Schizophrenia
Characterized by disturbances in a person's thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and experiences
What is schizophrenia?
Characterized by symptoms of anxiety for the majority of days, over a period of at least several months
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
Characterized by loss of pleasure and feeling sad, irritable or empty
What is depressive disorder?
Characterized by the repeated inability to resist the urge or impulse to do something with long-term negative effects.
What is impulse control disorder?
Examples include Hand Washing, Constant Checking, Counting, and Repeating Words
The flattened effect, avolition (lack of motivation), and catatonia are ________ symptoms
What are negative symptoms?
______ is more focused on the anticipation of a perceived threat in the future
What is anxiety?
An episodic mood disorder; can be diagnosed as type 1 or type 2 based on the types of episodes experienced
What is bipolar disorder?
An example of impulse control where a person feels the need to steal things
What is kleptomania?
OCD develops because of operant conditioning
What is the behavioral explanation?
A strongly held belief that you are someone with special abilities or special powers
What are grandiose delusions?
characterized by excessive fear or anxiety in response to situations where escape might be difficult, especially in public places
What is agoraphobia?
A less extreme version of a manic episode
What is a hypomanic episode?
The feelings of winning, adrenaline, excitement, and gratification act as ________ reinforcers in the behavioral explanation for impulse control disorders
What is positive?
Medication that works by blocking the serotonin reuptake in the synapses of the brain
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors? (SSRIs)
______ schizophrenia happens when schizophrenia develops in childhood.
What is early-onset?
What is the behavioral explanation of phobias and GAD?
When levels of ______ (neurotransmitter) are reduced, feelings of motivation and pleasure would be affected.
What is dopamine?
Type of medication that works by blocking the reward centers in the brain, specifically in drug or alcohol use
What are opiate antagonists?
The abbreviation for this scale is Y-BOCS
What is the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale?
Medication developed in the 90s that treats both positive and negative symptoms of schizonphrenia
What are atypical antipsychotics?
_________ is a way of reducing undesirable response to particular situations by making them accustomed to the stimulus or situation
What is systematic desensitization?
The abbreviation for this psychometric test is BDI
Includes covert sensitization and imaginal desensitisation (The type of psychological therapy these are)
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
The explanation that says levels of dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin affect OCD symptoms
What is the biochemical/biological explanation of OCD?