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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






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;






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






4. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






5. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania






6. 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






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






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






9. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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






11. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






12. Irresistible impulse to steal






13. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






14. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






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






16. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






17. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






18. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






19. Learned helplessness






20. 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;






21. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






22. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






23. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






24. 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






25. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






26. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






27. Fear of a situation that might arise panic symptoms - and escape would be difficult; usually fear and avoidance of being outside the home or in crowds






28. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






29. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






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






31. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






32. Irresistible impulse to set fires






33. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






34. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






35. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






36. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






37. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






38. Excessive sleepiness






39. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






40. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






41. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






42. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






43. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






44. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






45. Anxiety around social or performance situations






46. Perhaps use of neologisms






47. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






48. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






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






50. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention