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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Narcolepsy
Psychological Bulletin
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Learning disorders
2. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Negative symptoms
Manic symptoms
anterograde amnesia
Pick'S disease
3. 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
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Histrionic personality disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Post-traumatic stress disorder
4. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Antisocial
Nightmare
5. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Schizophrenia (types)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Elimination disorders
6. 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
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenogenic mother
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
DSM (description & history)
7. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Histrionic personality disorder
8. 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;
Primary prevention
Developmental disorders
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
9. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
American Psychologist
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Histrionic personality disorder
10. Schizophrenogenic mother
Fromm and Reichamn
Narcissistic personality disorder
Amphetamines
Insomnia
11. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Schizophrenia (types)
Martin Seligman
Sleep terror
Process schizophrenia
12. 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
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
dopamine
Dementia
Huntington'S disease
13. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Social phobia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Narcolepsy
14. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Trichotillomania
Depressive realism
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
15. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
Stanley Hall
dopamine
Major depressive disorder
16. Absence of appropriate emotion
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Confabulations
Kleptomania
Flat affect
17. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Narcissistic personality disorder
Fugue
diathesis-stress theory
Schizotypal personality disorder
18. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Delirium
Delusions
American Psychologist
Conversion disorder
19. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Amphetamines
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Anorexia nervosa
20. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Schizoaffective disorder
Somatic delusion
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
21. 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
Shared psychotic disorder
Delirium
Primary prevention
Culturally competent interventions
22. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Reactive depression
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
diathesis-stress theory
Alzheimer'S disease
23. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Dementia
DSM (description & history)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
24. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Delirium
25. 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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26. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Dysthymic disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Cretinism
Amnesia
27. 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
Schizotypal personality disorder
Fugue
Down syndrome
Abuse
28. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Cretinism
Bipolar disorder
29. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Amnesia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Primary prevention
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
30. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Cretinism
Conversion disorder
Kleptomania
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
31. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Psychological abstracts
Amnesia
Wernicke'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (etiology)
32. Another person is in love with the individual
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Erotomanic delusion
Echolalia (catatonia)
33. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Panic attack
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
34. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Abuse
35. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Mental retardation
Martin Seligman
Nightmare
36. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Process schizophrenia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
37. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Depressive realism
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Stanley Hall
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
38. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Thomas Szasz
Phobia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Somatic delusion
39. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
diathesis-stress theory
40. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Bipolar disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
41. 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;
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Parasomnias
Major depressive disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
42. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Reactive schizophrenia
Histrionic personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Conversion disorder
43. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Antisocial
Tardive dyskinesia
Psychological Bulletin
Schizophrenia (onset)
44. 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
Delusional disorder
Reactive depression
Tardive dyskinesia
45. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Somatic delusion
Nightmare
Culturally competent interventions
Neuroleptic drugs
46. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Dysthymic disorder
Parkinson'S
Shared psychotic disorder
47. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
pathological gambling
Borderline personality disorder
PsycINFO database
Tic disorders
48. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
diathesis-stress theory
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Life event stress
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
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
DSM (description & history)
Parkinson'S
Agoraphobia
50. Imitating gestures of others
Learning disorders
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Dependence