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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions






3. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






4. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






5. Irresistible impulse to set fires






6. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






7. 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






8. Dependence and abuse of various substances






9. 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;






10. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






11. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






12. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






13. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






14. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






15. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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16. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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17. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






18. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






19. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






20. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






21. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






22. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






23. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






24. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






25. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






26. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






27. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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28. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






29. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






30. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






31. Learned helplessness






32. Perhaps use of neologisms






33. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






34. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






35. Irresistible impulse to steal






36. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO






37. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






38. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






39. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






40. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






41. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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42. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






43. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






44. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






45. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






46. A component of many different anxiety disorders - lasts for a discrete period of time often <10 min; overwhelming feelings of danger or need to escape - expressed as an intense fear of dying or 'going crazy'; accompanied by sweating - trembling - pou






47. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






48. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive






49. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






50. Persistent thoughts