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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Grandiose delusion
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
2. 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
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
3. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Thomas Szasz
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
4. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Abuse
Specific phobia
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
5. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Tic disorders
Schizophrenia (onset)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Panic disorder
6. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Conversion disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizoaffective disorder
Life event stress
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
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Kleptomania
Primary prevention
Life event stress
8. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Delirium
Culturally competent interventions
Conversion disorder
Thomas Szasz
9. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Process schizophrenia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
10. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
DSM (axes)
DSM (description & history)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Psychological Bulletin
11. Absence of appropriate emotion
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Flat affect
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
12. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Panic disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
13. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Dependence
Parkinson'S
14. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Antisocial
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
15. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
DSM (description & history)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Obsession
16. 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
Dementia
Dependence
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Down syndrome
17. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Martin Seligman
diathesis-stress theory
Anorexia nervosa
18. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Panic disorder
Primary prevention
Obsession
19. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Panic attack
Generalized anxiety disorder
Mental retardation
Elimination disorders
20. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Agoraphobia
Parkinson'S
Amphetamines
21. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Culturally competent interventions
Developmental disorders
22. Irresistible impulse to steal
Kleptomania
Community psychology
Phobia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
23. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Psychological Bulletin
Delirium
Trichotillomania
24. 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;
Insomnia
Hypochondriasis
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
25. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Obsession
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
26. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
Delusional disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Dependent personality disorder
27. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Schizophrenia (onset)
Dependent personality disorder
Parasomnias
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
28. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Amnesia
Delusions
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
29. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Culturally competent interventions
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Shared psychotic disorder
Dependent personality disorder
30. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
pyromania
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
31. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Thomas Szasz
PsycINFO database
Echolalia (catatonia)
32. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
PsycINFO database
Tay-Sachs disease
Developmental disorders
33. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
PsycINFO database
34. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Delusional disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (types)
35. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Insomnia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (types)
36. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Phobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Major depressive disorder
Dysthymic disorder
37. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Panic disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Dyssomnias
Post-traumatic stress disorder
38. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Schizophrenia (types)
Psychological abstracts
Amphetamines
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
39. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Panic disorder
Disorganized behaviour
40. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
pyromania
Post-traumatic stress disorder
American Psychologist
Residual (schizophrenia)
41. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
retrograde amnesia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Developmental disorders
42. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Stanley Hall
Histrionic personality disorder
PsycINFO database
43. Learned helplessness
Reactive schizophrenia
Martin Seligman
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
44. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Process schizophrenia
Nightmare
Tardive dyskinesia
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
45. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Major depressive disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Psychological abstracts
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
46. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
American Psychologist
Flat affect
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
47. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Erotomanic delusion
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
48. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
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49. 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
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
DSM (description & history)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Depressive realism
50. 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
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Narcissistic personality disorder
Phobia
Health psychology
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