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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Major depressive disorder
Cretinism
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Somatic delusion
2. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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3. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Negative symptoms
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
4. Indicated by some combination of: continued use despite substance-related problems; need for increased amount; desire but inability to stop use; withdrawal; lessening of outside interests; much time getting - using - or recovering from substance
Narcolepsy
Dysthymic disorder
Conversion disorder
Dependence
5. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Dementia
Nightmare
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
6. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Mental retardation
7. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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8. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Grandiose delusion
Stanley Hall
Dyssomnias
Major depressive disorder
9. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
DSM (axes)
dopamine
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Delusional disorder
10. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Conversion disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
compulsion
11. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
Bipolar disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
12. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
13. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Process schizophrenia
Panic disorder
Sleep terror
anterograde amnesia
14. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Developmental disorders
Avoidant personality disorder
Confabulations
David Rosenhan
15. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Bulimia nervosa
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
American Psychologist
Fugue
16. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
dopamine
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
anterograde amnesia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
17. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Phobia
Somatic delusion
Schizophrenia (types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
18. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenogenic mother
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
19. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Mental retardation
Paranoid personality disorder
PsycINFO database
Grandiose delusion
20. Imitating gestures of others
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Trichotillomania
Echopraxia (catatonia)
21. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Delusions
Thomas Szasz
Narcissistic personality disorder
Manic symptoms
22. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Nightmare
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Reactive depression
dissociative Identity disorder
23. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Hypersomnia
24. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Psychological Bulletin
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
compulsion
25. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Confabulations
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Huntington'S disease
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
26. Parroting
Learning disorders
Echolalia (catatonia)
Amphetamines
Huntington'S disease
27. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizoid personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
28. Depressive episode by depressed mood - loss of interests - changes in weight or sleep - low energy - feelings of worthlessness - or thoughts of death; symptoms are present nearly every day for at least two weeks; females 2x likelier to be diagnosed;
Bipolar disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Major depressive disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
29. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nightmare
Delusional disorder
Mental retardation
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
30. Fear of a situation that might arise panic symptoms - and escape would be difficult; usually fear and avoidance of being outside the home or in crowds
Panic disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Dementia
Agoraphobia
31. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Dependence
Delusional disorder
32. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Narcissistic personality disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Martin Seligman
33. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Narcolepsy
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Psychological abstracts
34. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Health psychology
Hypochondriasis
Martin Seligman
35. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
American Psychologist
Huntington'S disease
Hypochondriasis
Life event stress
36. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Delirium
Bipolar disorder
dopamine
37. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Learning disorders
38. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Dependent personality disorder
Delusional disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
39. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Huntington'S disease
Anorexia nervosa
40. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Depressive realism
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Insomnia
Echolalia (catatonia)
41. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Mental retardation
Dependent personality disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
42. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Insomnia
Social phobia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Parasomnias
43. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Erotomanic delusion
Abuse
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
44. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Martin Seligman
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Somatic delusion
45. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
retrograde amnesia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (types)
46. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
pyromania
Bipolar disorder
Reactive depression
Factitious disorder (group 9)
47. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Bipolar disorder
Antisocial
Dependence
Reactive schizophrenia
48. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Social phobia
Kleptomania
Delusions
dopamine
49. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Major depressive disorder
Community psychology
Paranoid personality disorder
50. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Cretinism
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Grandiose delusion
Schizophrenia (etiology)
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