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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Hypochondriasis
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Pick'S disease
Narcolepsy
2. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Bipolar disorder
Phobia
3. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
4. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Negative symptoms
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dyssomnias
Histrionic personality disorder
5. One has special talent or status
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Fugue
Grandiose delusion
6. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
7. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizotypal personality disorder
Kleptomania
DSM (description & history)
Schizophrenia (types)
8. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Amphetamines
Tay-Sachs disease
Nightmare
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
9. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Culturally competent interventions
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
10. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Phobia
Avoidant personality disorder
Antisocial
11. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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12. 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
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
DSM (axes)
Confabulations
Schizoaffective disorder
13. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Anorexia nervosa
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Dementia
Delusional disorder
14. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes
Residual (schizophrenia)
Health psychology
Hypochondriasis
Generalized anxiety disorder
15. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Phobia
16. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Process schizophrenia
Panic attack
Post-traumatic stress disorder
17. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Bipolar disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
18. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
pyromania
Schizotypal personality disorder
Dementia
Paranoid personality disorder
19. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Major depressive disorder
Negative symptoms
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizoid personality disorder
20. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Amphetamines
Manic symptoms
Bipolar disorder
21. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Social phobia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Obsession
compulsion
22. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizoid personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
23. 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
Panic attack
Dependence
DSM (axes)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
24. Parroting
Manic symptoms
Amnesia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
25. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Anorexia nervosa
Delusions
Kleptomania
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
26. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Antisocial
Community psychology
Dyssomnias
Parkinson'S
27. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Alzheimer'S disease
Schizophrenia (onset)
Schizoid personality disorder
28. Most common cause of mental retardation - results from trisomy of chromosome 21; older women have a greater chance of having a baby with Down syndrome
Martin Seligman
Specific phobia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Down syndrome
29. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Stanley Hall
Major depressive disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Alzheimer'S disease
30. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Trichotillomania
Dyssomnias
Cretinism
Manic symptoms
31. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Antisocial
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Schizoid personality disorder
32. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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33. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Bulimia nervosa
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Social phobia
Dyssomnias
34. Prevent documented psychosocial problems through contact with an at-risk group; proactive intervention; e.g. prenatal health care - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - and Head Start
Generalized anxiety disorder
Primary prevention
Reactive depression
Manic symptoms
35. Schizophrenogenic mother
Fromm and Reichamn
Learning disorders
Hypersomnia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
36. 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;
Community psychology
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Huntington'S disease
37. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Flat affect
Panic disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Hypersomnia
38. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Community psychology
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
39. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Paranoid personality disorder
Trichotillomania
Mental retardation
40. Absence of appropriate emotion
Flat affect
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Martin Seligman
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
41. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Hypersomnia
Narcissistic personality disorder
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenia (onset)
42. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Echolalia (catatonia)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Confabulations
43. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Culturally competent interventions
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Nightmare
44. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Narcolepsy
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Parkinson'S
Sleep terror
45. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Schizoaffective disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
46. 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
Specific phobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
47. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
dissociative Identity disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
48. Exposure to trauma that results in decreased ability to function and recurrent thoughts and anxiety about the incident; often linked to war veterans or victims of violence
Hypochondriasis
pathological gambling
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
49. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Hypersomnia
Amphetamines
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
50. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Hypersomnia
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder