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Overview of Psychological Disorders and Treatments

The document provides an overview of various psychological disorders, their classifications, and influential figures in the field of psychology. It discusses the definitions of mental disorders, assessment methods, treatment approaches, and the biological and psychological factors contributing to these conditions. Additionally, it covers specific disorders, their symptoms, and treatment options, as well as concepts like prognosis, comorbidity, and the diathesis-stress model.
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Overview of Psychological Disorders and Treatments

The document provides an overview of various psychological disorders, their classifications, and influential figures in the field of psychology. It discusses the definitions of mental disorders, assessment methods, treatment approaches, and the biological and psychological factors contributing to these conditions. Additionally, it covers specific disorders, their symptoms, and treatment options, as well as concepts like prognosis, comorbidity, and the diathesis-stress model.
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Supernatural > Biological > Psychological

Memtal disorder - personal distress. Violation of social norms. Disability

Developmental Psychopathology - changes in abnormal behavior; to understand what is within the


range of normal development so as to have a better understanding of what is abnormal

Psychological Dysfunction - breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning

Psychological Disorder - psychological dysfunction within an individual associated with distress or


impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected

Clinical Description - unique combination of behavior, thoughts, and feelings that make up aspecific
disorder

Clinical Assessment - systematic evaluation ang measurement of factors presenting a possible


psychological disorder

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

PARACELCUS - "Lunacy" gravitaional effect of moon on the body fluids that might be apossible cause of
mental disorder.

FRANZ ANTON MESMER - "Mesmerism", "Animal Magnatism", power of suggestion

JEAN MARTIN CHARCOT - hynosis

JOHN P GREY - father of biological tradition is USA. mental disorder are due to physical causes

PHILIPPE PINEL - humane treatment for patient, mental hygiene movement

DOROTHEA DIX - mental hygiene

BENJAMIN RUSH - mental hygiene movement

EMIL KRAEPELIN - classificatiom of psychopathology

VICTOR MEYER - pioneerd the treatment for people with OCD thru Exposure and Responce Prevention
(ERP)

GALEN - recognized that psychological disorders could have both biological and psychological causes

EMIL KRAEPELIN - father of modern psychology. Biological classification of menta disorder

ROGER SPERRY - split brain surgery


JOSEPH WOLPE - systematic disensitization

EUGENE BLEUR - introduce the term 'schizophrenia' meaning, splitting of the mind

VIKTOR FRANKL - existenital vacuum (life has lost its meaning) will lead to noogenic neurosis

FRANCIS GALTON - father od psychometrics ang eugenics (good genes)

SOREN KIERKEGAARD - father of existentialist

HNERY MURRAY - psychogeninc needs. Personology

TERMS

Prognosis - anticipated course of disorder

Incidence - how many disorder are diagnosed within the time

Comorbity - presence of second diagnosis

Course - chronic, episodic, time limited

• Chronic course - disorder tend to las a long period of time

• Episodic - disorder will improve w/o treatmemr in a relatively short period

• Insidious - disorser will develop gradually over an extended period

Epidemiology - incidence, distribution, and consequemces of a particular problem

Etiology - the study of the origin

THERAPIST

Behavioral Therapist - associate abnormal behavior to neglectful or abusive parents

Cognitive Therapist - focus on abnormal thought patterns, attitudes and expectations associated w/
abnormal behavior

Sociocuktural theorist - abnormal behavior may be accounted to factors such as ethnicity, gender and
social class.

SUICIDE
Fatalistic - due to pervasive oppression/laging api

Alrtuistic - for the benefit of the society

Egoistic - due to low social interaction. Alone. Aloof

Anomic - due to disappointments or failuresa

INTELIGGENCE

70-130

NEUROTRANSMITTER

Dopamine increases - Schizophrenia

Serotonin & Norepinephrine - decreased = depression, increase = manic

GABA Inhibitory - genralized anxiety disorder

GABA decreases - obsessive compulsive behavior

Gammaaminobutyric acid - depleted / low gama = anxiety

LOBES

TEMPORAL - hearing

PARIETAL - sensation

OCCIPITAL - vision

FRONTAL - reasoning and thinking

CEREBELLUM - controls motor coordination

HIPPOCAMPUS - cente of learning, memory and emotion

HYPOTHALAMUS - thought to be dysregulated in

WERNICKES AREA - understanding speech

BROCA'S AREA - production of speech


DISORDERS

Trihotillomania - hair pulling

Excoriation - skin picking

Enuresis - voluntary/involuntary unrinal

Encopresis - voluntary/involuntary defication (poop)

Diogenes syndrome - senile squalor

De clerambault syndrom - erotomanic delusion

Prader Willi syndrome - severe mental retardation

Cotard syndrome - nihilistic delusion (death)

DYSCALCULA - mathematical disorder

DYSGRAPHIA - disorder of written expression

OCD - Obsession, internal, intrusive and recurring thoughts and impulse that are persisten and
uncontrollable; Compulsion, external, behavioral

HYPOCHONDRIASIS (DSM IV-TR) / ILLNESS ANXIETY DISORDER (DSM 5) - unwarranted fears about
serious illness despite the absence of significant somatic symptom

DEPERSONALIZATION - detachment form one's mental processes or body. "Being out of the body"

DREALIZATION - sense of unreality on one's surrounding

NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER - have either known or presumed biological causes

DELIRIUM - cognitive disorder. Can't shift attention to new task. Disorganized thinking w/ incoherent
speech. Misinterpret sensory stimuli

MAJOR/MINOR VASCULAR NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER - due to stroke, coronary arterie disease,


untreated high blood pressure
ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER - common childhood disorder cahracterized by
inattentiveness, excessive energy, and impulsivity.

