Dissociative Disorders and Mood Disorders: Terms, Definitions, and Statistics, Quizzes of Abnormal Psychology

Download Dissociative Disorders and Mood Disorders: Terms, Definitions, and Statistics and more Quizzes Abnormal Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Depersonalization DEFINITION 1 temporarily feeling detached from self TERM 2 Derealization DEFINITION 2 Lose sense of reality of external world TERM 3 Generalized Amnesia DEFINITION 3 Loss of memory for everything Very rare Forget who they are, where they live, their family, etc. TERM 4 Localized/Selective Amnesia DEFINITION 4 Loss of memory for specific events that occur during specific period of time (typically dramatic) TERM 5 Dissociative Fugue DEFINITION 5 Sudden, unexpected travel from home or work only occurs once unable to recall one's pas during travel new identity TERM 6 What causes switches in Dissociative Identity Disorder? DEFINITION 6 Varies--usually a sressor Event reminiscent of tramutic event Strong emotion Extreme taumatic experience Child abuse is the most common type TERM 7 Age of onset for Dissociative Identity Disorder? DEFINITION 7 Almost always in childhoon, but rarely diagnosed until many years later. TERM 8 Mean number of alters for Dissociative Identity Disorder? DEFINITION 8 15 Higher for women (15) than men (8) TERM 9 Mental Health Parody Act (2010) DEFINITION 9 Computer cannot differentiate between physical and substance abuse. Mental health & substance abuse coverage has to be on par with physical health care. TERM 10 Soma DEFINITION 10 Body TERM 21 Bipolar Sex Ratio DEFINITION 21 BPD I: equal BPD II: Slighly more woemn Men: Mania first Women: Depression first; more likely to have episode post-partum w/ psychosos (IF already have BPD I) TERM 22 Age of Onset for Bipolar DEFINITION 22 Bipolar I: 18 Bipolar II: 22 Rare in children and after age 40 TERM 23 Cyclothymia DEFINITION 23 Cycling of hypomania episodes and depression that do not meet duration, severity, pervasiveness requirements to be Manic or Major Depressive episodes. TERM 24 Duration of Cyclothymia DEFINITION 24 2+ years (1 for children) Symptom free 2 months or less No MDE, Manic, or Mixed episodes during 2 years. TERM 25 Nondepressed Person DEFINITION 25 4 REM cycles Falls asleep after 20 min, wake up around hour 5 or 6 Sleep 8-10 hours TERM 26 Depressed person DEFINITION 26 only 3 REM cycles Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep Wake up: hour 2, hour 4, every 30 minutes Wake up early (around hour 5) TERM 27 Suicide DEFINITION 27 A permanant solution to a temporary problem TERM 28 Likelihood of suicide DEFINITION 28 Women are 3X as likely to attempt Men are 4X more likely to die from suicide TERM 29 Who is at risk for Suicide? DEFINITION 29 Adult >65 years Chronically ill Males Teens Gay, lesbian teens Native American Teen Boys Dramatic increase, African American male teen TERM 30 Suicide Assessment DEFINITION 30 SPALH Suicidality: thoughts of death, wanting to be dead Plan: Having a plan of how to commit suicide Accessibility: The means for committing suicide are readily available to the person Lethality: The means for committing suicide are lethal (Hopelessness): one of the best markers for suicide risk TERM 31 Suicide Myths DEFINITION 31 Suicide rates increase during the winter holidays Highest during the spring Suicide is only for the 'crazy' Unsuccessful attempts=attention- seeking Attention seekers will eventually get it right If you talk to someone about suicide they will get ideas to do it, or will actually go through with it If they talk about suicide, they are unlikely to go through with it Someone who wants to die, wont leave any clues 90% of people who committed suicide left clues/hints TERM 32 Suicide by Cop DEFINITION 32 Calculated, life-threatening, criminal behavior used to compel the police to use deadly force 98% are male between 21-35 years old TERM 33 Rational suicide DEFINITION 33 Thought thru it rationally Terminally ill Chronic pain Disabling disorder Most depressed are not as sucidial No physical energy and lacking cognitive skills TERM 34 Personality Disorders: Common Characteristics DEFINITION 34 Chronic, enduring patterns of perceiving and relating Persistent, inflexible, maladaptive Characteristics existed in adolescence TERM 35 Personality Disorders: Three "Clusters" of Disorder DEFINITION 35 Cluster A: Odd, eccentric cluster Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal Cluster B: Dramatic, emotional, erratic cluster Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Incredibly hard to work with Cluster C: Anxious, fearful cluster Avoidant, Dependant, and Obsessive Compulsive