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Unit 12 (Abnormal Behaivour) Unit 13 (Treatment Of) Flashcards

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ADHD

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Disorder marked at around age 7 by having one or more of 3 key symptoms
Extreme in attention
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity

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Psychological disorders

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Deviant, distressful, dysfunctional patterns of thoughts feelings and behaivours.

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Medical model

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Concept that disorders have physical causes can be diagnosed treated and in most cases can be cured

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Anxiety disorders

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Disorders characterized by distressing and persistent anxiety

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Generalized anxiety disorders

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Anxiety disorder in which a person is constantly tense and apprehensive

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Panic disorder

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Anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable episodes of intense dread, terror and physical pain

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Phobia

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Anxiety disorder marked by a persistent irrational fear of a specific object activity or situation

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Anxiety disorder defined by unwanted repetitive thoughts and actions

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Post traumatic growth

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Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with a challenging crisis

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Anxiety disorder defined by haunting memories, nightmares and insomnia which lingers for about a month after the trauma

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Somatoform disorder

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Disorder in which the symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause

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Conversion disorder

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Bodily disorder where a person experiences very specific physical symptoms with no physiological basis

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Hypochondriasis

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Bodily disorder where a person interprets normal physical sensations of a disease

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Dissociative disorders

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The conclusions awareness become separated from previous memories

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DID

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Rare dissociative disorder where a person exhibits 2 or more changing personalities

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Mood disorders

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Defined by emotional extremes

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Somatoform disorders

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Disorder which takes a physical form without physical cause

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Conversion disorder

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Rare disorder where a person has very specific physical symptoms with no physiological basis

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Hypochondriasis

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Bodily disorder where someone interprets normal physical sensations as harmful/ a disease

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Dissociative disorders

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Conscious awareness becomes dissociated from previous memories thoughts and feelings

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Multiple personality disorder

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person exhibits 2 or more distinct and changing personalities

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Mood disorders

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defined by emotional extremes

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Mania

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Marked by a hyperactive wildly optimistic state

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Bipolar disorder

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Person alternates between depression and mania

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Major depressive disorder
Due to a lack of a addiction will experience worthlessness lack of interest for pleasure etc
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Schizophrenia
group of disorders defined by delusions disturbia and inappropriate emotions and actions
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Delusions
False beliefs and a alternate view on reality
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Personality disorders
Defined by strict and long behavior patterns that impair social functions
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Antisocial personality disorder
The person shows a lack of conscious for their wrong doings, can be aggressive
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Psychotherapy
Consists of interactions between therapist and someone wanting to overcome psychological difficulties
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Psychoanalysis
(Sigmund Freud) belief that free associations, dreams, resistance and interactions allow for self insight
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Resistance
The blocking from consciousness of anxiety material
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Interpretation
The supposed dream meaning, resistances, and behaviors to promote insight
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Transference
Patients transfer to analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
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Psychodynamic therapy
Views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences to promote self insight
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Insight therapies
Aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing clients awareness of hidden motives and defenses
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Client centered therapy
(Carl Rogers) Therapist uses active listening in a genuine accepting environment to help clients growth
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Active listening
(Carl Rogers) Empathetic listening where the listener echoes restates and clarifies
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Unconditional positive regard
(Carl Rogers) Caring accepting attitude believed to to help clients to develop self awareness and self acceptance
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Behavior therapy
applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
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Counterconditioning
Procedure using classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that usually trigger unwanted bahaviour
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Exposure therapies
Systematic desensitization is used to treat anxieties by exposing people to things they fear and avoid
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Systematic desensitization
Associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety stimuli. Treating phobias
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Virtual reality exposure therapy
Anxiety treatment which gradually exposes to simulations of their greatest fears
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Aversive conditioning
Type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
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Token economy
Operant conditioning procedure where people earn a prize for exhibiting a desired behavior
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Cognitive therapy
Teaches people new more adaptive ways of thinking and acting based on the idea that events and emotions connect
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Cognitive behavioral theory
Integrative therapy combining cognitive therapy with behavioral therapy
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Family therapy
Treats family as a system. Views individuals unwanted behavior on family
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Regression towards the mean
Tendency for extreme or unusual scores to fall back (regress) towards the average
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Meta analysis
Statistically combining results of many different studies
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Evidence based practice
Decision making that combines best available research with clinical expertise and patients characteristics
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Biomedical therapy
Prescribed medication or procedures to directly target nervous system
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Psychopharmacology
Study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
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Antipsychotic drugs
Used to treat schiz and other sever thought disorders
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Tardive dyskinesia
Involuntary movement of facial muscles, tongue and limbs. Possible side effect of antipsychotic drugs
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Antianxiety drugs
Used to control anxiety and agitation
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Antidepressant drugs
Treat depression and also anxiety
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Only for severely depressed patients where a brief electric current is sent through the brain
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Simulation (rTMS)
Application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to brain. Stimulates or suppresses brain activity
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Psychosurgery
Removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to alter behavior
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Lobotomy
Procedure once used to calm unstable or violent patients by cutting nerves connecting the frontal lobes to emotion controlled centers of the inner brain
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Resilience
Personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and trauma

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