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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Tic disorders
Alzheimer'S disease
Kleptomania
2. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Reactive depression
DSM (description & history)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Residual (schizophrenia)
3. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Obsession
American Psychology Association (APA)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
American Psychologist
4. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Thomas Szasz
Martin Seligman
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (types)
5. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Tardive dyskinesia
Health psychology
Reactive schizophrenia
Paranoid personality disorder
6. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
7. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Amnesia
David Rosenhan
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
8. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
9. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Life event stress
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
compulsion
10. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Narcissistic personality disorder
11. 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;
Culturally competent interventions
Flat affect
Major depressive disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
12. 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
Down syndrome
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Delusional disorder
Manic symptoms
13. 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
Echolalia (catatonia)
Nightmare
Primary prevention
Health psychology
14. Perhaps use of neologisms
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Neuroleptic drugs
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Life event stress
15. 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
Grandiose delusion
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Panic attack
16. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
pyromania
Bulimia nervosa
Process schizophrenia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
17. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Developmental disorders
Amnesia
Bulimia nervosa
Conversion disorder
18. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Parasomnias
Delusions
DSM (axes)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
19. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Phobia
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Amphetamines
20. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Narcissistic personality disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Health psychology
21. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
Schizophrenia (description)
Tay-Sachs disease
PsycINFO database
22. 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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23. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
retrograde amnesia
Disorganized behaviour
24. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
DSM (description & history)
Mental retardation
Borderline personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
25. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
Flat affect
Thomas Szasz
Hypochondriasis
26. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Sleep terror
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
27. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Elimination disorders
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Narcolepsy
28. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
anterograde amnesia
dopamine
29. 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;
Bulimia nervosa
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Reactive schizophrenia
30. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
retrograde amnesia
Neuroleptic drugs
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
31. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Hypersomnia
Anorexia nervosa
retrograde amnesia
32. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Neuroleptic drugs
Depressive realism
Specific phobia
33. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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34. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Schizophrenia (description)
Developmental disorders
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Paranoid personality disorder
35. One has special talent or status
Grandiose delusion
Schizophrenia (types)
Psychological Bulletin
Elimination disorders
36. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Huntington'S disease
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
37. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Pick'S disease
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
38. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Dysthymic disorder
Nightmare
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Avoidant personality disorder
39. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Phobia
Narcissistic personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
40. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Shared psychotic disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Somatic delusion
compulsion
41. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Fromm and Reichamn
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
42. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Learning disorders
Sleep terror
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Conversion disorder
43. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Delusions
DSM (description & history)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
44. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Flat affect
Agoraphobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
45. 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
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
David Rosenhan
PsycINFO database
46. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Histrionic personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
PsycINFO database
Psychological abstracts
47. 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
Tardive dyskinesia
DSM (description & history)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Amnesia
48. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Life event stress
Antisocial
Avoidant personality disorder
Down syndrome
49. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Confabulations
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Somatic delusion
50. Excessive sleepiness
Tic disorders
Hypersomnia
Trichotillomania
Sleep terror