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What is a psychological disorder? |
An ongoing pattern of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are Deviant, Distressful, and Dysfunctional. |
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Deviant |
Occurs rarely |
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Distressful |
Someone is having a hard time w/ it (others or self) |
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Two approaches to understanding disorders |
*Medical Model *Biopsychosocial Model |
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Medical Model (HINT: 2 things) |
-Disorders as sickness -Entirely Biological
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Biopsychosocial |
-Disorders have multiple causes |
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What are the main anxiety disorders? (HINT: there's 5) |
*Generalized Anxiety Disorder *Panic Disorder *Phobias *Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) *Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
Constantly tense and uneasy for no apparent reason. |
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Panic Disorder |
A person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread. |
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder |
a person is troubled by repetitive thoughts or actions. |
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Post-Traumatic stress disorder |
a person has lingering memories, nightmare, and possibly other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening, uncontrollable event. |
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What are the two learning perspective?
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*Fear Conditioning
*Observational Learning |
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Fear Conditioning |
Bad experience prompts later fears |
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Dissociative |
Awareness becomes separate from painful thoughts, feelings |
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) |
Two or more separate personalities |
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Personality Disorder |
Lifelong, bad personality traits |
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What is a substance-related disorder? |
a maladapative pattern of substance use leading to clinically |
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Psychoactive drug |
drugs that get into the brain and affect the way we think. |
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Addiction |
need to use drug |
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Tolerance |
decreased high after repeated use |
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Dependence |
brain changes from always having drug |
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Withdrawl |
problems when you stop using |
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What are frequently abused substances? |
- Depressants -Stimulants -Haullucinogens |
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Depressants |
drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions. |
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Stimulants |
drugs (such as nicotine, cocaine, and meth) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. |
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Hallucinogens |
drugs (such as LSD and marijuana) that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input |
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Schizophrenia |
a group of severe disorders characterized by inappropriate emotions and actions |
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Chronic |
*Slow developing -positive and negative symptoms |
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Acute |
*Develops quickly, as reaction to stress -Mostly positive symptoms |
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Symptoms of Schizophrenia (HINT: 3) |
Thought, Perception, Movement, and Emotion |
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Types of Therapy |
-Psychotherapy -Biomedical Therapy -Eclectic Approach
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Psychotherapy |
talk therapy |
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Biomedical |
drugs,surgery |
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Eclectic Approach |
therapist use a variety of approaches when treating clients |
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Antipsychotic Drugs |
Treat hallucinations, delusions |
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Antianxiety Drugs |
Sedatives |
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Mood Drugs |
Antidepressants |