Basic Concepts of Psychological Disorders
Which 2 Psychological Disorders are seen around the world?
Depression & Schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder is a type of _______disorder?
Mood or Depressive disorder
A disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and false beliefs?
Schizophrenia
Name the 3 MAJOR categories of biomedical interventions used to treat psychological disorders.
Anti-anxiety, anti-depressants and anti-psychotic drugs.
Two types of insight therapies
Psychodynamic and Humanistic
What % of the US population suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year?
20-25%
An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread and accompanying chest pain and trouble breathing?
Panic Disorder
An Eating disorder characterized by a compulsion to eat followed by guilt, distress and disgust?
Binge-eating disorder
The therapy that aims to alter the way clients act and think.
Cognitive-Behavioral therapy
What underlies anorexia nervosa?
A distorted body image.
What is the most common reference system for classifying mental disorders?
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM-V
A disorder that includes persistent and repetitive thoughts followed by anxiety relieving behaviors?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/ OCD
A Personality disorder characterized by a lack of conscious for their wrong doing?
Anti-social personality disorder
The term for when a patient transfers to the therapist, emotions linked to other relationships.
Transference
This disorder is the #1 reason people seek mental health services.
Major Depressive Disorder
A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation or behavior.
Psychological Disorder
A disorder marked by reoccurring memories, nightmares, hypervigilance and social withdrawal.
Post-traumatic stress disorder / PTSD
A rare category of disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts and feelings.
Dissociative Disorders
The therapy which aims to replace problematic behaviors with constructive ones.
Behavior therapy
How can you help someone you know who is feeling suicidal?
Listen, Connect and Protect
Which race or ethnicity is the most likely (statistically speaking) to die by suicide in the US?
Native Americans
An anxiety disorder that effects women disproportionately more often than men?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder/ GAD
Name 1 Personality disorder that is characterized by dramatic or impulsive behaviors.
Borderline, Narcissistic or Anti-social Personality disorders are all in this cluster.
Family therapy treats the family as a ________
System
The world's most used type of therapeutic intervention
Self-help Groups