CONDUCT DISORDER - deceitfulness or theft, aggression toward people or animals, destruction of


property, and serious rule vaiolation

MEMORY

Alzheimers - a degenerative form of brain disease and not a normal sign of aging

Dementia - deterioration of cognitive abilities. And functioning became impaired.

Dissociative Amnesia - due to traumatic or stressful situation

Dissociative Fugue - new identity

General Amnesia - due to trauma

Retrograde - before (the vow)

Anterograde - after

SLEEP DISORDER

Insomnia

1. Dyssomnia - quality of sleep

2. Parasomnia - abnormal behavior during sleep

Hypersomnolence - overslept yet still feel tired

Narcolepsy - REM stage. Brief loss of muscle tone.

EATING DISORDER

BINGE EATING DISORDER - alarming eating in a short period of time. Binge eating w/o compensatory
behavior

ANOREXIA NERVOSA - restriction of food intake. Very low body weight. Fear of gain weight and
disturbance in one's body image.
BULIMIA NERVOSA - recurrent episode of binge eating, feeling of being out of control.

PERSONALITY DISORDER

CLUSTER A - Odd and Eccentric

Schizoid PD - emotional aloofness

Schizotypal PD - odd, eccentric; worst; pervasisve pattern of social and interpersonal deficits

Paranoid PD - very suspicious

CLUSTER B - Dramatic, Emtional, Erratic

Histrionic PD - overly dramatic and attention seeking behavior

Borderline PD - manipulative; trying to offset the belief that they are evil or tarnished in some way.; self
harm is a way to release underlying mounting pressure

Antisocial PD - conspicouos, deviant behavior (eg cruelty ot animal/people/property destruction)

Narcissistic PD

CLUSTER C - Anxious and fearful

Avoidant PD - fearful of criticism, rejection and approval. Fear of saying something foolish

Dependent PD -

Obsessive-Compulsive PD -

MOOD DISORDER

BIPOLAR I - w/ 1 major depressive episode / 1 full manice episode

BIPOLAR II - w/ hypomanic

MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER - 6 months and above

CYCLOTHYMIC - 2 years

DYSTHIMIC - 2 years, persistet depression

HYPOMANIA - 4 days
ANXIETY DISORDER

PANIC DISORDER - at least 6 months

PANIC ATTACK - highthed sense of nervousness, tightness in chest and feel dizzy, difficukty in controlling
rapid breathing, intense need for air

SPECIFIC PHOBIA - fear caused by a specific object or situation

SOCIAL PHOBIA - deep stress in coversation to others or fear of having to interact with other people

POST TRAUMATIC DISORDER (PTSD) - 1 month after the trauma

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER - < 1 month after the trauma

SEXUAL DISORDER - 6 months w/ atleast 2 of the ffl.

Vaginismus - spasms. Involuntary constriction of muscles

Priapism - prolong erection of penis

Dyspareunia - painful sexual intercourse

Male hypoactive sexual disorder - absence of male sexual fantasies and desires.

Premature ejaculation - 75% of sexual occasion for 6 months; tendency to ejaculate during partnered
sexual activity within 1 minute of sexual activity

Hybristophilia - commit crimes to achieve sexual gratification

Hypoxyphilia - oxygen deprivation to achieve sexual gratification

Coprophilia - use of feces to achieve sexual gratification

Plushophilia - use of stuff toy to achieve sexual gratification

Klismaphilia - use of tube to achieve sexual gratification

PHOBIAS

IATROPHOBIA - fear of doctorr

TRYPANOPHOBIA - fear of injections

HEMOPHOBIA - fear of blood


NECROPHOBIA - fear of dead people

NOCTOPHOBIA/NICTOPHOBIA - fear of night/dark places

NEPHOPHOPHOBIA - fear of clouds

ACROPHOBIA - unrealistic fear of height

TREATMENT

Systematic disensitization & flooding - for phobia

Exposure In Vivo - for obsessive compulsive

Exposure and response prevention - Victor meyer for people w/ OCD

Catharsis - recalling and relieving emotional trauma that has been made unconscious and to release the
accompanying tension.

DRUGS

Halucinogenic - alter mental and emotional perception. Cannabis

Caffeine - most common substance available in any drinks

Amphetamines - high doses can cause delusions, hallucinations and insomnia; can produce psychotic
symptoms that can last and recur even months and years after drug use is ended.

Simulant - cocaine, amphetamine

Lithium - medicine for depression.

Depressants - downer. Decrease CNS and reduce physical arousala and make us relax. alcoholic
substance

Opiods - can help relieve pain and induce sleep

Trisonomy 21 - mental retrrdation/ intellectual developmental disorder

GROUP EXPERIMENT
Placebo Effect - expectation changed behavior

Flustro Effect - when a group doesn't receive any treatment

Allegiance Effect - experimenter doesn't work hard

Order Effect - the sequence of the treatmemt affect the next one.

DIATHESIS - STRESS MODEL - biological and environmental factors interact to determine the likelihood
that a person will exhibit a abnormal behavior

DIATHESIS - a distal necessary or contributory cause of mental disorder

POSTTRAUMATIC MODEL - Proposes that people uses dissociatipn to cope w/ trauma and seen as the
causing factor to develop alters after trauma

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