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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Amnesia
Panic attack
2. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Schizophrenogenic mother
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Echolalia (catatonia)
3. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
compulsion
David Rosenhan
4. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
David Rosenhan
Process schizophrenia
Life event stress
5. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Social phobia
Dysthymic disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Amphetamines
6. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Kleptomania
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Delusional disorder
Process schizophrenia
7. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Borderline personality disorder
PsycINFO database
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Developmental disorders
8. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Alzheimer'S disease
Insomnia
Dyssomnias
Disorganized behaviour
9. 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
David Rosenhan
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Stanley Hall
Delusions
10. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Primary prevention
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
11. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Life event stress
Primary prevention
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Erotomanic delusion
12. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Specific phobia
Hypochondriasis
diathesis-stress theory
13. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Culturally competent interventions
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
14. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Dysthymic disorder
Somatic delusion
Hypersomnia
Fromm and Reichamn
15. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
pyromania
Somatic delusion
Schizotypal personality disorder
Tic disorders
16. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Neuroleptic drugs
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenogenic mother
17. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Amphetamines
Stanley Hall
Delirium
18. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
19. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Dependent personality disorder
Negative symptoms
Antisocial
Schizophrenia (etiology)
20. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Histrionic personality disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Sleep terror
21. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Confabulations
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Trichotillomania
22. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Dysthymic disorder
pathological gambling
Phobia
Amnesia
23. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Bipolar disorder
compulsion
24. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Nightmare
Manic symptoms
25. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
26. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Residual (schizophrenia)
Health psychology
Narcissistic personality disorder
American Psychologist
27. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Residual (schizophrenia)
Delusional disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Tay-Sachs disease
28. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Wernicke'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (description)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Elimination disorders
29. 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
Health psychology
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Obsession
Schizotypal personality disorder
30. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions
Culturally competent interventions
Schizophrenia (types)
David Rosenhan
Confabulations
31. 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
Obsession
Antisocial
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Down syndrome
32. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological abstracts
Psychological Bulletin
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Trichotillomania
33. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Developmental disorders
compulsion
Manic symptoms
Cretinism
34. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Agoraphobia
Paranoid personality disorder
Tic disorders
Negative symptoms
35. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
36. Irresistble impulse to gamble
pathological gambling
Schizophrenia (types)
Alzheimer'S disease
Bipolar disorder
37. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Health psychology
38. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Flat affect
pyromania
Elimination disorders
anterograde amnesia
39. Irresistible impulse to steal
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Kleptomania
40. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Fugue
pathological gambling
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
41. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Abuse
Health psychology
Confabulations
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
42. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Schizophrenia (description)
Obsession
Panic attack
43. 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
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Delusional disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
44. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Neuroleptic drugs
Tay-Sachs disease
45. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Parkinson'S
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Life event stress
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
46. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
pathological gambling
Thomas Szasz
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
47. 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
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Dependence
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Psychological abstracts
48. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Major depressive disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Developmental disorders
49. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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50. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Community psychology
Health psychology
dopamine
Pick'S disease