Dissociative Disorders
... Somatic Symptom Disorder 1. Psychoanalytical – outward manifestations of unresolved unconscious conflicts. 2. Behaviorist – somatic symptoms are being reinforced for their behavior ...
... Somatic Symptom Disorder 1. Psychoanalytical – outward manifestations of unresolved unconscious conflicts. 2. Behaviorist – somatic symptoms are being reinforced for their behavior ...
Mental Disorder Notes File
... A person whose moods or emotions become extreme and interfere with daily life. A) Clinical Depression: feelings of extreme sadness and hopelessness. Can’t carry out daily activities. Ex: withdrawn, suicidal, cutting B) Bipolar Disorder: Manic-depressive. Moods shifts from one emotional extreme to th ...
... A person whose moods or emotions become extreme and interfere with daily life. A) Clinical Depression: feelings of extreme sadness and hopelessness. Can’t carry out daily activities. Ex: withdrawn, suicidal, cutting B) Bipolar Disorder: Manic-depressive. Moods shifts from one emotional extreme to th ...
Somatoform Disorders
... Causes of Somatoform Disorders • Psychoanalytic – person represses emotions associated with forbidden urges and express them through physical symptoms. – Compromise between the unconsciousness’ need to express feelings and the fear of actually expressing ...
... Causes of Somatoform Disorders • Psychoanalytic – person represses emotions associated with forbidden urges and express them through physical symptoms. – Compromise between the unconsciousness’ need to express feelings and the fear of actually expressing ...
Impulse Control Disorders - Viktor`s Notes for the Neurosurgery
... individuals experience mounting sense of tension or anxiety before fire-setting episode, which sometimes may be in form of building sexual tension and excitement (pyrolagnia). relief of tension and anxiety, or sexual pleasure, is derived when fire-setting impulse is gratified as well as during a ...
... individuals experience mounting sense of tension or anxiety before fire-setting episode, which sometimes may be in form of building sexual tension and excitement (pyrolagnia). relief of tension and anxiety, or sexual pleasure, is derived when fire-setting impulse is gratified as well as during a ...
Introduction to Eating Disorders and Self-Harm
... Many people with anorexia know the calorie content and/or nutritional breakdown of hundreds of foods. It is common for people with anorexia to set themselves a calorie limit for the day and obsessively count exactly how many calories they consume. If they consume more than the allotted amount of cal ...
... Many people with anorexia know the calorie content and/or nutritional breakdown of hundreds of foods. It is common for people with anorexia to set themselves a calorie limit for the day and obsessively count exactly how many calories they consume. If they consume more than the allotted amount of cal ...
Mental Disorders, Basic Concepts
... that bring on the disorder (stress) loss (e.g., loved one, job) perceived threat when predisposition high, precipitating event may be small ...
... that bring on the disorder (stress) loss (e.g., loved one, job) perceived threat when predisposition high, precipitating event may be small ...
Ch 14 Objectives
... 16. Explain how genetic vulnerability, neurochemical factors, and structural abnormalities in the brain may contribute to the etiology of schizophrenia. 17. Summarize evidence on how neurodevelopmental processes, family dynamics, and stress may be related to the development of schizophrenia. 18. Dis ...
... 16. Explain how genetic vulnerability, neurochemical factors, and structural abnormalities in the brain may contribute to the etiology of schizophrenia. 17. Summarize evidence on how neurodevelopmental processes, family dynamics, and stress may be related to the development of schizophrenia. 18. Dis ...
histrionic personality disorder
... Acting or looking overly seductive. Being easily influenced by other people. Being overly concerned with their looks. Needing to be the center of attention. Not think before acting. Quickly changing emotions, which may seem shallow to others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1U2VpDZL8 ...
... Acting or looking overly seductive. Being easily influenced by other people. Being overly concerned with their looks. Needing to be the center of attention. Not think before acting. Quickly changing emotions, which may seem shallow to others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1U2VpDZL8 ...
"Everybody Hurts" by REM
... • Starting in the 1950s and 1960s more and more drugs began being used to “cure” psychological disorders. • Because of this there was a policy of deinstitutionalization instituted where patients were removed from mental institutions to live in family based or community based environments. ...
... • Starting in the 1950s and 1960s more and more drugs began being used to “cure” psychological disorders. • Because of this there was a policy of deinstitutionalization instituted where patients were removed from mental institutions to live in family based or community based environments. ...
Mental Disorders - Interboro School District
... involve misinterpretation of perception or experience. They are the most common of schizophrenic symptoms. Hallucinations. These usually involve seeing or hearing things that don't exist, although hallucinations can be in any of the senses. Hearing voices is the most common hallucination among peopl ...
... involve misinterpretation of perception or experience. They are the most common of schizophrenic symptoms. Hallucinations. These usually involve seeing or hearing things that don't exist, although hallucinations can be in any of the senses. Hearing voices is the most common hallucination among peopl ...
Mental Illness 101 - Chagrin Falls Schools
... person with a somatoform disorder, formerly known as psychosomatic disorder, experiences physical symptoms of an illness even though a doctor can find no medical cause for the symptoms. Hypochondria is an example of a somatoform disorder. Hypochondria There will be legitimate physical problems b ...
