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Understanding Psychological Disorders: Definitions and Classifications, Quizzes of Psychology

Definitions and explanations for various terms related to psychological disorders, including abnormal behavior, statistical deviance, patterns of behavior, norm violations, the medical model, prevalence, and the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv-tr). It also covers specific disorders such as schizophrenia, delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thought and speech.

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TERM 1
What is abnormal?
DEFINITION 1
-Psychological disorder --A pattern of behavioral &
psychological symptoms that causes significant personal
distress, impairs ability to function in one or more areas of
life or both.-Implied statistical deviance & norm violations
TERM 2
statistical
deviance
DEFINITION 2
is it uncommon, are they different from the mean from the
population
TERM 3
patterns of behavior
DEFINITION 3
does it occur more than once, if so how often, does it affect
the persons everyday life.
TERM 4
norm violations
DEFINITION 4
what is the cultural norm, it is different across
countrieshearing voices is crazy in western civilizations but
considered a talent in other places
TERM 5
the medical model
DEFINITION 5
-psychological disorders as a disease-concerns
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What is abnormal?

-Psychological disorder --A pattern of behavioral & psychological symptoms that causes significant personal distress, impairs ability to function in one or more areas of life or both.-Implied statistical deviance & norm violations TERM 2

statistical

deviance

DEFINITION 2 is it uncommon, are they different from the mean from the population TERM 3

patterns of behavior

DEFINITION 3 does it occur more than once, if so how often, does it affect the persons everyday life. TERM 4

norm violations

DEFINITION 4 what is the cultural norm, it is different across countrieshearing voices is crazy in western civilizations but considered a talent in other places TERM 5

the medical model

DEFINITION 5 -psychological disorders as a disease-concerns

psychological disorders as a disease

-improves communication-facilitate standardization of treatment-creates a bridge with other medical treatments being receivedstreamlines treatment process across doctorsinstead of listing all of the symptoms, we can say we are treating bi polar TERM 7

concerns

DEFINITION 7 -labeling of individualsstigma's are attached to itother people can become distantthe patient themselves can develop other issues due to social rejectionnotion of pacificityemployment TERM 8

notion of pacificity

DEFINITION 8 if we give a person a diagnosis they can justify their behaviors and make excuses for themmay prevent person from getting treatment TERM 9

prevalence of psychological disorders

DEFINITION 9 25% of people have experienced symptoms of a disorder within the last 2 years.50% of people will experience symptoms of a disorder at some point in life. TERM 10

DSM-IV-TR

DEFINITION 10 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.

axis 5

how does everything work together, what is the prognosis, how do we understand the patient as a whole in relation to all of the axis TERM 17

Eugen Bleuler

DEFINITION 17 Coined the term"schizophrenia", "schizoid","autism"Breaking "associative threads"gotten rid of too many threads during pubertyTerm"schizophrenia" means"split mind"- but, thats not the casethe personality is the same with added delusions TERM 18

schizophrenia

DEFINITION 18 Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by a deficit of typical emotional responses. occurs in all societies: about 1% of populationgeneral symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought and speech, psychomotor behavior, unkempt appearanceGerald TERM 19

delusions

DEFINITION 19 A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, or other effects of perception.Delusion of grandeurDelusion of persecution TERM 20

hallucinations

DEFINITION 20 A hallucination is a perception in the absence of a stimulus which has qualities of real perception. Hallucinations are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space. mostly auditory perceptions: can come from sounds in their environment, many times they are negative

disorganized thought and speech

jump from topic to topic, to the patient it makes complete sense, to everyone else it is completely jumbled TERM 22

psychomotor behavior

DEFINITION 22 high levels of uncontrolled movementstoo much dopamine, triggers other areas of the brain facilitating more movement TERM 23

unkempt appearance

DEFINITION 23 so distracted by their own thoughts, that personal appearance is not important.homeless people in many cases have been diagnosed at schizophrenia