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psychopathology

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any pattern of emotions or behaviors inappropriate to the situation and leading to personal distress or the inability to achieve important goals

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psychological disorder

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persistently harmful thoughts feelings and actions

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4D’s of psychological disorders

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-deviant
-distressful
-dysfunctional
-dangerous

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indicators of abnormality

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maladaptiveness, irrationality, unpredictability, undesirable behavior

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neurobiological model

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when physiological factors influence behavior

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neurobiological causes

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-genetic or biological defects
-chemical imbalances in the brain

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neurobiological treatment

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prescribing medications such as antidepressant drugs

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behavioral model

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behavior is learned by rewards and punishments and associations

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behavioral causes

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bad behaviors are learned

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behavioral treatment

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focus on eliminating unwanted behavior

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cognitive model

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how we think of a situation influences our behavior and the current thoughts we are aware of

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cognitive causes

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abnormal or irrational thoughts cause abnormal behavior

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cognitive treatment

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strategies to change abnormal thoughts

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humanistic model

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problems arise when feelings and perceptions are denied

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humanistic causes

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person has lost sight of one’s own feelings, goals, perception of the self

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humanistic treatment

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emphasize the individual’s ability to help himself with some assistance

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psychoanalytic model

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stresses the influence of the unconscious fears, desires, and motivations on thoughts and behaviors

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psychoanalytic causes

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unconscious conflicts that have been repressed

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treatment

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psychoanalysis - probing the unconscious mind to identify unconscious conflicts so that they can be resolved

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medical model

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view that mental disorders were diseases of the mind that have objective causes and treatment
-biological approach

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philippe pinel

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had idea that mental illness needed to be diagnosed on basis of symptoms and cured through therapy

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general anxiety disorder

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a psychological problem where persistent and pervasive feelings of anxiety occur without any eternal cause

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panic disorder

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a disturbance marked by unpredictable episodes of intense dread where a person my experience terror, chest pains, choking among other symptoms.

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Ataque de nervios

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disorder than resembles panic disorder but is seen in Latin-Mediterranean and Latin-American cultures

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agoraphobia
panic that develops when people find themselves in situations from which they cannot easily escape
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phobias
a persistent and irrational fear associated with a specific object, activity, or situation
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specific phobia
phobias with specific triggers -ex: spiders
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social phobia
shyness taken to the exterme
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taijin kyofusho
japanese version of social phobia but it's the fear that people are judging their bodies as undesirable and unpleansant
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preparedness hypothesis
this theory suggest we carry and innot tendency to respond quickly and autmatica to similar that posed a survial theater tour ancestors -explaisn why we fear snakes and lightning more than electrical outlets and cars
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Anterior cingulate cortex
monitors actions and checks for errors, hyperactive in patients with OCD
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obsessive compulsive disorder
performing compulsive rituals to relieve anxious tension
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ptsd
reliving traumatic event through memories and dreams
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hypervigilance
the experience of being in a high state of alert
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flashbacks
a vivid experience in which you relieve some aspects of a traumatic event
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two common depressive disorders
-major depression -bipolar disorder
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major depression
-a form of depression that doesn't alternate with mania -lasts a prolonged period of time
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causes of depression
-genetic dispositions -serotonin deficiency -low self esteem
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cognitive approach to depression
negative thinking styles are learned and modifiable
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3 main causes of increasing depression
-out of control individualism/self centeredness -culture of victimology -the self esteem movement
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persisent depressive disorder
depression/depressive mood for 2+ years
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bipolar disorders
a disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness of depression and overexcited state of mania
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bipolar I
has more severe highs of mania and may not have depressive episodes
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bipolar II
experience hypomania (less severe highs) and depressive episodes
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manic episode
a sudden rapidly escalating emotional state
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schizophrenia
a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions/actions
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positive symptoms
inappropriate behaviors that are present
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negative symptoms
appropriate behaviors that are not present
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disorganized thinking
false beliefs, often of persecution or granduer that may accompany psychotic disorders
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catatonia
remain motionless for hours then become agitated
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flat affect
emotionless state
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chronic/process schizophrenia
slow-developing, recovery is doubtful
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acute/reactive schizophrenia
when previous well adjusted people develop schizophrenia rapidly following life stresses -recovery is more likely
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neurodevelopmental disorders
autism and adhd
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somatoform disorders
psychological problems appearing in the form of bodily symptoms such as weakness or excessive worry about disease
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conversion disorder
a disorder marked by paralysis or loss of sensation with no discernible physical cause
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illness anxiety disordr
worried about health and disease and getting sick -response is mostly cognitive
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somatic symptom disorder
symptoms already present, mostly cognitive distress about them
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factitious disorder
pretend to have symptoms for no real personal gain
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glove anesthesia
a conversion where a person can't feel their hand -neurologically impossible to only not feel hand due to wiring of neurons
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dissociative disorders
a group of pathologies involving the fragmentation of the personality -some parts of the personality become detached
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dissociative amnesia
a psychologically induced loss of memory of personal information -like forgetting one's identity
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dissociative fugue
a combination of fugue, or "flight" and amnesia -heavy use of alcohol may predispose a person to this
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dissociative identity disorder
a condition where an individual displays multiple identities or personalities
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anorexia nervosa
an eating disorder that causes a persistent loss of appetite that endangers an individual's health
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bulimia nervosa
An eating disorder characterized by binges and purges
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Binge Eating Disorder
An eating disorder characterized by a binge without purge
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cluster A personality disorders
disruption in relationships -paranoid -schizoid -schizotypal
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schizoid
detachment from social relationships -flat effect
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schizotypal
acute discomfort with close relationships and consistent withdrawal
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cluster B personality disorders
dramatic and erratic behavior -antisocial -histrionic -narcissistic -borderline
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borderline personality disorder
pattern of instability of self image and interpersonal relationships, fear of abandonment, emotional extremes, anxiety and depression accompany
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histrionic
a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, extremes in emotion, comes off as immature.
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cluster C personality disorders
share anxiety, worry, fear -dependent -avoidant -ocd
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dependent personality disorder
anxiety about other people detaching from them
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avoidant personality disorder
anxiety comes from feelings of not feeling good enough

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