Class 9 - Abnormal Behavior and Treatment

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Psychological disorder

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a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior

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Medical model

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the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed and treated

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Epigenetics

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study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

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DSM-5

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a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

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ADHD

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a psychological disorder marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity

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Anxiety disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

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Social anxiety disorder

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kind of anxiety disorder that cause the person to feel anxious in social events

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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people who are generally anxious

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Panic disorder

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panic attacks, shaking, trouble breathing, heart beating fast

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Agoraphobia

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fear or avoidance of situations where one has felt loss of control and panic

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Phobia

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an extreme fear of something

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Obsessive-Compulsion disorder (OCD)

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a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

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Major depressive disorder

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depression

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Bipolar disorder

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shifts from 2 types of extreme emotions, happy (manic) and sad (depression)

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Mania

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a hyperactice, widly optimistic state in which dangerously poor judgment is common

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Rumination

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compulsive fretting; overthinking problems and their causes

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Schizophrenia

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a disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression

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Psychotic disorders

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a group of disorders marked by irrational ideas, distorted perceptions, and a loss of contact with reality

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Hallucinations

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false sensory experiences

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Delusion

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a false belief that may accompany psychotic disorders

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Chronic Schizophrenia

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usually appear by late adolescence or early adulthood

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Acute Schizophrenia

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can begin at any age

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Somatic symptom disorder

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the symptoms take a bodyily form without apparent physical cause

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Conversion disorder

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specific physical symptoms not compatible with recognized medical/neurological conditions

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Illness anxiety disorder (Hypochondriasis)

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a person is worried about getting certain illness for no reason

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Dissociative Identity disorder (Multiple Personality disorder)

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a person has multiple personalities, each with distinct personality/behavior and does not know the others exist

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Anorexia nervosa

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does not want to eat, dangerously underweight

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Bulimia nervosa

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eats a lot then feels guilty and puke to force the food out

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Bing-eating disorder

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binge eating followed by distress, disgust, or guilt

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Eclectic approach

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used techniques from various forms of therapy

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Treatments

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1. Psychodynamic/psychoanalysis therapy 2. Client-Centered therapy 3. Behavioral therapy 4. Cognitive therapy 5. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy 6. Group and Family therapy

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Resistance

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the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material

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Transference

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redirect emotions form one person to another

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Psychodynamic therapy

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interpret patient's memories and feelings

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Client-Centered therapy

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humanistic therapy; listen actively and reflect clients' feelings

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Insight therapy

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aim to increase a person's awareness of underlying motives/defenses

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Classical conditioning techniques

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a type of behavioral therapy

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Classical conditioning techniques : Counterconditioning

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conditioning an unwanted behavior or response to a stimulus into a wanted behavior or response by association positive actions with the stimulus

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Classical conditioning techniques : Exposure therapies

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expose the person to the object, they will slowly get use to it

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Classical conditioning techniques : Systematic desensitization

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systematically and slowly let the patient get comfortable with an object that they are not afraid of and slowly change it to the objec titself

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Classical conditioning techniques : Virtual reality exposure therapy

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use virtual reality to treat certain fear

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Classical conditioning techniques : Aversive conditioning

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associate unwanted behavior to punishment

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Operant conditioning techniques : token economy

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behavioral therapy; use money/points as a reward for good behavior

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Behavioral therapy

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use classical conditioning or operant conditioning

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Cognitive therapy

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train people to dispute negative thoughts and attributions

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Cognitive-Behavioral therapy

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train peoepl to counter self-harmful thoughts and to act out their new way of thinking

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Group and Family therapy

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develop an understanding of family and other social systems, explore roles, and improve communication

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Biomedical therapies

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1. Therapeutic lifestyle change 2. Drug therapy 3. brain stimulation therapy 4. Psychosurgery therapy

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Therapeutic lifestyle change therapy

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alter lifestyle through adequate exercise, sleep, nutrition, and other changes

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Drug therapy

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alter brain chemistry through drugs

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Brain stimulation therapy

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stimulate brain through electroconvulsive shock, mild electrical stimulation, magnetic impulses, or deep-brain stimulation

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Psychosurgery

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remove or destroy brain tissues