... person with a somatoform disorder, formerly known as psychosomatic disorder, experiences physical symptoms of an illness even though a doctor can find no medical cause for the symptoms. Hypochondria is an example of a somatoform disorder. Hypochondria There will be legitimate physical problems b ...
Mental Disorders and Suicide Mental Disorders
... overcome with physical symptoms, but no cause can be found. ◦ Hypochondria is an example of a somatoform disorder. A person believes that they feel sick, but medical doctors cannot find any scientific basis for it. ...
... overcome with physical symptoms, but no cause can be found. ◦ Hypochondria is an example of a somatoform disorder. A person believes that they feel sick, but medical doctors cannot find any scientific basis for it. ...
Chapter 16 - Psychological Disorders Lesson 3 Quiz
... 3. JoAnn interprets every minor ache, pain, or bump as a sign of a serious illness. She is suffering from a conversion disorder. a. True b. False 4. Martin cannot remember where he lives, what he does for a living, or his own children’s names. He likely is suffering from dissociative amnesia. a. Tru ...
... 3. JoAnn interprets every minor ache, pain, or bump as a sign of a serious illness. She is suffering from a conversion disorder. a. True b. False 4. Martin cannot remember where he lives, what he does for a living, or his own children’s names. He likely is suffering from dissociative amnesia. a. Tru ...
Psychological Disorders
... Learning = “learned helplessness” Cognitive = Due to our explanations or negativity Biological = Familial; Serotonin & Noradrenaline ...
... Learning = “learned helplessness” Cognitive = Due to our explanations or negativity Biological = Familial; Serotonin & Noradrenaline ...
Ready for Review - Paramedic EMS Zone
... all socioeconomic status. Men are often more successful at suicide because they use more lethal means, although women make more attempts. Every suicidal gesture must be assessed and taken very seriously. Don’t be afraid to talk with patients about their suicidal thoughts. Personality disorders are e ...
... all socioeconomic status. Men are often more successful at suicide because they use more lethal means, although women make more attempts. Every suicidal gesture must be assessed and taken very seriously. Don’t be afraid to talk with patients about their suicidal thoughts. Personality disorders are e ...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
... understanding, poor concentration &memory, difficulty expressing thoughts ...
... understanding, poor concentration &memory, difficulty expressing thoughts ...
AP Psych 15 sq AP Psych-Psychological Disorders-SQ
... 1. What is abnormal behavior? Cite the main components that typically enter into diagnoses of abnormal behavior. 2. What effects do psychiatric labeling have on social and self-perceptions? 3. What is a phobia, and what are the three major types of phobias? 4. Differentiate between obsessions and co ...
... 1. What is abnormal behavior? Cite the main components that typically enter into diagnoses of abnormal behavior. 2. What effects do psychiatric labeling have on social and self-perceptions? 3. What is a phobia, and what are the three major types of phobias? 4. Differentiate between obsessions and co ...
Psychological Disorders notes
... perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. It is a split from reality. Delusions – false beliefs, disturbed perceptions (hallucinations, usually auditory), inappropriate emotions and actions (flat effect, catatonia) Paranoid – preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations Catatonic – immo ...
... perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. It is a split from reality. Delusions – false beliefs, disturbed perceptions (hallucinations, usually auditory), inappropriate emotions and actions (flat effect, catatonia) Paranoid – preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations Catatonic – immo ...
UNDERSTANDING MENTAL DISORDERS
... The cause is unknown…treatment is available to help them concentrate. ...
... The cause is unknown…treatment is available to help them concentrate. ...
Adjustment and Breakdown
... Behavior therapy- a form of therapy that begins with clear, well-defined behavioral goals aimed at changing undesirable behavior through conditioning techniques Intellectualization- a coping mechanism in which a person analyzes his situation from a emotionally detached viewpoint Nondirective therapy ...
... Behavior therapy- a form of therapy that begins with clear, well-defined behavioral goals aimed at changing undesirable behavior through conditioning techniques Intellectualization- a coping mechanism in which a person analyzes his situation from a emotionally detached viewpoint Nondirective therapy ...
Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders Abnormal Behavior: The
... A sudden loss of memory for important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting Dissociative Fugue When a person lose their memory for their entire lives along with their sense of personal identity ...
... A sudden loss of memory for important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting Dissociative Fugue When a person lose their memory for their entire lives along with their sense of personal identity ...
Mental Health Powerpoint lesson 1
... a job, or make friends There are ways to deal with and overcome disorders Love and Respect (Soloist story) ...
... a job, or make friends There are ways to deal with and overcome disorders Love and Respect (Soloist story) ...
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
... To briefly identify the differences between an Axis I and Axis II disorder.( I.E. Between the symptoms that one suffers from compared to who the individual has become developmentally.) To identify the signs and symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder To identify the prevalence and course of this ...
... To briefly identify the differences between an Axis I and Axis II disorder.( I.E. Between the symptoms that one suffers from compared to who the individual has become developmentally.) To identify the signs and symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder To identify the prevalence and course of this ...