AP Psych Unit 7: Psych Disorders

study of people with psych disorders

1. maladaptive
2. disturbing to others
3. unusual
4. irrational to the average person

to be aquitted based on psych factors

bible for mental disorders

DSM-5

study of the causes of disorders

etiology and treatments

unconscious conflicts in psychosexual stages, conflict between id and ego and superego

history of reinforcement

maladaptive ways of thinking

person's lack of feelings, self-esteem, and self-concept

social ills like poverty and sexism

bio factors

accept and use ideas from multiple perspectives

phobias, GAD, panic disorder

unnecessarily intense sense of fear of a situation or object

fear of small spaces

fear of spiders

fear of open, public spaces

fear of embarrassing yourself in a social situation

constant, low-level anxiety, constant nervousness

acute episodes of anxiety

describes a group of disorders related to anxiety

describes a group of disorders where a person has a physical problem in the absence of a physical cause

complains about a physical problem they don't actually have

believe unable to move or speak and are unable to, but there is no biological reason

describes a group of disorders where there is a disruption in conscious processes

people can't remember things and there is no biological reason for the amnesia

biologically induced amnesia

person has multiple alters

childhood trauma such as sexual abuse

describes a group of mood-related disorders

major depressive disorder

unhappy for two weeks without a clear reason

loss of appetite, fatigue, change in sleeping patterns, lack of interest in normally enjoyable activities, and feelings of worthlessness

feelings of depression during certain times of the year (usually winter)

light therapy

a cognitive theorist that believed depression results from the cognitive triad/pessimistic attribution of cause for "failure"

negative ideas about self, world, and future

experience both depression and manic episodes

disordered thinking with delusions, hallucinations, disorganized language, and unusual motor behavior

belief without a basis in reality

persecution and grandeur

false perception of senses

schizophrenic with no emotional response

schizophrenic that makes up words

schizophrenic that strings together nonsense words that rhyme

schizophrenic/laughs when someone has died

schizophrenic motor problem where they are motionless in a strange posture for hours, move jerkily for no reason, or alternate between the two

schizophrenic in catatonia that allows their body to be moved to a new position and they hold that new position

have excess behavior and thought and mood

neologisms and hallucinations

deficits in behavior, mood, and thinking

catatonia and flat affect

high levels of dopamine (dopamine hypothesis)

antipsychotic

lower levels of dopamine

thorazine

tardive dyskinesia

muscle tremors and stiffness

yes

negative

positive

environmental stressors provide the circumstances for a biological predisposition for an illness to present itself

a group of disorders where a person has maladaptive behavior that negatively affect their ability to function

little regard for another person's feeling

rely too much on attention and help of others

constantly feel persecuted

narcissism

overly dramatic behavior

overly concerned with certain thoughts and behvaoir

anxiety causing compulsions and obsessions

action you cant refrain from doing

thought you can't refrain from thinking

flashbacks and nightmares due to traumatic event

sexual attraction to object, person, or activity not usually seen as sexual

sexual attraction to children

sexual attraction to animals

sexual attraction to objects

sexual attraction to watching others engage in sexual behavior

sexual attraction to pain

sexual attraction to causing pain

self starvation

binging and purging

little

use of substance or addictive behavior (like gambling) negatively affects someone life

a group of disorders where a person has deviations from typical social development

autism and ADHD

lack of social behavior and hypersensitive to sensory information and intense interest in usually non-interesting objects

difficulty stay still or paying attention

labeling peopl

he and associates pretended to be schizophrenic and were then diagnosed as "schizo in remission"

drilling holes in head to let evil spirits escape

mass release of mental patients; more people suffering, less hospitalization

treatment before problem becomes severe