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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Histrionic personality disorder
Elimination disorders
pathological gambling
Narcissistic personality disorder
2. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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3. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
DSM (axes)
Negative symptoms
Schizophrenia (description)
Depressive realism
4. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
5. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Bulimia nervosa
Fugue
Reactive depression
Community psychology
6. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Agoraphobia
7. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Erotomanic delusion
Flat affect
Neuroleptic drugs
Alzheimer'S disease
8. 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;
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Agoraphobia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Abuse
9. 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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10. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Histrionic personality disorder
Anorexia nervosa
11. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
12. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Delusional disorder
Sleep terror
Cretinism
13. Persistent thoughts
Dependence
Insomnia
Paranoid personality disorder
Obsession
14. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Panic attack
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Social phobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
15. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Depressive realism
Grandiose delusion
dopamine
16. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Social phobia
Developmental disorders
Dependence
17. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Primary prevention
Agoraphobia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
18. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Community psychology
Amnesia
Health psychology
Nightmare
19. Schizophrenogenic mother
pathological gambling
Dependent personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Cretinism
20. Irresistible impulse to set fires
compulsion
pyromania
Negative symptoms
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
21. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Panic attack
22. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Elimination disorders
23. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Negative symptoms
Reactive schizophrenia
Huntington'S disease
Narcissistic personality disorder
24. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Delusional disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Abuse
Developmental disorders
25. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Cretinism
PsycINFO database
Residual (schizophrenia)
Manic symptoms
26. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Erotomanic delusion
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
27. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
dissociative Identity disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
28. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Neuroleptic drugs
Psychological Bulletin
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Tic disorders
29. 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
Huntington'S disease
Psychological abstracts
Schizophrenia (description)
Psychological Bulletin
30. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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31. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
DSM (axes)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
32. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Nightmare
DSM (axes)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Alzheimer'S disease
33. Irresistible impulse to steal
Delusional disorder
Health psychology
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Kleptomania
34. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Insomnia
Panic attack
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Thomas Szasz
35. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
Life event stress
PsycINFO database
American Psychology Association (APA)
36. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Obsession
retrograde amnesia
Avoidant personality disorder
Reactive depression
37. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Culturally competent interventions
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenia (description)
38. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Dementia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Sleep terror
39. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Dementia
Delusional disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Pick'S disease
40. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
pathological gambling
Elimination disorders
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Paranoid personality disorder
41. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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42. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Avoidant personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Major depressive disorder
Somatic delusion
43. 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
Borderline personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
DSM (description & history)
44. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
PsycINFO database
Schizophrenia (types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
45. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Schizophrenia (types)
Bipolar disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
46. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Generalized anxiety disorder
Elimination disorders
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Thomas Szasz
47. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Amphetamines
48. Learned helplessness
Parkinson'S
Bipolar disorder
Martin Seligman
Reactive schizophrenia
49. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
American Psychology Association (APA)
Specific phobia
Sleep terror
Process schizophrenia
50. 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
Factitious disorder (group 9)
DSM (description & history)
DSM (axes)