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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Histrionic personality disorder
Panic attack
2. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
pyromania
Borderline personality disorder
Confabulations
3. Cognitive problems (memory - spatial tasks - or language) that result from a medical condition; may be result of Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S - Huntington'S - or Pick'S disease
Depressive realism
Tic disorders
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Dementia
4. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizoaffective disorder
Parkinson'S
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
5. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Fugue
Conversion disorder
Confabulations
6. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Cretinism
Grandiose delusion
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizoaffective disorder
7. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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8. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
compulsion
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Fugue
9. Absence of appropriate emotion
Erotomanic delusion
Flat affect
Wernicke'S syndrome
Amphetamines
10. Persistent thoughts
Delusional disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsession
11. 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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12. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive schizophrenia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Nightmare
pyromania
13. Irresistible impulse to set fires
DSM (description & history)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
pyromania
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
14. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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15. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Life event stress
American Psychologist
dopamine
16. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Dependent personality disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
American Psychologist
Antisocial
17. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Health psychology
Schizoid personality disorder
pathological gambling
18. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Alzheimer'S disease
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Delusions
19. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Tardive dyskinesia
Negative symptoms
Kleptomania
Schizophrenia (description)
20. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Thomas Szasz
Dyssomnias
Sleep terror
21. 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)
Neuroleptic drugs
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Borderline personality disorder
22. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Tay-Sachs disease
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Schizophrenogenic mother
23. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Panic attack
Bulimia nervosa
Nightmare
Tay-Sachs disease
24. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Somatic delusion
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
25. Perhaps use of neologisms
Tardive dyskinesia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (onset)
Hypochondriasis
26. 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
Grandiose delusion
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Agoraphobia
27. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Mental retardation
Pick'S disease
Developmental disorders
Anorexia nervosa
28. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help
Community psychology
Erotomanic delusion
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Amnesia
29. 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
Fromm and Reichamn
Anorexia nervosa
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
DSM (axes)
30. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Dependent personality disorder
Primary prevention
Histrionic personality disorder
31. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Martin Seligman
Flat affect
Elimination disorders
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
32. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Kleptomania
Thomas Szasz
Life event stress
33. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Bulimia nervosa
Post-traumatic stress disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
34. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Life event stress
David Rosenhan
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Amphetamines
35. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Echopraxia (catatonia)
David Rosenhan
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
36. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Borderline personality disorder
Cretinism
37. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Stanley Hall
Reactive depression
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Confabulations
38. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Avoidant personality disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
dopamine
39. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Down syndrome
Anorexia nervosa
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Depressive realism
40. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Thomas Szasz
Shared psychotic disorder
41. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Bulimia nervosa
dopamine
Hypersomnia
Tardive dyskinesia
42. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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43. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Amphetamines
Narcolepsy
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
44. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Dyssomnias
45. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Tic disorders
DSM (description & history)
Antisocial
46. Irresistible impulse to steal
Psychological Bulletin
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Disorganized behaviour
Kleptomania
47. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Narcissistic personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Tardive dyskinesia
48. One has special talent or status
Abuse
PsycINFO database
Nightmare
Grandiose delusion
49. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Parasomnias
Huntington'S disease
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Fromm and Reichamn
50. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Amnesia
Histrionic personality disorder
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