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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Neuroleptic drugs
dopamine
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Reactive schizophrenia
2. Imitating gestures of others
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
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
David Rosenhan
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
4. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Anorexia nervosa
Kleptomania
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Abuse
5. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Erotomanic delusion
pyromania
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
6. Anxiety around social or performance situations
compulsion
Social phobia
DSM (axes)
Huntington'S disease
7. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Down syndrome
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Amphetamines
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
8. 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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9. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Psychological Bulletin
American Psychology Association (APA)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
10. Schizophrenogenic mother
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Fromm and Reichamn
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Catalepsy (catatonia)
11. Irresistible impulse to steal
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Major depressive disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Kleptomania
12. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Dyssomnias
Martin Seligman
Down syndrome
13. 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
DSM (description & history)
Stanley Hall
Thomas Szasz
Echopraxia (catatonia)
14. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Tardive dyskinesia
Phobia
Schizophrenia (types)
15. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
DSM (axes)
Agoraphobia
Primary prevention
16. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
pathological gambling
Amphetamines
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
17. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
18. 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
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Confabulations
DSM (axes)
Culturally competent interventions
19. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Dependent personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Generalized anxiety disorder
20. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Histrionic personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
21. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Dependence
diathesis-stress theory
Erotomanic delusion
22. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Confabulations
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
23. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Cretinism
Dependence
24. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Elimination disorders
25. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Schizophrenia (onset)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Amnesia
26. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
DSM (description & history)
Reactive schizophrenia
Narcolepsy
Social phobia
27. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Residual (schizophrenia)
Fromm and Reichamn
Dementia
Anorexia nervosa
28. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizoid personality disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
29. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Abuse
Schizotypal personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Tic disorders
30. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenia (description)
Stanley Hall
Amnesia
Schizophrenogenic mother
31. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Schizophrenia (onset)
pathological gambling
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
compulsion
32. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizoaffective disorder
Parasomnias
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
33. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Life event stress
Disorganized behaviour
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Flat affect
34. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
DSM (description & history)
Martin Seligman
Erotomanic delusion
35. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Klinefelter'S syndrome
36. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Schizoid personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
37. Parroting
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Borderline personality disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Manic symptoms
38. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Disorganized behaviour
David Rosenhan
Cretinism
39. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
dopamine
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
40. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Nightmare
dopamine
Delusions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
41. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Amphetamines
Reactive depression
Somatic delusion
42. 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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43. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Negative symptoms
Social phobia
Reactive depression
44. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
PsycINFO database
Dyssomnias
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Process schizophrenia
45. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Stanley Hall
Dyssomnias
Dysthymic disorder
Sleep terror
46. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Dependent personality disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
American Psychologist
47. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
48. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Parasomnias
Insomnia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Psychological Bulletin
49. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Elimination disorders
dopamine
American Psychologist
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
50. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Elimination disorders
Social phobia
Stanley Hall
Reactive schizophrenia