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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
DSM (axes)
Dependence
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Fugue
2. 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
Health psychology
Primary prevention
Major depressive disorder
Social phobia
3. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Trichotillomania
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Paranoid personality disorder
4. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Flat affect
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Paranoid personality disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
5. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
American Psychologist
Life event stress
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
6. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Narcolepsy
dopamine
Mental retardation
Fromm and Reichamn
7. 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
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Tay-Sachs disease
Neuroleptic drugs
8. Absence of appropriate emotion
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Flat affect
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
9. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help
Community psychology
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Shared psychotic disorder
Developmental disorders
10. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Somatic delusion
Amphetamines
Obsession
Social phobia
11. Imitating gestures of others
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Manic symptoms
12. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
13. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Primary prevention
Psychological abstracts
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
14. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
retrograde amnesia
Developmental disorders
15. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Anorexia nervosa
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Specific phobia
16. 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
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
DSM (description & history)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Parkinson'S
17. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Neuroleptic drugs
David Rosenhan
Schizotypal personality disorder
18. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Alzheimer'S disease
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Manic symptoms
19. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Hypochondriasis
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Dependent personality disorder
20. Anxiety around social or performance situations
American Psychologist
Social phobia
Developmental disorders
Reactive schizophrenia
21. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Martin Seligman
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dependence
22. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
23. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Pick'S disease
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
24. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Depressive realism
Kleptomania
25. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
compulsion
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Bipolar disorder
Insomnia
26. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
pathological gambling
Delirium
Delusional disorder
27. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Phobia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
28. 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
Schizophrenogenic mother
Down syndrome
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
29. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
30. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions
Obsession
Residual (schizophrenia)
Culturally competent interventions
Reactive schizophrenia
31. Irresistible impulse to steal
Generalized anxiety disorder
David Rosenhan
Erotomanic delusion
Kleptomania
32. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Anorexia nervosa
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Tic disorders
33. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Life event stress
anterograde amnesia
Wernicke'S syndrome
34. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Developmental disorders
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Conversion disorder
35. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Dependence
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
36. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Erotomanic delusion
Fugue
anterograde amnesia
37. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Somatic delusion
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
American Psychologist
38. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Tardive dyskinesia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Neuroleptic drugs
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
39. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Depressive realism
Antisocial
Trichotillomania
Korsakoff'S syndrome
40. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Process schizophrenia
41. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO
Developmental disorders
Psychological abstracts
compulsion
Residual (schizophrenia)
42. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Schizotypal personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Elimination disorders
Culturally competent interventions
43. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Borderline personality disorder
Grandiose delusion
Anorexia nervosa
Delusional disorder
44. 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
Bulimia nervosa
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Life event stress
45. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (onset)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
dopamine
Thomas Szasz
46. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
47. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Reactive schizophrenia
Negative symptoms
Disorganized behaviour
48. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Huntington'S disease
Abuse
49. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Martin Seligman
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
compulsion
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
50. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Fugue
Dependence
Schizophrenia (onset)
Neuroleptic drugs