WK 8 L2 psychological disorders

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extra DSM Categories

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somatic disorders, feeding and eating disorders, elimination disorders, sleep wake disorders, sexual dysfunctions, gender dysphoria, disruptive impulse control, substance related disorders and neurocognitive disorders

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DSM categories

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neurodevelopment, schizophrenia and psychoses, bipolar disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, OCD’S, trauma and stressor disorders, dissociative disorders

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Neurodevelopmental disorders

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ADHD and ASD

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ADHD

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difficulty focusing attention, impulsiveness and hyperactivity-

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3 types of ADHD

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primarily hyperactive and impulsive, primarily inattentive and a combination

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ASD

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challenges with social, emotional and communication skills

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Schizophrenia

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umbrella term for numerous psychotic disorders- gross disturbance and loss of touch with reality

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4 aspects of schizophrenia symptoms

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thought, perception, affect and language

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Positive symptoms

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signal the presence of something not usually or previously there

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Negative symptoms

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signal the absence of function

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Theories of schizophrenia

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Diathesis-stress model and dopamine hypothesis

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Diathesis-stress model- in relation to schizo

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schizo develops in people with an underlying biological vulnerability that is compounded by stress

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Dopamine hypothesis

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schizo reflects elevated level of dopamine in the brain

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Bipolar disorder

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characterised by disturbance in emotion and mood- alternating episodes of mania, hypomania and or depression

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Mania

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an excessive degree of happiness and a belief the person can do anything with significant impairment

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Hypomania

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similar to mania but without significant impairment

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Bipolar 1

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manic episode with or without hypomanic episode plus depressive episode

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Bipolar 2

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hypomanic episode plus depressive episode

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Depressive disorders

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characterised by disturbance in emotion and mood

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Major depressive episode

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a long-term episode of intense sadness, loss of appetite and difficulty in or excessive sleeping

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Persistent depressive episode disorder (dysthymia)

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lower intensity type of depression where symptoms are evident at least 2 years- short intervals of normal mood

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Seasonal affective disorder

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depressive syndromes that occur during particular seasons (generally when less sunlight)

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bio and enviro factors of depression

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heritability, neural transmission, negative life events

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cognitive theories of depression

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negative triad and cognitive distortions

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Negative triad

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Aaron beck- negative outlook on world, self and future

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Cognitive distortions

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negative transformations of positive or neutral info

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Psychodynamic theory of depression

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motivations, negative reel's and personality structure

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Anxiety disorders

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experience frequent or continuous, intense and irrational anxiety or apprehension

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Generalised anxiety disorder

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persistent anxiety at a moderate but disturbing level and excessive and unrealistic worry about life circumstances

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Phobias

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irrational fear of an object or situation

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Social anxiety disorder

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a fear of being in a specific social or performance situation

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panic disorder

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intense attacks of fear and terror that are not justified by the situation

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Agoraphobia

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a fear of being in places or situations from which it might by difficult to escape

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obsessive compulsive disorder

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recurrent obsessions and compulsions that cause severe distress and interfere with daily life

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obsession

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persistent, irrational thoughts and ideas that a cause distress

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compulsions

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intentional behaviours performed in response to an obsession that reduce stress

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PTSD

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flashbacks and recurrent thoughts of a psychologically distressing event outside the range of usual human experience

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PTSD symptoms

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nightmares and flashbacks, deliberate efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings and reminders of that event, diminished responsiveness and psychological numbness, hypervigilance

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Dissociative disorders

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individuals experience disruptions in consciousness, memory , sense of ID or perception- usually a response to psychological pain

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Dissociative identity disorder

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marked by the existence of at least 2 or more distinct persona's within the same person

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Somatic disorders

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complaints of pain, suffering or illness accompanied by distress with no physical explanation

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Conversion disorder

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loss or significant change inn physical function in the absence of physical diagnosis

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Illness anxiety disorder

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previously hypochondria- preoccupation with having or acquiring an illness or ailment, with no or little medical evidence to support that belief

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Anorexia nervosa

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an eating disorder in which individuals starve themselves, exercise excessively or eliminate food in intentional ways, until they are at least 15% below their ideal body weight

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Bulimia nervosa

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an eating disorder characterised by a binge- purge pattern

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Binge eating disorder

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binge eating without compensatory behaviours

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Binge eating

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eating abnormal amount with sense of less control

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Compensatory behaviours

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can include purging, by vomiting, restricted eating and excessive exercise

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Conduct disorder

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characterised by persistent violation of societal norms and rights of others

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Conduct disorder symptoms

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physical aggression, vandalism, lying stealing, chronic fighting

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Alcohol dependence

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most common substance related siorder

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factors influencing substance related disorders

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both genetics and enviro

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general vulnerability

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enviro and genetics conspire to create general risk for substance abuse

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Personality disorders

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chronic and severe disturbances that inhibit someones capacity to work and love