https://padlet.com/dariusgra7350/qekuldnken7k en-us 2017-03-16 16:12:05 UTC 2025-11-18 07:00:54 UTC hello@padlet.com dariusgra7350 https://padlet.com/dariusgra7350/qekuldnken7k/wish/160585235 Biopsychosocial model- Biological, psychological, and social-cultural influences can lead to psychological disorders

Diathesis Stress Model- psychological disorders develop due to a combination of genetic vulnerability and risk factors in the environment

Diatheses: genetic factors, biological characteristics, psychological traits

Stressors: traumatic life events, negative family life, economic disadvantages]]> 2017-03-16 16:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dariusgra7350/qekuldnken7k/wish/160585235 dariusgra7350 https://padlet.com/dariusgra7350/qekuldnken7k/wish/161219917 Anxiety Disorders

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
-Obessions (thoughts)
-Compulsion (actions)

Obsessions -> Anxiety -> Compulsions -> Relief

Somatoform Disorder
People complain of physical symptoms with no physical cause

Neurosis- emotional disturbance characterized by excessive anxiety (can function in life)

Psychosis- emotional disturbance characterized by inability to cope in real world (can't function in life)

Eating Disorders

Anorexia- Obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat
-Severely limit the intake of food way below necessary level of calorie intake
Bulimia- Characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food
-Feeling of shame or loss of control
-Occurs at least once a week for 3 months
Binge Eating Disorder-

Anxiety Disorders
Symptoms
Rapid breathing, perspiration, shaking, passing out

Phobia
Irrational, intense fear of something, interferes with normal life

Mood Disorders

Depression Disorders:
Major Depressive Disorder- Intense sadness (can last months to forever)

Dysthymia- Involves less intense sadness, for 2 years or more (biological origin)

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)- Depression which occurs at specific times of the year with less sunlight

Bipolar Disorder (a.k.a. Manic Depression)- Involves both depressed and manic episodes]]> 2017-03-20 15:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dariusgra7350/qekuldnken7k/wish/161219917 dariusgra7350 https://padlet.com/dariusgra7350/qekuldnken7k/wish/162161579 Personality Disorders

Inflexible, exaggreated, and maladaptive ways of thinking

Behavior (not due to external factors) causes distress to person and conflicts with others

3 Clusters
Cluster A: person seems odd or eccentric

Schizoid Personality Disorder
-Withdrawn and lacks feelings for others
-Seldom marry (have few relationships)

Schizotypal Personality Disorder
-Odd thought, speech and emotional reactions
-Impaired social functioning

Paranoid Personality Disorder
-Inappropriately suspicious and mistrustful of others
-Refuse to accept blame or citicism

Cluster B: person seems dramatic, emotional, or erratic

Borderline Personality Disorder
-Tend to act impulsively
-Self destructive
-Unstable self-image, mood
-Mostly women

Antisocial Personality Disorder
-Pattern of violent, criminal, or unethical behavior
-Inability to feel affection for others
-No remorse for actions
-Mostly men

Histrionic Personality Disorder
-Very dramatic attention seeking needs praise and reassurance

Narcissistic Personality Disorder
-Grandiose view of themselves
-Constant attention and admiration

Cluster C: person appears anxious or fearful

Dependent Personality Disorder
-Inability to make decisions on their own
-Can't live independently
-Can;t tolerate being alone

Avoidant Personality Disorder
-Fears of rejection
-Leads to isolation

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)
-Needs orderliness (obsessed) personal control, rules, schedules
-Unreasonable perfectionism

Social Communication Disorder (new)
-Unable to adjust voice level in different situations
-Difficulty responding to others

Treating Anxiety

Counter Conditioning- an unpleasant CR is replaced iwht a pleasnt one

Systematic Desensitization

In Vivo Desensitization- Confronting things you fear

Implosive Therapy- imagine the worst, first

Aversive Conditioning- pair a habit with an unpleasant stimulus (sick w/ smoking)

Illogical Thinking (Depression)

Arbitrary Interference- sweeping conclusion about self, despite evidence to the contrary
"I am the most awful human in the world"

Selective Abstraction- sweeping conclusion based on only one of the numerous factors influecning a situation
"The accident is all my fault, I am so horrible"

Overgeneralization - sweeping conclusion based on a single event
"I lost the contract because I am worthless"

Magnification and Minimization- Maginfy diffuclties and failures while minimizing accomplishments and successes

Treating Depression

Biological Perspective
Anti Depressant Mediciation
-SSRI
- Lithium for BIpolar Disorder
- Electro Compulsive Therapy

Psychodynamic Perspective
- Psychoanalysis
-Goes to see a psychologist
-Issues are discussed

Client Centered Approach
-Humanism- Carl Rogers
-person is reponsible for change
-Non directive
-Unconditional positive regard

Aaron Beck - Cognitive Triad
-negative thoughts about the self, the world, the future

Martin Seligman
-Learned helplessness
-Positive psychology

Rational-Emotive Therapy
-Albert Ellis
-Direct approach
-Persuasion, challenge, argument

Socio-Cultural
-Change individuals the patient is around, model behavior from a depressed society, you will be sad
-Model behavior from a society that does not feel that depression is acceptable]]> 2017-03-23 15:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dariusgra7350/qekuldnken7k/wish/162161579