Mar 18 neuroses

Question 1

WHAT IS ABNORMAL

Criteria: (Name 3)

Classification:

Why Label Medical Model: (2 things)

Answer 1

WHAT IS ABNORMAL?

Criteria:
* Distress: Person is suffering, unhappy
* Maladaptive Behaviour: Impaired functioning
* Socially Deviant: Behaviour is unusual, “not normal”

Classification: DSM-5

Why Label Medical Model:
* Simplify and create order
* Research Plan and treatment

Question 2

Neurotic:
Can they function socially?

Answer 2

Neurotic:
* Distressing problem, but person is still coherent.
* Can function socially once acute phase of disorder is treated.

Question 3

Psychotic
More bizarre, involving:
Has:
Can they function socially?
Treatment is:

Answer 3

Psychotic:
More bizarre, involving:
* Delusions or hallucinations.
Has:
* Impaired thought processes

Cannot function socially

Treatment is:
* long-term

Question 4

Anxiety and fear:

Fear:
Phobias are:

Anxiety:

Answer 4

Anxiety and fear:
* Similar physiological responses.

Fear:
* A natural response to a specific, identifiable external threat.
Phobias are:
* exaggerated or irrational forms of this response.

Anxiety:
* A state of fear or unease where the source of threat is unclear, unrecognized, or not sufficient to explain the intensity of the response.

Question 5

Specific Phobias (%)
Most common fears: (4 things)

Generalized Anxiety Disorders (%):
Symptoms: (3 things)

Answer 5

ANXIETY DISORDERS

Specific Phobias: (10%)
Most common fears:
* Animals, and blood
* heights, and flying

Generalized Anxiety Disorders (5%)
* Symptoms of anxiety for at least 6 months
Symptoms:
* Excessive worry,
* Restlessness, and sleep disturbances

Question 6

Panic Disorder (%): (2 things)
Symptoms: (8 things)
Can lead to:

Answer 6

Panic Disorder: (11%)
* Recurrent, and unexpected panic attacks
* Quick to come, quick to go
Symptoms:
* Intense dread, or chest pain
* choking, shaking, or nausea
* fear of going crazy or dying,
* shortness or out of breath, and feeling dizzy
Can lead to: Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces)

Question 7

Social Anxiety (%):
Fear of:
Leads to:

Answer 7

Social Anxiety (3-13%):
* Social situations are either avoided or faced with significant anxiety

Fear of:
* embarrassment or humiliation that could lead to rejection

Leads to:
* Distress and/or interference with daily functioning

Question 8

Trauma And Stress-Related Disorders Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:

Threat of:

Avoidance of:

Difficulties with:

Answer 8

Trauma And Stress-Related Disorders Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (7-8%):
* Re-experiencing traumatic event
Threat of:
* Death or serious injury to self or other

Avoidance of:
* Stimuli associated with the trauma

Difficulties with:
* Sleep, concentration, irritability

Question 9

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (%)

Obsessions vs Compulsions:

Four different themes:

Answer 9

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (2%)

Obsessions:
* Persistent, uncontrollable thoughts

Compulsions:
* Rituals, behaviours that reduce anxiety

Four different themes:
* Obsessions and checking
* Order and symmetry
* Cleanliness and washing
* Hoarding

Question 10

Where is the dividing line between normal and abnormal behavior?

Answer 10

Deviation from the statistical average of deviance, personal distress, and maladaptive behaviour.

Question 11

ANXIETY DISORDERS (Name 6)

Answer 11

Specific Phobias: (10%)
Generalized Anxiety Disorders (5%)
Panic Disorder: (11%)
Social Anxiety: (3-13%)
Trauma And Stress-Related Disorders Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (7-8%)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (2%)