dissociative disorders
What characterizes anxiety disorders?
Unpleasant tension, distress, troubled feelings, and avoidance behavior.
What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
Chronic anxiety and exaggerated worry and tension even when there is little or nothing to provoke such feelings.
What is bipolar disorder?
Alternating manic and depressive episodes.
What is a dissociative disorder?
Chronic or sudden disturbances of memory, identity, consciousness, or perception of the environment not caused by brain damage or drugs.
Define anorexia nervosa.
Eating disorder with refusal to maintain body weight, excessive dieting, and overactivity.
What is the primary characteristic of neurocognitive disorders?
Disorders of abnormal cognition (thinking, perception, reasoning, judgment).
What is dementia?
Gradual loss of intellectual abilities involving impairment of judgment, memory, abstract thinking, and personality.
List the three cluster categories of personality disorders.
- Cluster A
- Cluster B
- Cluster C
What are the three types of symptoms of schizophrenia?
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
- Disorganized thinking
What characterizes somatic symptom disorder?
Presence of physical symptoms that cannot be explained by an actual physical disorder or other well-described mental disorder.
What is psychological dependence?
Compulsion to take a drug despite adverse consequences.
What is the purpose of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)?
Focuses on the connection between behavior and thoughts.
What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?
Electric current is used to produce convulsions and loss of consciousness; effective in the treatment of major depression.
What is play therapy?
Treatment in which a child expresses conflicts and feelings through the use of toys in a playroom setting.
What does the abbreviation PTSD stand for?
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Fill in the blank: An uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly is called a _______.
compulsion.
