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Psychological Disorder

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a harmful dysfunction in which thoughts, feelings, or behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

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maladaptive

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destructive to oneself

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Unjustifiable

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without a rational basis

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Disturbing

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troublesome to other people

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Atypical

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so different that it violates a norm

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MUDA

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Maladaptive, Unjustifiable, Disturbing, Atypical

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Dr. Philippe Pinel

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was one of the first to treat
patients humanely

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Medical model

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concept that mental diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured

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Bio-psycho-social model

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study how biological, psychological, and social factors combine and interact to produce
psychological disorders
-Nature and Nurture

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positive psychology movement

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have examined the conditions that allow communities and individuals to flourish

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Chris Peterson, 6 “un-DSM”

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Wisdom and Knowledge
Courage
Humanity
Justice
Temperance
Transcendence

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Anxiety

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a vague feeling of apprehension and nervousness

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generalized anxiety disorder

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Disruptive levels of persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tenseness
-Lasts 6 months or so
-Sufferers worry constantly
-2/3 are women
-Those affected usually cannot identify, relieve or avoid their
anxiety

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Panic disorders

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Marked by sudden bouts of intense, unexplained panic
-An intense fear that something horrible is about to happen
-You may have irregular heartbeat, chest pains, shortness of
breath, choking, or trembling

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agoraphobia

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Afraid to leave their comfort zone usually their house

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Hoarding disorder

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cluttering a home with acquired
possessions a person can’t part with

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Body dysmorphic disorder

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preoccupation with perceived
body defects

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Trichotillomania

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hair-pulling

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Excoriation disorder

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excessive skin-picking

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Biological factors

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heredity
brain function
evolution

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Learning factors

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observational learning
conditioning
reinforcement

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Mood disorders

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Mania
Depression

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attribution

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When things go wrong, we try to explain them

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Depressed people are likely to make attributions with the
following characteristics:

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Stable – the bad situation will last a long time
Internal – this happened to me because of my actions
Global – my explanation applies to many areas of my life

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Dissociative Disorders, your sense of self has become separated from your memories, thoughts or feelings.
1) amnesia 2) fugue 3) identity disorder
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Dissociative Amnesia
Memory loss -Any number of factors can cause it -To qualify as a DA, memory loss must be a reaction to a traumatic event -Some type of personal or natural disaster -You may lose all memories of the event
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Dissociative Fugue
An extended form of DA characterized by loss of identity and travel to a new location -May be a few hours, or a few years -May develop a new identity, new friends, new job -It is an unconscious response to extreme stress
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
Disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities -Subpersonalities can differ in age, sex, and perception of physical characteristics -Some are aware of each other, others are not -Very rare
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Somatoform Disorders
Symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause -Reasons behind doctor visits are “medically unexplained”
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Hypochondria
imagined symptoms of illness -Headaches, joint pains, etc -Medical exam reveals nothing wrong physically -It is literally “all in their head”
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Conversion disorder (aka hysteria)
Sudden loss of physical function -Sudden blindness, laryngitis, paralysis, speaking ability, etc. -Have you ever been so frightened you aren’t able to move or speak? -Has become very rare in modern times
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delusions of grandeur
Belief you are more important than you really are - May believe you are someone famous like a political figure or religious leader
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Delusions of Persecution
False beliefs that people are out to get you Ex: Someone is following you or that the CIA is engaging in an elaborate plot to capture you
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Delusions of Sin or Guilt
False beliefs of being responsible for some misfortune
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Delusion of sin or guilt
Like believing it is your fault a plane crashed because you forgot to brush your teeth
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Delusions of Influence
False beliefs of being controlled by outside forces “the devil made me do it”
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Word salad
nonsense talk
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paranoid schizophrenia
Characterized by delusions -Specifically grandeur and persecution -Hallucinations often support the delusions
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Catatonic Schizophrenia
Characterized by variations in voluntary movement -Alternates between two phases -Catatonic excitement – rapid movements, delusions and hallucinations -Catatonic stupor – very little activity or speech -Flat emotion and waxy flexibility are often part of this
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Disorganized Schizophrenia
Characterized by bizarre behavior, delusions and hallucinations -They are visibly disturbed to other people -In the old days, people thought they had “gone mad”
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Undifferentiated Schizophrenia
Characterized by symptoms that are disturbed but are not clearly consistent with one of the three other types
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Cause of Schizophrenia
-Genetics -Brain structure Larger, fluid filled spaces around the tissue Thalamus is smaller (hurts attention span) -Brain function Frontal lobes Dopamine receptors are increased 6 times -Prenatal Viruses Viral infection during pregnancy
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Psychological Factors
Stress Disturbed family communication
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Personality disorders
divides into 3 categories -anxiety -odd behavior -dramatic or impulsive behavior
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Anxiety personality disorders
A) avoidant personality disorder- sensitive about being rejected that personal relationships are difficult B) dependent personality disorder -behave clingy C) Obsessive-Compulsive personality Disorder -Aka Anankastic PD

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