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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