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1. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)


2. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Tay-Sachs disease
Kleptomania
Adjustment disorders (group 15)


3. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Neuroleptic drugs
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)


4. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Learning disorders
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Insomnia


5. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Dependent personality disorder
Elimination disorders
Sleep terror
Disorganized behaviour


6. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Dependent personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
David Rosenhan


7. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Delusions
Abuse
Bipolar disorder


8. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Tic disorders


9. 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
Life event stress
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
compulsion


10. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Major depressive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder


11. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Grandiose delusion
Agoraphobia
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)


12. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Anorexia nervosa
Residual (schizophrenia)


13. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
dopamine
Specific phobia
pyromania


14. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Conversion disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Panic disorder
Trichotillomania


15. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Confabulations


16. 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
Depressive realism
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Primary prevention


17. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Specific phobia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)


18. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Fugue
Depressive realism
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)


19. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Reactive schizophrenia


20. 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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21. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Cretinism
Huntington'S disease
Abuse


22. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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23. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Negative symptoms
Borderline personality disorder


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

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25. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Residual (schizophrenia)
Neuroleptic drugs
Trichotillomania
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)


26. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Reactive schizophrenia
Agoraphobia
Dependence
Thomas Szasz


27. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Schizophrenia (description)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Reactive depression
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)


28. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Flat affect
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)


29. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
dopamine
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
American Psychologist
PsycINFO database


30. 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
Agoraphobia
Schizotypal personality disorder
Insomnia
Delusions


31. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Bulimia nervosa
Amnesia
Pick'S disease
Schizoaffective disorder


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

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33. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
DSM (axes)
Huntington'S disease
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking


34. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Manic symptoms
Conversion disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)


35. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
DSM (axes)
Schizotypal personality disorder


36. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Shared psychotic disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Schizophrenogenic mother


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

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38. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dementia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome


39. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)


40. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Trichotillomania
Psychological abstracts
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)


41. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
DSM (description & history)
Delusions
Community psychology
dopamine


42. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Bipolar disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Insomnia
Agoraphobia


43. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Tay-Sachs disease
Stanley Hall
Kleptomania
Thomas Szasz


44. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Paranoid personality disorder
Amnesia
Fugue
American Psychology Association (APA)


45. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Dependence
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Bulimia nervosa
Schizophrenogenic mother


46. 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
PsycINFO database
Amnesia
Health psychology
Kleptomania


47. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Elimination disorders
Psychological Bulletin
Phenylketonuria (PKU)


48. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Delusions
Wernicke'S syndrome
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)


49. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Reactive depression


50. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Psychological abstracts
anterograde amnesia
Learning disorders
Catalepsy (catatonia)