Neurotransmitters
Anxiety, OCD, and Related Disorders
Models of Abnormal Behavior
Clinical Assessment
History of the Field
100

What influences movement, learning, attention and emotion? (an oversupply is linked to schizophrenia; and an under supply is linked to tremors and a loss of motor control and Parkinson's disease)

dopamine

100

Bill's sister is getting married in Hawaii, but he refuses to attend due to his fear of flying. Bill likely meets criteria for which disorder?

Specific Phobia

100

What approach explains abnormal behavior as resulting from multiple influences that includes biological, behavioral, cognitive, emotional, cultural, interpersonal, social, developmental, and environmental influences?

Multidimensional Integrative Approaches

100

What is the systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors? 

Clinical Assessment

100

What are the defining criteria of psychological disorder (hint: there are three)?

Psychological dysfunction, distress, atypical response

200

What is the portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position; the somatosensory cortex is located here?

parietal lobe

200

Kevin is afraid to leave the house and travel to public places or other locations where it would be difficult to escape. He likely suffers from what disorder?

Agoraphobia

200
What two models describe disorders in terms of the interaction between genes and environment?

Diathesis-stress model and Reciprocal gene-environment model

200

Name three observations that are made in a mental status exam.

Appearance, behavior, thought processes, mood, affect, intellectual/cognitive functioning, sensoriam/orientation

200

What is the term that refers to what causes a disorder?

Etiology

300

What is part of the autonomic nervous system subdivision that calms the body, conserving its energy?

parasympathetic

300

What is the most effective behavioral therapy for OCD and OCD-related disorders?

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy

300

What is the master control center of the stress response that regulates adrenal glands, cortisol levels, thyroid hormones, gonadal hormones, blood sugar, immune system response, and neurotransmitters?

HPA-axis

300

What is one disadvantage of using semistructured clinical interviews?

Loss of spontaneity, may inhibit patient from volunteering useful information

300

What are the three historical traditions of explaining abnormal behavior?

Supernatural, Biological, and Psychological

400
Which neurotransmitter remains at low levels during both manic and depressive episodes of Bipolar?
Serotonin
400

What is the term for the kind of behaviors that maintain the fears of people who suffer from anxiety or OCD-related disorders?

Safety behaviors

400
Name the three components of emotion.

Behavior, physiology, and cognition

400

What are the ABCs of behavioral assessment?

Antecedents, Behaviors, Consequences

400

Who is credited with moral therapy and the rise of the mental hygiene movement?

Dorothea Dix

500

What enables muscle action, learning and memory?

acetylcholine

500

Interoceptive Exposure Therapy is most effective for treating people with which disorder?

Panic Disorder

500

What are the primary components of the diathesis stress model? 

Precursors, Diathesis, Stress, Outcome

500

What Classification approaches are currently used in the DSM-5-TR?

Dimensional and prototypical approach

500

What are three things you might include in your clinical description?

Presenting problem, symptoms, course, onset, prevalence, incidence, prognosis

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