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Term 1: Mental Health Disorders and Their Characteristics, Quizzes of Psychology

State University of New York at Binghampton (SUNY)Psychology

Definitions and explanations for various mental health disorders, including their symptoms, causes, and cultural implications. Topics covered include demonic possession, somatogenic disorders, psychogenic disorders, cultural standards, maladaptive behavior, dsm, problems with diagnosis, onset of mental disorder, positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, causation and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, seasonal affect disorder, amnesia and fugue, and dissociative identity disorder (did).

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2009/2010

Uploaded on 12/13/2010

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TERM 1
Demonic Possession
DEFINITION 1
- A person who commits horrible and crazy acts could be
possess by an evil spirit - Trephining- Cutting a burr hole into
a person's head to let out the demons
TERM 2
Somatogenic
DEFINITION 2
- Something wrong with your body that effects your mind -
General paresis- Syphilis. Had delusions, declined in
cognition, visual ability, could be fatal if not treated
TERM 3
Psychogenic
DEFINITION 3
Origin in the mind, mental trauma
TERM 4
Cultural Standards
DEFINITION 4
- Different cultures have different acceptable practices -
There are things that are unacceptable and when people take
part in those things, we question their state of mind
TERM 5
Maladaptive Behavior
DEFINITION 5
Behavior that is potentially harmful to yourself or others -
Suicide, homicide, cutting, burning, starving
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Demonic Possession

  • A person who commits horrible and crazy acts could be possess by an evil spirit - Trephining- Cutting a burr hole into a person's head to let out the demons TERM 2

Somatogenic

DEFINITION 2

  • Something wrong with your body that effects your mind - General paresis- Syphilis. Had delusions, declined in cognition, visual ability, could be fatal if not treated TERM 3

Psychogenic

DEFINITION 3 Origin in the mind, mental trauma TERM 4

Cultural Standards

DEFINITION 4

  • Different cultures have different acceptable practices - There are things that are unacceptable and when people take part in those things, we question their state of mind TERM 5

Maladaptive Behavior

DEFINITION 5 Behavior that is potentially harmful to yourself or others - Suicide, homicide, cutting, burning, starving

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for mental disorders - Mostly lists signs and symptoms of each disorder - Criteria not necessarily causation TERM 7

Problems with Diagnosis

DEFINITION 7

  • Labeling- carry the label of a mental disorder for the rest of your life - Accuracy- we really don't have much in the way of biologically measuring for mental disorders TERM 8

Onset of Mental Disorder

DEFINITION 8

  • Diathesis- Some people are more vulnerable than others - Ex. Prof's friend John, mother had schizophrenia, grew up and met a great women, who left him and within a year was diagnosed with schizophrenia TERM 9

Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia

DEFINITION 9

  • Experiencing things that others don't experience - Delusions- thinking you're something or someone you're not - Hallucinations- having perceptual experiences that are not present in reality - Most common- auditory (hearing voices) - Disorganized incoherent speech- going off on all sorts of tangents - Disorganized inappropriate behavior- weird and unacceptable behaviors - Ex. Woman going out in a bikini and tin foil in winter - Cognition is disrupted TERM 10

Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

DEFINITION 10

  • Can't do things the rest of us can do - Loss of motivation - Emotional flatness - Impoverish speech - Social withdrawal

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

  • Multiple personality disorder (MPD) - Who are these people and how can you tell if they're real - Personalities can be different genders, ages, etcs TERM 17

Phobias

DEFINITION 17 Intense irrational fears Tend to expland