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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Avoidant personality disorder
Life event stress
Bipolar disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
2. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Huntington'S disease
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
3. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Paranoid personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
4. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Alzheimer'S disease
5. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Tardive dyskinesia
Delusional disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Panic disorder
6. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
PsycINFO database
Antisocial
David Rosenhan
Post-traumatic stress disorder
7. 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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8. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Amnesia
retrograde amnesia
9. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Borderline personality disorder
Confabulations
Kleptomania
Hypochondriasis
10. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Learning disorders
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Delusional disorder
Dyssomnias
11. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Parasomnias
Abuse
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
12. 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
Hypersomnia
DSM (description & history)
Reactive depression
Cretinism
13. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Disorganized behaviour
Dyssomnias
Sleep terror
Schizophrenia (etiology)
14. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Culturally competent interventions
15. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Tay-Sachs disease
Flat affect
Negative symptoms
Echopraxia (catatonia)
16. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Confabulations
retrograde amnesia
pathological gambling
Hypochondriasis
17. 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;
Manic symptoms
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Erotomanic delusion
Negative symptoms
18. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Huntington'S disease
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizoaffective disorder
19. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Delusional disorder
Phobia
Nightmare
Avoidant personality disorder
20. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Obsession
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Thomas Szasz
Tay-Sachs disease
21. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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22. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Parkinson'S
Alzheimer'S disease
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Social phobia
23. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Learning disorders
Antisocial
Delusions
24. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Narcissistic personality disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
pyromania
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
25. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Amnesia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Wernicke'S syndrome
26. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Schizoid personality disorder
Obsession
Somatic delusion
27. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Mental retardation
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
28. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Disorganized behaviour
pyromania
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Tic disorders
29. 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;
Schizophrenogenic mother
Echolalia (catatonia)
Major depressive disorder
Hypersomnia
30. Parroting
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Delirium
dopamine
31. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Mental retardation
Flat affect
Paranoid personality disorder
Pick'S disease
32. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Psychological Bulletin
DSM (axes)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
33. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Process schizophrenia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Obsession
34. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Dysthymic disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
35. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Developmental disorders
Borderline personality disorder
pathological gambling
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
36. Most common cause of mental retardation - results from trisomy of chromosome 21; older women have a greater chance of having a baby with Down syndrome
Down syndrome
Mental retardation
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Panic disorder
37. 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
dopamine
Health psychology
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Panic disorder
38. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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39. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
Dependence
American Psychology Association (APA)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Depressive realism
40. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
Reactive depression
Dyssomnias
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
41. 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
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Delirium
DSM (description & history)
Primary prevention
42. Persistent thoughts
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
DSM (axes)
Obsession
compulsion
43. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Generalized anxiety disorder
Developmental disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Martin Seligman
44. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Avoidant personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Trichotillomania
45. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Tic disorders
Health psychology
anterograde amnesia
46. 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
Schizoaffective disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
Parkinson'S
DSM (axes)
47. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Anorexia nervosa
Dysthymic disorder
48. Learned helplessness
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
PsycINFO database
Paranoid personality disorder
Martin Seligman
49. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Mental retardation
PsycINFO database
Manic symptoms
Psychological Bulletin
50. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Stanley Hall
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)