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| What is a psychological disorder? |
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Definition
| Mental processes and/or behavior patterns that cause emotional distress and/or substantial impairment in functioning. |
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Term
| What is the intern's syndrome when studying abnormal psychology? |
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Definition
People studying mental illness often begin thinking they have them mental illness
-don't forget many illnesses resemble normal daily symptoms
-don't jump to conclusions
-there is a wide difference between a bit corky and full out crazy |
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| What are the 7 criteria for diagnoising mental abnormalities? |
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Definition
1. Maladaptiveness
2. Loss of Control
3. Irrationality
4. Dangerous to Self
5. Dangerous to others
6. Causing stress to self
7. Causing stress to others |
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Term
| What is maladaptivenss with regares to mental illness? |
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Definition
| Whether our not the things we do or the ways we think can work in our society or cultural. |
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| What is loss of control with regards to mental illness? |
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Definition
| the more out of control your behavior is the more you can't stop the behavior. |
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| What is irrationality with regards to mentall illness? |
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Definition
| does your behavior make sense at all? |
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Term
| What criteria are used to determine whether behavior is abnormal? |
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Definition
| If it differs radically from what is considered normal in the person's own culture, if it leads to personal distress or impaired functioning, or if it results in the person's being in danger to self and/or others. |
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Term
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Definition
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition.
-a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association, which describes the criteria used to classify and diagnose mental disorders. |
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Term
| What are the 6 major disorders classified in the DSM-V? |
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Definition
1. Anxiety Disorder
2. Somatofom Disorder
3. Dissociative Disorder
4. Antisocial personalilty Disorder
5. Schizophrenia
5. Mood Disorders |
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Term
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Definition
| Pyschological disorders characterized by frequent fearful thoughts about what might happen in the future. |
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Term
| What illnesses are categorized under Anxiety Disorders? |
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Definition
1. Phobias
2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder or G.A.D
3. Panic Disorder
4. Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder or O.C.D |
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Term
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Definition
A persistant, irrational fear of some specific object, situation, or activity that poses little or no real danger.
-not every phobia has to be treated if it is not disrupting the person's life. |
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Term
| What 2 categories are used to classify phobias? |
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Definition
1. Specific Phobias - which are usually classically conditioned and avoided (like airplanes)
2. Social Phobias - which are unreasonable fears of social embarrasment (these are harder to avoid) |
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Term
| What treatments are available for phobias? |
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Definition
1. tranquilizers
2. flooding
3. systematic desensitization
4. modeling |
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Term
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Definition
| An anxiety disorder in which people experience chronice, excessive worry for 6 months or more with no obvious target or cause. |
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| What theory do psychologists have on what causes G.A.D.? |
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Definition
Probably a limbic feedback system malfunction.
-either a brain structure problem or a neurotransmitter. |
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