Anxiety
System that is continually aroused when you have an anxiety disorder
Autonomic Nervous System
Two of the three types of depression mentioned in our chapter
major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder
Person loses memories of personal facts and / or loss of conscious awareness for a time
Amnesia
Schiz means
Split from reality
Two examples from Cluster B: dramatic, emotional
antisocial
borderline
histronic
narcissist
Sickness of the mind
psychopathology
Fear of a specific object or situation that is out of proportion with actual threat.
Phobia
Very depressed, often irritable, loss of interest in pleasurable activities, appetite change, sleep change for two weeks or more
Major Depressive Disorder
When you daydream, forget what you are doing, get lost in an activity, you are
Dissociating
Symptoms that are "extra", like more movement, more thoughts, extra perceptions (hallunciations)
Positive
Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal are from this cluster
A: Odd or Eccentric
Disorder may develop when an underlying vulnerability is coupled with stress.
Diathesis-Stress Model
Fear of being negatively evaluated by others in a social setting.
Social Anxiety
neurotransmitters
genetics
damage to the left prefrontal cortex
biological rhythms (including disturbed sleep)
Formerly multiple personality disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
False beliefs that reflect break from reality
Delusions
Two examples of what research has found about antisocial personality disorder
less activity in amygdala
less of a fear response
do not find punishment unpleasant
do not care about social rewards
When disorders overlap
Commorbity
State of constact anxiety not associated with any specific object or event.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Mildly or moderately depressed moods taht persist for at least 2 years
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Dissociative states can lead to a trancelike separation of mental states into many _________________
alters or identities
Perceptual disturbances without external source
Hallucinations
The textbook references one serial killer and one movie. Name both.
Ted Bundy
American Psycho
Idea that most disorders are influenced by three factors
BioPsychoSocial Model
Reoccurent, obsessive, intrusive thoughts
Obsessions
Two of the psychological factors that contribute to mood disorders
Stressors (death of loved one, divorce, relationships, etc).
Thinking negatively about self, situation and future (cognitive triad)
Learned helplessness.
Lack of treatment & healthcare
different handwriting
different brain activity
other physiolgical changes (body temp, skin response, heartrate)
One identical twin has schizophrenia, the risk for the other is
50%
Name a difference between the experience of OCD anxiety and OCD personality.
People with OCD personality are not distressed about their behavior
People with OCD anxietymight obsessively clean their hands, but OCD personality focuses on order and control.
Diagnostic Manuel (and its current version)
Frequent nightmares, flashbacks, thoughts related to trauma
PTSD
Extreme mania lasting at least one week, followed by depression.
Bipolor 1
Major cause of DID
Two of the changes in brain
smaller thalamus
more dopamine receptor sites
brain communication
ventricals enlarged (less tissue)
What is a major problem for people who have personality disorder?
Maintaining relationships
Being flexible
Disorders that affect children are called _____________________ disorders.
Neurodevelopmental
Name 3 contributing causes of anxiety disorders
Temperment, genes, observational learning, classical conditioning
Community that has been used in studying the genetic side of bipolar disorder because they keep good records, and have few outsiders marry into the community
Amish
Traveling to a different place; assuming a new name and identity
Dissociative Fuge
THREE of the environmental factors
Disturbed family
Stress
Virus
Prenatal (low birth weight, father's age, high blood pressure / mom)
Marijuanna use
Major cause of personality disorders
Early childhood experiences, neglect, abuse, stress, "poor parenting".
The two neurodevelopmental disorders reviewed in our book.
ASD
ADHD