Intro to Psych Disorders
Concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured.
Medical Model
Unexplainably and continually tense and uneasy
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Disorders related to emotions
Depressive Disorders (Previously mood)
A severe and disabling pattern of extremely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, and behavior that seriously impairs the ability to communicate and relate to others and disrupts most other aspects of daily functioning.
Schizophrenia
Situations in which pursuing self-interest makes things worse for everyone
Social Traps
Internal, unconscious drives
Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
Infant or young child doesn’t establish attachments with parents or caregivers.
Reactive Attachment Disorder
Similar to Major Depressive Disorder, but less intense and lasts longer.
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Schizophrenia Symptoms:
Delusions, Hallucinations, and Disorganized Speech
The unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Altruism
Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Disorder characterized by the irresistible, repeated urge to pull out hair from the scalp, eyebrows, or other body areas.
Trichotillomania
Symptoms of menstrual cycles do not improve following menses.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Adding a symptom is _______ and removing a symptom is ________
Positive; Negative
One event or goal has both attractive and unattractive features.
Approach-avoidance conflict
Major Neurocognitive Disorder
Alzheimer's Disease
Pattern of behavior in which a child approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults; overly familiar verbal or physical behavior; will go with an unfamiliar adult with no hesitation; diminished or absent checking back with adult caregiver.
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
Alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and over-excited manic state.
Bipolar Disorder
Hallucinations for a significant portion of time during a one-month period, but less than 6 months
Schizophreniform Disorder
Personality tests using ambiguous stimuli.
Ex: Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Projective tests
Psychological influences include:
Stress, trauma, learned helplessness, mood related perceptions and memories
Persistent difficulties discarding or parting with possessions regardless of actual value.
Hoarding
Bipolar Disorder Causes Include:
3 of them
Genetic, biological, and environmental
What are the rule of thirds of Schizophrenia?
- 1/3 of people who develop schizophrenia only have one episode
- 1/3 have recurring episodes
- 1/3 are chronic with unremitting symptoms
The collection of beliefs about oneself.
Self-concept