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medical model applied ot abnormal behavior |
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proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease |
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3 Criteria of Abnormal Behavior |
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1.)Deviance-ppl going against societies norms viewed as abnormal 2.)maladaptive behavior- psychological disorder b/c their everyday adaptive behavior is impaired 3.)personal distress- usually criteria for ppl with depression |
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psychodiagnosis; Classification of disorders |
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-clinical syndroms -personality disorders or mental retardation -general medical conditions -psychosorcial and environmental problems -global assessment of functioning scale |
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generalized anxiety disorder |
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chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat |
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persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger |
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recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly |
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a fear of going out to public places -complication of phobic disorder |
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persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of unwanted thoughts and urges to engage in senseless rituals |
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psottraumatic stess disorder |
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endurring psychological disturbance attributed to experience of a major traumatic even |
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% of twin pairs or other pairs of relatives that exhibit the same disorder |
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cognitive factors of anxiety |
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-misinterpret harmless situations as threatening -focus excessive attention on percieved threats -selectively recall info that seems threatening |
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genuine physical ailments caused in part by psychological factors, especially emotional distress |
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physical ailments that cannot be fully explained by organic conditions and are largely due to psychological factors |
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history of diverse physical complaints that appear psychological in origin |
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a significant loss of physical function, usually in a single organ system -symptoms do not match up with apparent disease |
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excessive preoccupation with one's health and incessant worry about developing physical illnesses |
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class of disorders in which ppl loose contact with portions of their consciousness or memory, resulting in disruptions in their sense of identity |
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loss of memory for important personal info that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting |
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ppl loose their memory for their entire lives along with their sense of personal identity |
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dissociative identity disorder |
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multiple personality disorder |
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emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may spill over to disrupt physical,perceptual, social, and thought processes |
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experiences anxiety and depression |
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experiences either depression or anxiety |
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genetic vulnerability of mood disorders |
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heredity can creat a perdisposition of mood disorders this is stronger with bipolar |
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neurochemical factors of mood disorders |
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abnomal levels of norepinephrine and serotonin |
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class of disorders marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganinzed speech, and deterioration, of adaptive behavior |
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gener symptoms of schizophrenia |
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irrational thought, delusions, deterioration of adaptive behavior, distorted perception, disturbed emotion |
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paranoid type of schizophenia |
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dominated by delusions of persecution along with dilusions of grandeur -think ppl are after you |
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catatonic type of schizophenia |
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striking motor disturbances, ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity |
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disorganized type of schizophrenia |
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severe deterioration of adaptive behavior |
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undifferentiated type of schizophrenia |
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mixture of schizophrenic symptom |
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negative symptoms of schizophrenia |
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behavioral deficits, flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired attention, poverty of speech |
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positive symptoms of schizophrenia |
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halluciations,delusions,bizarre behavior, wild flights of ideas |
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favorable prognosis of schizophenia |
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-onset of disorder has been sudden -onset has occurred at later age -social and work adjustment were relatively good priorto onset of the disorder -proportion of nengative symptoms is relatively low -patient is healthy, and has a supportive family |
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neurochemical factors of schizophrenia |
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excess dopamine -using glutamate as a NT |
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structrual abnomalities in the brain causing schizophrenia |
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