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Study Guide: Pages 580-584, 588-596, 607-616 in Chapter 16 "Psychological
Disorders ," pages 622-628 in Chapter 17 "Approaches to Treatment
and Therapy," and related classes
Facts and concepts to understand
- How do we distinguish between people with psychologial disorders and
people who are simply very strange or unconventional?
- Which mental illnesses are most common?
- Which mental illnesses are common in children? Which emerge later
in life?
- Criticisms of the DSM
- What does the "mental illness" drapetomania show
about the nature of
diagnosis?
- Vulnerability-stress model of mental illness
- Nature and symptoms of schizophrenia
- Common delusions of schizophrenics
- Emotional expression in schizophrenics
- Why is schizophrenia sometimes confused with multiple personality
disorder?
- Role of heredity in schizophrenia
- Role of prenatal viruses in schizophrenia
- Dopamine-sensitivity theory of schizophrenia
- Treatments for schizophrenics and their effectiveness
- How do anti-psychotic drugs affect the brain?
- How would a schizophrenic be likely to respond to amphetamines? Why?
- Regional and cultural variations in schizophrenia
- Symptoms of depression
- Causes of depression
- Role of cognitive style in depression
- Treatments for depression and their effectiveness
- Nature and symptoms of bi-polar disorder/manic-depression
- Treatments for bi-polar disorder and their effectiveness
- What is the goal of cognitive therapy?
- For which mental illness is ECT most likely to be given?
- Why is electro-convulsive therapy controversial?
- How do anti-depressants like Prozac affect the brain?
- Nature and symptoms of major anxiety disorders:
phobia
generalized anxiety disorder
panic disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
post-traumatic stress disorder
- What is the typical link between obsessions and compulsions in OCD?
- How do people with OCD feel about their behavior?
- Why are phobias, obsessions, and compulsions so persistent?
- What type of events are most likely to cause post-traumatic stress
disorder?
- Treatments for phobias and their effectiveness
- Treatments for OCD and their effectiveness
- What is the link among OCD, Tourette syndrome, and trichotilomania?
- Controversy about the causes and existence of dissociative identity
disorder
Terms
- DSM-IV
- schizophrenia
- thought disorder
- delusion
- paranoid delusion
- grandiose delusion / delusions of grandeur
- thought insertion
- thought withdrawal
- thought broadcasting
- hallucination
- affect
- catatonia
- anti-psychotic drugs
- tardive dyskinesia
- depression
- bi-polar disorder /manic-depression
- cognitive therapy
- electro-convulsive therapy (ECT)/ "shock treatment"
- lithium
- anti-depressant
- Prozac
- "designer drug"
- serotonin-reuptake inhibitor
- NOT ON TEST: MAO inhibitor (another type of anti-depressant)
- anxiety disorder
- phobia
- generalized anxiety disorder
- free-floating anxiety
- panic disorder
- panic attacks
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- obsession
- compulsion
- Tourette syndrome
- trichotilomania
- behavior therapy
- systematic desensitization
- dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality disorder
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