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Paraphilia

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The intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, or individuals.

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Sexual Response Cycle

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Excitement, Plateau, Orgasmic, Resolution

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Performance Anxiety

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Anxiety about performing sexually. May come from body image issues, premature ejaculation, difficulties, insecurities, etc.

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Female Desire Disorder

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About 1/3 of women in the US, usually no interest in sex, fantasies, initiation of sex, arousal, or sensations, at least 6 months, causes significant distress.

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Male Hypoactive Disorder

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At least 6 months, Causes distress, only 2% of males 16-44, male symptoms of the female desire disorder.

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Sensate Focus

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A therapeutic technique where the therapist assigns the couple the assignment of non-genital stimulation.

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Erectile Dysfunction

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Difficulty maintaining erection, generalized situations, can be caused by nicotine, increases with age, can be co-morbid or cause other diagnosis (depression, substance abuse)

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Female Orgasmic Disorder

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Normal sexual desire and excitement phase, little or no orgasm, about 10% of women never have an orgasm.

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Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder

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Pain during intercourse that’s not due to lack of lubrication, may be caused by trauma

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Frotteuristic Disorder

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A disorder in which a person rubs their erect penis on a non-consenting person.

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Gender Dysphoria

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Strong and persistent cross-gender ID, discomfort with ones assigned sex, 2/3 of transgender boys ID as gay.

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Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria in Children (6)

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Strong desire to be other gender, cross dressing, cross-gender roles and toys, rejection of gender toys, dislike of sexual anatomy, secondary sex characteristics, playmates of different gender.

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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

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Females with too high levels of sex hormones.

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Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

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Males with androgynous sex characteristics.

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Kraepelin

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Father of modern psychiatry, credited with the classification of psychosis as- Manic depression or dementia

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Delusions

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False beliefs on a spectrum

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Types of Delusions

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Bizarre, Jealousy, Erotmanic, Grandiose, Mood congruent, mood incongruent, controlled, reference, persecutory, somatic, thought broadcasting, thought insertion

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Characteristics of Psychotic Language

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Word Salad, Clanging, Neologisms, Alogia, Hyper-metaphorical, Echolalia

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Bizarre Delusions

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Something that couldn’t have happened

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Jealousy Delusions

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Ridiculous accusations

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Erotmanic Delusions

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Believe someone is in love with them, usually famous

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Grandiose Delusions

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Self-important and powerful

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Mood Congruent Delusions

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Mood is equal to delusional state

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Mood Incongruent Delusions

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Mood is unequal to delusional state

