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Clinical Psych And Disorders Flashcards

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C. What are the five key tasks of clinical psychology?

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1 assessment - make sense of disorder.
2 formulation - understanding of problems.
3 intervention - treatment.
4 evaluation - feedback/ observation.
5 communication - clients and carers and professionals.

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D. How many people are diagnosed with depression worldwide?

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350 million.

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D. What are biological theories of depression?

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  • genetic factors
  • neurochemical (serotonin)
  • brain abnormalities (hippocampus deficits)
  • neuroendocrine (problems in the regulation of cortisol levels).
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D. Name psychological theories of depression.

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Psychodynamic- response to loss/symbolic loss of loved one , regress to oral stage , low feelings directed inwards = trigger depression.
Behavioural - lack of reinforcement/ attention seeking so maintain depression/ learned helplessness.

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D. What are cognitive theories of depression?

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Becks negative cognitive triad.

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D. True or false? 1 in 20 adults have depression.

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False - 1 in 10.

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D. Identify characteristics of depression.

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Sadness, hopelessness.
Motivational deficits.
Physical - sleep and weight.

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D. Describe bipolar.

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Alternating periods of depression and mania.

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D. Define mania.

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Boundless , frenzied energy and feelings of euphoria.

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D. In what ways is depression treated?

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  • CBT.
  • Family therapy.
  • drug treatment.
  • MCBT.
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D. How is treatment of depression evaluated?

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  • feedback sessions.

- number of ‘improved’ and ‘recovered’.

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P. What percentage of those with Sz experience delusions ? What percentage experience auditory hallucinations?

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75% delusions.

70% hallucinations.

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P. Name the positive and mega give symptoms of sz.

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Positive:
Delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thinking e.g impaired speech.
Negative:
Absence of normal functions e.g diminished emotional expression.

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P. What is meant by delusions?

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  • misinterpretation of perceptions

- fixed beliefs that will not change in light of conflicting evidence.

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P. Name the types of delusions?

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  • persecutory
  • grandiose
  • delusion of control
  • nihilistic delusions
  • erotomanic delusions
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P. Define hallucinations.

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Sensory experience- hear/see/smell/taste/feel something that isn’t there.

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P. What is the difference between reality-monitoring deficit and self-monitoring deficit?

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RMD - what’s real, what’s imagined?

SMD - me who thought that, or them?

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P. Describe diagnosis procedure for sz.

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Persistent symptoms, not caused by other illnesses or drugs.

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P. What percentage of the population are diagnosed with sz?

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3-7%.

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P. Name the three stages of psychotic symptoms.

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  • prodromal stage
  • active stage
  • residual stage
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P. Outline biological theories of psychosis.

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Stress diathesis model.
Genetic factors - 50-80% inheritance, concordance rates, predisposition, adoption studies.
Brain neurotransmitters e.g excess dopamine.
Brain structure e.g reduced gray matter in PFC.

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P. Outline psychodynamic theories of psychosis.

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Freud - regression to previous ego state, ‘schizophrenic mother’.
Behavioural theories - learning and conditioning e.g reinforced by attention.

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P. Name the cognitive biases that may cause psychosis.

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  • attentional
  • attributional
  • reasoning (jumping to conclusions)
  • interpretational
  • lack TOM.
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P. How do social factors contribute to psychosis?

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Sociogenic hypothesis - individuals in low social-economic classes experience more life stressors = triggers psychotic symptoms.
Downward drift - psychotic symptoms , fall to bottom of social ladder as cannot sustain job/relationship.
Social labelling - play role of sz.

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P. How can familial factors contribute to psychosis?

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Interactions and communications:

Expressed emotion - critical, hostile, or emotionally over-involved predictor of relapse.

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P. What is the percentage of relapse of psychosis?

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80% relapse within 5 years of first recovery.

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P. Identify biological And psychological treatments of psychosis.

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ECT.
Anti-psychotic drugs.

CBT.

Family interventions.
Community care.

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Ph. What are diagnosis symptoms of phobias?

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  • avoidance
  • fear
  • emotional distress to stimuli
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Ph. What percentage of British adults have a phobia?

