M1, M2, M3 Flashcards
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4D’s of Abnormality and its definition.
Dysfunction-Breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning.
Distress - Also known as impairment.
Deviance - Behavior that is atypical.
Danger – The tendency to harm oneself and others.
Explain the concept of comorbidity.
It is a coexistence of multiple disorders in one individual.
Who’s the father of modern Western medicine and what were some of the key ideas associated with his approach to abnormal behavior?
Hippocrates viewed abnormal behavior as a physical disease. He believed psychological disorders were treatable like other diseases and could result from factors such as brain issues, head trauma, and genetics.
Difference between Obsession and Compulsion.
Obsession-repetitive thoughts. Compulsion-repetitive behavior.
Excessive worry related to a wide range of events or activities that should last at least six (6) months.
Clue: Also known as free-floating disorder.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Four Major Specific Phobia Categories
Natural Environment, Animals, Situations, and Mutilation/Medical Treatment
An intense, persistent fear of being watched and judged by others
Social Anxiety Disorder
A type of anxiety disorder characterized by repeated episodes of intense anxiety or panic. For a diagnosis to be made with this disorder, the person must have experienced repeated, unexpected panic attacks. Name at least five (5) attacks or symptoms.
Panic disorder
- Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
- Sweating
- Trembling or shaking
- Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering
- Feelings of choking
- Chest pain or discomfort
- Nausea or abdominal distress
- Feeling dizzy, unsteady, light-headed, or faint
- Chills or heat sensations
- Paresthesia (numbness or tingling sensations)
- Derealization or depersonalization
- Fear of losing control or “going crazy.”
- Fear of dying
It is the development of physiological, psychological, and emotional symptoms following exposure to a traumatic event. Disturbance should occur for more than a month.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Focuses on avoiding frightening or repulsive intrusive thoughts by neutralizing these thoughts through the use of ritualistic behavior (compulsions).
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Pain is real and it hurts whether there is a clear physical reason for pain.
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Preoccupation with physical symptoms and an excessive concern or fear about having a serious medical illness, despite little or no medical evidence to support the belief. Pain is real and it hurts whether there is a clear physical reason for pain.
Clue: Also known as Briquet’s Syndrome
Somatic Symptom Disorder (Persistent: More than 6 months)
Formerly known as hypochondriasis and what is its definition.
Illness anxiety disorder
excessive worry about having or developing a serious undiagnosed medical condition.
Differentiate Depersonalization and Derealization.
Depersonalization-temporarily loses sense of your own reality as if you are in a dream and you are watching yourself (like Astral Projection).
Derealization-you feel detached from your surroundings. People and objects around you may seem unreal.
Defined by the presence of at least one major depressive episode occurring in the absence of a history of manic or hypomanic episodes.
Major Depressive Disorder
Types of Dissociative Amnesia and its definitions.
Localized amnesia - inability to recall specific events.
Selective amnesia - can involve remembering certain details while blocking out others.
Generalized amnesia - difficulty recalling their entire life, including their own identity and personal history.
Systematized amnesia - amnesia is selective but organized around a specific theme or category.
Continuous amnesia - inability to remember ongoing or
continuous personal information.
What is DID?
Dissociative Identity Disorder. Old name: Multiple Personality Disorder. Alters is the shorthand term for the different identities or personalities in DID.
Host is the main personality, or the person being treated.
It is characterized by severe and recurrent temper outbursts that are disproportionate to the situation and inconsistent with the individual’s developmental level primarily diagnosed in children and adolescents.
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Fill in the blanks:
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Also known as ________.
Defined as depressed mood that continues at least ______.
In addition to rating severity of the episode as mild, moderate, or severe, clinicians use _____ basic specifiers to describe depressive disorders.
Answers: Dysthymia Disorder
2 years
eight (8)
What are the two types of mood episodes that characterize Bipolar II Disorder?
Major depressive episodes and hypomanic episodes
How does Cyclothymic Disorder differ from Bipolar I and II Disorders?
It is a milder but more chronic version of bipolar disorder.
Fill in the blanks:
__________ defined the types of suicide:
______ – an individual who brought dishonor to himself or his family.
______ – result from a loss of control over one’s own destiny.
______ – is the result of marked disruptions, such as the sudden loss of a high-prestige job.
______ – the loss of social support.
Answers:
Emile Durkheim
Altruistic suicide
Fatalistic suicides
Anomic suicide
Egoistic suicide
2 key features of Eating Disorder.
Disturbed eating habits and Disturbed weight control
TRUE OR FALSE.
Typically, when someone regurgitates their food, they do appear to be trying, or do they appear to be stressed, upset, or disgusted.
FALSE. They do NOT appear to be trying nor do they appear to be stressed, upset, or disgusted.
