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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






4. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






5. 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






6. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






7. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






8. 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






9. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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10. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






11. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






12. Persistent thoughts






13. 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






14. Dependence and abuse of various substances






15. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






16. Parroting






17. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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18. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






19. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






20. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






21. 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






22. 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






23. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






24. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






25. One has special talent or status






26. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






27. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






28. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






29. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






30. 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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31. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






32. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






33. Schizophrenogenic mother






34. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






35. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






36. 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






37. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






38. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






39. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






40. Perhaps use of neologisms






41. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






42. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






43. Absence of appropriate emotion






44. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






45. 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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46. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






47. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






48. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






49. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






50. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any