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18%

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Ph. True or false. Most phobias occur in childhood.

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True.

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Ph. What are common phobias?

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Heights , snakes , closed spaces , spiders.

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Ph. How are phobias caused?

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Predisposition - genetics, maternal stress.

Environment- overprotective parenting.

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Ph. What is meant by the preparedness theory?

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Theory that we are born to acquire fears of certain stimuli as they are a threat to our ancient ancestors.

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Ph. Name a limitation to the preparedness theory.

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We will never know the specific threats our ancestors faced so unfalsifiable (unscientific).

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Ph. Describe the stages of the learning model of fear.

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One - associate stimulus with an unpleasant outcome.
Two - learn that avoiding the stimulus reduces fear (negative reinforcement).
E.g little Albert.

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Ph. True or false. We can develop fears through vicarious learning.

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True.

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Ph. What are cognitive theories of phobias?

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Maladaptive thinking.
Attentional bias towards material related to their fear.
Reasoning bias - irrational thinking e.g spider will bite me.

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Ph. Name a weakness of cognitive theories of phobias.

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No explanation of how cog biases cause the phobia, do they just maintain feelings of anxiety??

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Ph. How are phobias treated?

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Modern therapy (assessment and intervention) and CBT.

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Ph. During modern therapy of phobias , what happens in the assessment stage?

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  • measure difficulties, record them, measure progress.
  • dev formation of difficulties e.g cause and triggers.
  • establish goals.
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Ph. What is the flight-fight response in relation to phobias?

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The choice of attacking fear or running away.

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Ph. During modern therapy of phobias , what happens in the intervention stage?

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  • explain causes from assessment.
  • plan of action.
  • irrational awareness of rational (cog).
  • gradual exposure to fear (hierarchy)
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Ph. What is meant by secondary gain?

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Ensure family and friends do not remove , and so reinforce, fear.

44
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Ph. What increase the risk of relapse of fears?

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Restrictive therapy , do not cope well in outside world.

Client ignores ‘homework’ e.g look at images of spiders.

45
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Ph. What percentage of people with phobias improve when having cognitive therapy?

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84%.

46
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Cd. What is the diagnosis criteria for oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)?

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  • temper tantrums
  • blames others
  • easily annoyed
  • often angry
    • persistent for 6 months
47
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Cd. What is the diagnosis criteria for conduct disorder?

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  • excessive fighting
  • destruction of property
  • serious harm
  • sexual abuse
    • persistent for 6 months
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Cd. True or false? ODD and CD are more common in girls than boys.

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False - more common in boys.

49
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Cd. Identify outcomes of childhood behavioural disorders.

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  • leave school with no qualifications
  • poor relationships
  • substance misuse
50
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Cd. Identify causes of childhood behavioural disorders.

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Genetic - hereditary and concordance rates (predisposition).
Environment- prenatal stress, poverty, parenting.

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Cd. What is meant by “orchid children”?

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Version 7 of DRD4 gene used to associate with bad things e.g CD. Now found to be associated with good things e.g kindness.
Only associated with good things is child experiences good parenting.

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Cd. Are parents the cause of Cd?

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Yes - research shows parents of children with cd are less likely to praise child and use harsher punishments.
No - research shows only 6% of variance in beh problems could be accounted for by parenting.
Which comes first poor parenting or beh problems??

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Cd. Describe Patterson’s coercive cycle from the child’s POV.

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Command - refuse - parent shouts - tantrum - parent gives up - learn tantrum works! 🔁

54
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Cd. Describe Patterson’s coercive cycle from the parents POV.

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Command - refuse - shouts - tantrum - child complies - learns shouting works! 🔁

55
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Cd. Identify treatment for childhood behavioural disorders.

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Parenting skills training:

  • planning ignoring
  • pos reinforcement of behavioural
  • consequences

Child course:
- manage emotions and behaviours.

56
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Cd. Are parenting interventions effective?

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Yes!
Evidence shows they are effective in treating and preventing behaviour problems in children.
Long-term effects.
Save money for society e.g in health are costs, criminal justice systems.

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