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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






2. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






3. 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






4. 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






5. Dependence and abuse of various substances






6. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






7. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






8. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






9. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






10. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






11. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






12. 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






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






14. Imitating gestures of others






15. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






16. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






17. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






18. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






19. 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






20. Irresistble impulse to gamble






21. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






22. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






23. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






24. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






25. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






26. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






27. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






28. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






29. Excessive sleepiness






30. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






31. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






32. 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;






33. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






34. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






35. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






36. 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






37. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






38. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






39. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






40. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






41. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






42. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






43. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






44. Motor immobility or waxy figure






45. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






46. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






47. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






48. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






49. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






50. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization