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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Primary prevention
Schizoaffective disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
American Psychologist
2. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Panic disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Huntington'S disease
Dementia
3. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Hypochondriasis
retrograde amnesia
Dyssomnias
4. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Residual (schizophrenia)
5. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Antisocial
Anorexia nervosa
Parasomnias
Factitious disorder (group 9)
6. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Psychological abstracts
DSM (axes)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
7. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Confabulations
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Neuroleptic drugs
8. Mental disorders - diagnostic criteria - official numerical codes - first published 1952 - for clinical - research and educational use; 4th edition 1994 - text revision 2000 - DSM V 2012
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Reactive schizophrenia
DSM (description & history)
Tay-Sachs disease
9. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Echolalia (catatonia)
Amnesia
Specific phobia
Reactive depression
10. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Echolalia (catatonia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Community psychology
11. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Dependent personality disorder
Huntington'S disease
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Reactive schizophrenia
12. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Amnesia
PsycINFO database
13. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Social phobia
Fromm and Reichamn
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
14. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Manic symptoms
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Elimination disorders
15. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Fromm and Reichamn
Bulimia nervosa
Borderline personality disorder
16. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
American Psychology Association (APA)
Somatic delusion
Tic disorders
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
17. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Specific phobia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Community psychology
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
18. 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
Psychological Bulletin
Primary prevention
Wernicke'S syndrome
Dependent personality disorder
19. 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
Panic attack
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Community psychology
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
20. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
DSM (axes)
Tardive dyskinesia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
21. Learned helplessness
Erotomanic delusion
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Learning disorders
Martin Seligman
22. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Reactive depression
Hypersomnia
Dementia
23. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Dyssomnias
pathological gambling
Cretinism
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
24. 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)
Dysthymic disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Psychological abstracts
25. 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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26. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Schizophrenia (types)
Specific phobia
Dysthymic disorder
Health psychology
27. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
diathesis-stress theory
Martin Seligman
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
28. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Erotomanic delusion
Schizophrenogenic mother
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
29. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Stanley Hall
Dementia
Negative symptoms
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
30. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
PsycINFO database
Narcissistic personality disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Neuroleptic drugs
31. 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
Agoraphobia
Learning disorders
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Trichotillomania
32. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Parkinson'S
Conversion disorder
American Psychologist
Histrionic personality disorder
33. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Schizoid personality disorder
34. Excessive sleepiness
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Negative symptoms
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Hypersomnia
35. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Psychological abstracts
Bulimia nervosa
American Psychology Association (APA)
Fugue
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
Psychological abstracts
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Psychological Bulletin
David Rosenhan
37. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Specific phobia
Health psychology
Dependent personality disorder
38. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Dyssomnias
compulsion
Manic symptoms
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
39. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
pyromania
Process schizophrenia
Martin Seligman
40. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Schizotypal personality disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Developmental disorders
41. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Reactive depression
42. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Life event stress
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Community psychology
Agoraphobia
43. Perhaps use of neologisms
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
pyromania
Erotomanic delusion
44. 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
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dependence
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
45. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
PsycINFO database
Reactive schizophrenia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Learning disorders
46. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Elimination disorders
Panic disorder
47. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Social phobia
Elimination disorders
Manic symptoms
Somatic delusion
48. Studied effect of diagnostic labels on perception of behaviour; experiment of normal pseudopatients feigned disorders - once in hospital - individuals acted normally - but behaviours construed as fitting the diagnosis anyway
Panic disorder
David Rosenhan
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Agoraphobia
49. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Psychological Bulletin
Avoidant personality disorder
Depressive realism
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
50. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)