Psychological disorders and treatments

Question 1

The medical model

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sees abnormal behavior as a DISEASE

Question 2

Diagnosis

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Distinguishing one disorder from another

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Etiology

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Historical development to a disease or disorder

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Prognosis

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predication on the course of an illness

Criteria of Abnormal Behavior

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Deviance

Criteria of Abnormal Behavior

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What is socially acceptable?

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Maladaptive Behavior

Criteria of Abnormal Behavior

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Is functioning impaired?

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Personal Distress

Criteria of Abnormal Behavior

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Is the person in distress or suffering?

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Anxiety Disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obssesive-Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Phobia

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat

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Obssesive-Compulsive Disorder

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Uncontrollable obssesions and complutions
obssesions - thoughts
compulsions - behaviour

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Panic Disorder

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Panic Attacks

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Enduring Distress after a trauma

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Phobia

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Persistent & Irrational Fear of Specific Object or Situation

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Dissociative Disorders

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mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity

Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative Amnesia

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Existence of 2 or more largely complete personalities

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Sudden extensive loss of memory

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Major Depressive Disorder

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constant feelings of sadness and despair and a loss of interest in previous sources of pleasure.

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Anhedonia

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decreased interest in pleasurable activities

A central feature of major depression

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Bipolar Disorder

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Periods of Depression and Mania

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Schizophrenic Disorders

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a mental disorder shaped by disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotional responsiveness, and social interactions.

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Delusions

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false beliefs that are out of touch with reality

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Hallucinations

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Sensory perceptions that are not real

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Positive symptom of Schizophrenia

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any change in behaviour or thoughts

delusions and hallucinations

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Negative symptom of Schizophrenia

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appearing to withdraw from the world around then

less social interaction

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Anorexia

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Intense fear of gaining weight

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Bulimia

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out-of-control eating then feeling guilty about it and trying to throw it up, shit it out, or excessively excersizing

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Binge eating disorder

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Bullimia but without the guilt

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Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Profound impairment of social interaction and communication