Psychopathology

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PSYC104 Test sobre Psychopathology, creado por Daniel Whiting el 17/01/2017.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
[blank_start]Mental Health:[blank_end] State of emotional and social wellbeing. [blank_start]Mental Health Problems:[blank_end] Emotional and behavioural abnormalities which impair functioning. [blank_start]Mental Disorder:[blank_end] Cause of significant distress to self or others and impairs functioning.
Respuesta
  • Mental Health:
  • Mental Health Problems:
  • Mental Disorder:

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What are some definitions of abnormality. (4 answers)
Respuesta
  • Statistical infrequency
  • Personal distress
  • Social or occupational disabiility
  • Violation of social norms
  • Weird or unusual behaviour
  • Having a persistent low mood
  • Constant worry
  • Uncalled for paranoia

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
What are the advantages of a medical model for mental illness?
Respuesta
  • Sympathy instead of hatred
  • Scientific investigation of causes and treatment
  • Simple and straightforward treatments for all disorders
  • Able to label the disorders

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
What are the disadvantages of the medical model for mental disorders?
Respuesta
  • Social isolation
  • Labelling
  • Encouraging passivity
  • Offers alternative solutions to previously supernatural phenomena
  • Causes rate of disorders to rise

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
What are some features of the diathesis stress model?
Respuesta
  • Assumes underlying vulnerability + stress causes a disorder
  • Vulnerability can vary over time
  • Results in different reactions to the same event between people
  • Assumes vulnerability is fixed over the lifespan

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
[blank_start]Bipolar 2 disorder:[blank_end] Major Depression + Hypomanic episode [blank_start]Bipolar 1 disorder:[blank_end] Major Depression + Full manic episode
Respuesta
  • Bipolar 2 disorder:
  • Bipolar 1 disorder:

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
What are some of the symptoms of Mania
Respuesta
  • Abnormally elevated mood and energy
  • Inflated self esteem
  • Decreased need for sleep
  • Pleasureable risk taking
  • Pressure of speech
  • Decreased distractibility
  • Decrease in goal directed activity
  • Increased sleep

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
What are some of the symptoms of depression
Respuesta
  • Loss of interest
  • Psychomotor agitation
  • Loss of energy
  • Increase in goal directed behaviour
  • Sense of guilt and hope
  • Poor concentration
  • Increased energy

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
Depression is the best predictor of suicide.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Abramsons pessimistic attributional style [blank_start]Personal[blank_end] (Internal Vs [blank_start]External[blank_end] cause) [blank_start]Pervasive[blank_end] ([blank_start]Global[blank_end] Vs Specific effect) [blank_start]Permanent[blank_end] (Stable Vs [blank_start]Unstable[blank_end] cause)
Respuesta
  • Personal
  • Pervasive
  • Permanent
  • Unstable
  • Global
  • External

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
What are some treatment strategies for anxiety?
Respuesta
  • Anxiety management
  • Worry control time
  • Coping strategies
  • Antidepressents
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