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Controlled Delusions
Environment is controlling them
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Reference Delusions
Environment has a special connection to them
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Persecutory Delusions
Followed/Plotted against
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Somatic Delusions
False beliefs about bodies
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Thought Broadcasting Delusions
Believe they can hear other people's thoughts
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Thought Insertion Delusions
Thoughts being put into their head
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Word Salad
Words are randomly thrown together
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Clanging
Repeat a word because they like the sound, not meaning
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Neologisms
New words latched on to
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Alogia
Little or no speech
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Hyper-metaphorical
Over generalizations, latch on to a metaphor
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Echolalia
Mimicing
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Etiology of Schizophrenia
Heredity, Neurochemistry, Neuroanatomy, Neurobehavioral markers, Environmental Factors, Psychosocial, Family, Culture, SES, Trauma
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Heredity- Schizophrenia
1st degree relatives have a 10x greater risk, Twin studies showed that 50% of twins have no signs when their twin has schizophrenia
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Neurochemistry- Schizophrenia
Larger amount of dopamine
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Neuroanatomy- Schizophrenia
Enlarged brain ventricles, cerebral atrophy, smaller brain, smaller thalamus and hippocampus
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Neurobehavioral Markers- Schizophrenia
Impaired reaction time, attention deficit, short term memory deficit, problems with smooth eye pursuit
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Environmental Factors- Schizophrenia
In utero Infection, Herpes simplex in 3rd trimester, Obstetric Complications- High Blood Pressure, Severe viral or bacterial infection in childhood
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Psychosocial Factors- Schizophrenia
Freud- over protective mothers, Bowen- anxious parents
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Family Factors- Schizophrenia
Lidz- when families have something horrible happen in their family and act like nothing is wrong, Brown- hostile families cause relapse 2x than normal
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Cultural Factors- Schizophrenia
Happens in all cultures, Delusions differ by culture, US has most negative
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SES Factors- Schizophrenia
Low SES more prevalent, Urban is more prevalent than rural
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Trauma Factors- Schizophrenia
Read- 50% had history of physical or sexual abuse. Dose effect- the greater the trauma, the greater the side effects, strong relationship between trauma and schizophrenia
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Biological Treatment- Schizophrenia
50% relapse rate, side effects are a big issue, Thorazine, Chlorpromazine, Phenothiazines, Clozapine, Psychotherapy not shone to be effective, can cause sexual dysfunction
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Clozapine
Latest drug in schizophrenia treatment, shone to be the most effective
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Tardive Dykenesia
Side effect of drugs, shuffling, fine motor problems
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Thorazine
Dopamine blocker, 1st med of choice for schizophrenia
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Chlorpromazine
60% showed improvements for schizophrenia
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Phenothiazines
Limited range of success with schizophrenia
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Family Therapy and Schizophrenia
Expressed emotion of when a person comes out of treatment, 9 months, educational therapy, decreases hospitalization
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CBT and Schizophrenia
Teaches social skills, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive skills
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Schizoaffective Disorder
Symptoms of Schizophrenia and mood disorder, more common in females
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Delusional Disorder
Can be functional with false beliefs, lasts about a month, Uncommon and under-diagnosed.
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Shared Delusional Disorder
Two people sharing in a delusion that feed off of one another.
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Melancholia
Depression with melancholic features
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Manic Episodes
At least 1 a week, increased energy, inflated self-esteem, very little sleep, talkative, racing thoughts, distracted, agitated, reckless behavior
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Hypomanic Episodes
Not enough to be considered manic, No psychotic symptoms, frequently followed by depression, 15% eventually turn manic.
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Major Depressive Disorder
Most common adult diagnosis, likelihood of episodes increase as episodes happen, up to 15% die of suicide.
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Disruptive Mood Regulation Disorder
Temper outbursts, onset before age 10, at least 3x a week, irritable between outbursts, 2.5% show signs of ADD
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Endogenous Depression
Organic depression, something from inside the self.
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Exogenous Depression
Depression from environmental factors
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Attribution styles to depression
Internal/External locus of control (Rotter), Stable/Unstable, Global/Specific
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Learned Helplessness
Seligman, created learned helplessness by testing rats with an electric floor, can be created by parents creating unrealistically high standards for children
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Psychoanalytic View of Depression
Aggression turned inward
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Bipolar I
Formerly called Manic Depression, equal in genders, most have a major depressive episode, 4 per year on average, some self-medicate
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Bipolar II
Hypomanic, major depressive episode is necessary, more common in males, 40% spend more time in depressive state
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Triple Column Technique
A CBT technique that uses the irrational self talk, rational self talk, and all or nothing talk to compare self-talk. Beck
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Development of Substance Abuse
The faster acting the substance, the greater the risk of dependance, Nicotine was the leading cause of preventable deaths
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Tolerance
The need for greater and greater doses to get desired effect.
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Withdrawal
Stopped or reduced use of a substance that may cause significant symptoms
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Substance Intoxication
Dosage varies with substance, usually requires dosage over the safe amount, if you expect you will receive a substance, you'll use more, tolerance becomes an issue with needing more and more each use.
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Nicotine Use
Nicotine is the number 1 cause for preventable deaths. Can cause things such as lung cancer, throat cancer, etc.
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Jellineks Stages of Alcoholism
Pre-alcoholic, Early alcoholic, Middle alcoholic, Late alcoholic
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Pre-alcoholic stage
Frequent drinking to reduce stress, social drinking, control over drinking behavior
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Early Alcoholic Stage
Begins with first blackout, sneaking drinks, avoids reference to drinking, gulping drinks
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Middle Alcoholic Stage
Impossible to stop after one drink, chain drinking, life revolves around alcohol
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Late Alcoholic Stage
All day drinking, severe liver damage, ethical deterioration, physical dependance.
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Impact of Continued Alcohol Use
Physical, emotional, relationship issues
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Cannabis Use
Most widely used illegal drug, 5% use, can cause intoxication, delirium, psychotic and induced anxiety disorders.
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Cocaine Use
Bring a euphoric effect, causes serious dependance and withdrawal, can cause sudden death, Can cause mood disorder, psychosis, and sexual dysfunction
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PCP Use
Can cause psychosis, mood, anxiety, and delirium
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Amphetamines
Can cause paranoia and hallucinations, withdrawal mirrors depressive episodes, long term brain injury and sexual dysfunction.
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Agonist
A chemical that binds to a receptor and activates it to reduce a response.
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Antagonist
Block the receptors of natural agonist drugs.
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12 Step Programs
Run by disease model, involves peers becoming leaders and mentors, must be abstinent from substance.

Abnormal Psychology (4 decks)

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