Trauma/Obsessive/stress disorders
What disorder involves flashbacks, intrusive thoughts and physiological arousal 1 month after a traumatic stressor?
PTSD
MDD and dysthymia
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Hysteria was a term that was usually used to refer to...
women
What disorder is very similar to PTSD?
Acute Stress Disorder
Name a situational phobia.
Closed spaces, flying, driving over bridges, heights...
Name the 3 bipolar mood disorders we covered.
Cyclothymia, Bipolar I and Bipolar II
What medication has a 4 week delay in effectiveness and a black box warning about suicidal thoughts?
Antidepressants
What was used to treat syphilis in the 1800's?
Malaria
What disorder involves issues in adapting to a stressor such as a job change or new baby?
Adjustment disorder
Name 3 anxiety disorders.
GAD, specific phobia, social anxiety, panic disorder...
Which is more severe, mania or hypomania?
Mania
What is used specifically for Seasonal related depressive disorders?
Phototherapy/light box
Name a contribution of Freud to the field of abnormal psych.
Defense mechanisms, the idea of the unconscious, psychosexual stages of development.
What disorder involves unwanted thoughts and then repetitive and time consuming behaviors?
OCD
Social phobia
Which is a lower/deeper depression, dysthymia or MDD?
MDD
What medication treats bipolar disorders?
Lithium
Describe asylums.
Terrible, dirty, overcrowded, impersonal, huge...
What disorder involves preoccupations with perceived flaws in appearance?
Body dysmorphic disorder
How long does someone need to have a pattern/history of symptoms to meet the criteria for a specific phobia?
6 months
Bipolar disorders that switch from depressive states to manic states quickly are called...
rapid cycling
Which is more common (has higher prevalence rates) major depressive disorder or Bipolar I?
MDD
Around what time did asylums begin closing around the world?
1900's-1950's