Disorders and Treatments (unit 4)

Question 1

what are four necessary characteristics of all psychological disorders?

Answer 1

M - maladaptive
U - unjustifiable
D - disturbing
A - atypical

Question 2

maladaptive

Answer 2

when behaviors stars to harm ones life. (physically or emotionally)

Question 3

unjustifiable

Answer 3

when there is no reason for it

Question 4

disturbing

Answer 4

when something bothers another person

Question 5

atypical

Answer 5

something that is not normal

Question 6

DSM-IV

Answer 6

big book used to help classify disorders

Question 7

Major depressive disorder

Answer 7

• despair and sluggishness

- negative

Question 8

Bipolar disorder

Answer 8

persistent alternation between depression and happiness

Causes: Strong genetic link

Question 9

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 9

• cant focus

- twitching and sweating

Question 10

Panic disorder

Answer 10

-unpredictable fright

Question 11

Phobia

Answer 11

when someone has a fear of something

Question 12

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Answer 12

known as OCD

• repetitions of things
• ex: Howie Mandel

Question 13

Dissociative identity disorder

Answer 13

when there are two or more distnct and alternating personalities that exhibit rotating control over ones body

Question 14

Schizophrenia

Answer 14

Delusion thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions and actions.

• hallucinations
• hears voices
• the unreal seems real to them

Question 15

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 15

demonstrates a lack of conscience for wrongdoing.

• often aggressive and ruthless
• feel little or no fear, remorse or regrets

Question 16

psychodynamic

Answer 16

looks at early childhood to see why that person is they way they are now

(Sigmund Freud)

Question 17

Systematic desensitization

Answer 17

therapy that links a pleasant relaxed state with an anxiety triggering stimuli
ex: fear of flying - start off of thinking about flying, then read about it, then go on small rides, etc… slowly working way up to getting on a plane and actually flying

Question 18

Aversive conditioning

Answer 18

puts an unpleasant start (nausea) with an unwanted behavior (drinking alcohol)

Question 19

Token economy

Answer 19

when someone gets a prize for doing a desired behavior

Question 20

Cognitive therapy

Answer 20

therapy that teaches people new and better ways of thinking and acting..
based on the assumption that thought intervene between events and emotions

Question 21

Group therapy

Answer 21

when a group of people meet to discus about their problems

Question 22

Antianxiety drugs

Answer 22

relieves anxiety

Question 23

Antidepressant drugs

Answer 23

lifts mood and stimulates the brain processes

Question 24

Antipsychotic drugs

Answer 24

helps schizophrenics

Question 25

Electroconvulsive therapy

Answer 25

helps severe cases of depression. Electric current sent through brain

Question 26

psychosurgery treatments

Answer 26

removal of brain tissue in effort to change behavior

Question 27

Lobotomy

Answer 27

cuts nerves connecting frontal lobes to amydala. Used on severely violent patients (Walter Freeman)

Question 28

humanistic

Answer 28

therapist try to remove attitudes and beliefs that are not positive (Carl Rogers)

Question 29

Sigmund Freud

Answer 29

psychodynamic - would spend time listening to patients talk about their childhood - looks for events that may be a factor in current behavior

Question 30

Carl Rogers

Answer 30

humanistic | -therapist would try to remove attitudes and beliefs that are not positive

Question 31

Walter Freeman

Answer 31

Lobotomy | - he would cut nerves connecting frontal lobes to amydala. Used on severely violent patients