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Antisocial personality disorder
"Sociopathy" or "psychopathy" are popular terms used to describe which personality disorder?
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Auditory
The most common type of hallucinations in schizophrenia are what?
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Reading, writing, math
What are the 3 academic areas that learning disorders are diagnosed for?
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John Hinckley shot President Regan and was found NGRI.
What happened in 1981 that led states to change or abolish the insanity defense?
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Agoraphobia
Jill has anxiety about being in places/situations in which it would be difficult to escape or get help in the event of a panic attack. What diagnosis would you give her?
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Paranoid personality disorder
The main belief "I cannot trust people" is characteristic of which personality disorder?
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Positive, negative, disorganized
What are the 3 main clusters of symptoms in schizophrenia?
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Communication and social difficulties AND restricted, repetitive patterns
What are the 2 main symptom clusters in autism spectrum disorder?
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"State or country as the parent"- state acts as a surrogate parent when a citizen is unlikely to act in his or her own best interest.
What is parens patriae?
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Stress activates inherited tendencies that express certain traits/behaviors. Diathesis + stress --> Disorder
What is the diathesis-stress model?
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Avoidant personality disorder
Eric tends to socially isolate himself. He wants to have social relationships but is anxious and fearful of rejection. This is characteristics of what disorder?
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Apathy; inability to initiate and persist in activities
Define avolition
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Inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity
What are the 3 main symptoms characteristic of ADHD?
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Movement of people with severe mental illness from large psychiatric hospitals to smaller group residences
(nursing homes, jails, prisons, etc.)
Define transinstitutionalization
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Insomnia, hypersomnolence, narcolepsy, breathing-related sleep disorders (sleep apnea), circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Name 2 types of dyssomnias.
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Histrionic personality disorder
In the study we discussed in class, psychologists were given vignettes about a patient that had symptoms of antisocial PD. If the patient was male, they were more likely to diagnose antisocial PD. If the patient was female, they were more likely to diagnose what?
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Erotomanic, grandiose, jealous, persecutory, somatic
Name 3 types of delusions often seen in delusional disorder.
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<70
An IQ of less that what is needed to diagnose an intellectual disability?
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1) Has mental illness and needs treatment; 2) Danger to self/others; 3) Grave disability
What are the 3 general criteria for civil commitment?
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In factitious disorder, the person is faking for no apparent gain whereas in malingering, the person is motivated by gain.
What is the difference between malingering and factitious disorder?
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A: odd or eccentric; B: dramatic, emotional, erratic, C: fearful or anxious
What are the characteristics of Clusters A, B, and C?
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In schizophrenia, the individual has to have psychotic symptoms for >6 months whereas in schizophreniform disorder, the individual has symptoms for <6 months.
What is the main difference between schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder?
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Blood vessels blocked/damaged (stroke) --> no oxygen and nutrients to brain --> brain tissue damage
What happens in the body that leads to someone developing a vascular neurocognitive disorder?
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Court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment (AOT)
What is it called when the courts order a person with severe mental illness to receive treatment as a condition for continuing to live in the community?
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Depressed mood, anhedonia, change in weight, change in sleep, suicidal ideation, difficulty concentrating, guilt/worthlessness, psychomotor retardation/agitation, fatigue/loss of energy
Name 5 of 9 criteria for MDD.
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