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Exam 2 Flashcards

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relation between physical illness and stress

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slows recovery time, immunosuppression, exacerbates illness, and problematic for cardiovascular illness, IBS, and chronic pain

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DSM-5 trauma and stressor-related disorders

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reactive attachment, disinhibited social engagement (new), PTSD, acute stress, and adjustment disorder

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risk factors

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chronic, continuous vs. acute stress, intrafamilial stress, separation from caregivers, interpersonal vs. random trauma

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ACC

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anxiety; damage can induce panic disorder. detects and monitors errors (visual). reward-based. regulates bp and hr

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ofc

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emotion and decision-making. critical for adaptive/reward-based learning. damage causes problems in decision-making, emotion-processing, and reward expectation

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hippocampus

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memory consolidation. damage causes severe disruptionin memory

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yerkes-dodson law

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some anxiety is good and makes you perform better. too little or too much impairs

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PANAS

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positive affect, negative affect, and autonomic sensitivity

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anxious people are high on ________ affect and autonomic sensitivity, but generally have no problems with ________ affect

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negative; positive

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negative affect =

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negative emotionality

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autonomic sensitivity

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body responds more severely to anxious stimuli

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separation anxiety

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worry about being apart from loved one

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selective mutism

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too scared to talk

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14
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specific phobias

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scared of something specific

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15
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panic disorder

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panic attacks for no reason

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16
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agoraphobia

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too scared to leave house

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17
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social anxiety

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excessively nervous in social situations

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18
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generalized anxiety

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worries about everything

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19
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females are _____ as likely to have ___

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twice; GAD

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20
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treatment of choise is

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CBT and exposure

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what makes ocd different from anxiety disorders

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compulsive nature of symptoms–feeling that compulsions are outside of person’s normal

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DMDD (disruptive mood dysregulation disorder)

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diagnosable 7-18, chronic irritability, temper outbursts, not bipolar

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MDD (major depressive disorder)

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most commonly diagnosed, higher rates in adolescence and young adulthood, requires depressed mood or anhedonia, cognitive slowing, negative attributional bias, and suicidality

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persistent depressive disorder

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> 2 years in adults
1 in children

less severe than MDD

25
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premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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x

26
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PANAS in depression

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depressives low on PA, high on na, AND SOMEWHAT HIGH ON AS

27
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antidepressants work by

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allowing neurotransmitters to stay for longer periods in synapse

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sleep problems in depressed people

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earlier onset REM sleep and increased intensity and frequency of REM sleep

29
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negative cognitive tried

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self, world, future

30
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slective abstraction

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focusing only on one negative detail

31
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arbitrary inference

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jumping to conclusions

32
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3 dimensions of explanations for events

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internal vs external, global vs specific, stable vs unstable

33
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depressed people lean toward

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internal global and stable explanations

34
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interpersonal theory

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others dont like depressed people and depressed opeople have social skills deficits

35
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biological treatments for depression

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electroconvulsive therapy

36
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T/F Bipolar is common

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f

37
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bd treatment

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medication, psychotherapy only during depressed moods and to help prevent manic episodes

38
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conversion disorder

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conversion of psychological symptoms (stress) into neurological symptoms

39
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conversion disorder is also called

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functional neurological symptom disorder

40
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patients are _______ of psychological connection in conversion disorder

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unaware (not faking)

41
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malingering

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same as factitious but in order to obtain external reward

42
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DID (dissociative identity disorder)

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multiple identities and switches back and forth among identities

43
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DID is

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usually associated with early trauma

44
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alter identites (when genuine)

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show very distinct characteristics

45
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Battered Women’s Syndrome

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Type of PTSD rested to domestic violence

46
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3 phases of a “battering cycle”

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Tension building phase, explosion or acute battering incident, and calm,loving respite (honeymoon phase)

47
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Separation anxiety

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Begins 6-8 mos, peaks 10-18 mos; disorder rarely diagnosed in <6 yo

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Specific fears in early childhood (3-6 yrs)

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Loud noises, darkness, monsters, and certain animals

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Specific fears in middle childhood (7-12 yrs)

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Animals, darkness/nighttime, storms/disasters; more prominent 7-9 than 4-6, but decrease 10-12

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Normal anxiety in adolescence

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Social comparison, all-or-none thinking, looking-glass self

51
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How to evaluate faking?

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Do symptoms for? Is there external gain to symptoms? Has patient been to too many doctors? Does patient appear to be reciting textbook definitions?

52
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Reactive attachment disorder

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Lack of attachment to any specific caregiver at an early age, results in inability to form normal relationships

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Disinhibited social engagement disorder

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Behavior in which a child actively approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults

54
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Acute stress disorder

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Development of sever anxiety within one month of extreme traumatic stressor

55
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Adjustment disorder

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Group of symptoms like stress, feeling sad or hopeless

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