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- Mental health and wellbeing45
- Definitions of abnormality456
- Classification and diagnosis of mental disorders45
- Models of abnormality139
- Anxiety disorders and phobias282
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder128
- Depression and mood disorders266
- Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders171
- Personality disorders63
- Eating disorders43
- Neurodevelopmental and childhood disorders50
- Post-traumatic stress disorder12
- Dissociative and somatic disorders17
- Substance use disorders9
- Treatment of mental disorders40
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Biological Approach to Explaining OCD Genetic Explanations:Genes are involved in individual vulnerability to OCD. Lewis observed that of his OCD patients, 37% had parents with OCD and 21% had siblings with OCD. This suggests that OCD runs in families alth...
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Cognitive Approach to Explaining Depression Beck's Cognitive Theory of Depression:Beck proposed that it is a person's cognitions that make them more vulnerable to depression. He suggested 3 parts to this vulnerability.Faulty Information Processing:When depresse...
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Outline and Evaluate the Behaviourist Approach to Abnormality Outline and Evaluate the Behaviourist Approach to AbnormalityThe main assumption of the biological approach is that all behaviour, normal or abnormal is learnt from the environment. This happens in three main ways. So...
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (12) The biological approach to psychopathology suggests that all abnormal behaviour has a physical cause. The biological model assumes that all mental disorders are related to some change in the body, and that mental diso...
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Atypical Behaviour - Lumen Learning Why It Matters: Psychological Disorders Mental Health Myths Myth: Mental health problems don't affect me Fact: Mental health problems are actually very common. In 2014, about: one in five American adults experien...
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Untitled Psychopathology Exam Prep Chapter 7 – Somatic Symptoms Disorders and Dissociative Disorders Main Topics • Somatic Symptoms Disorders: Mind → Body &nbs...
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Mental Illness notes Topic Background Key research Application The historical context of mental health Historical views of mental illness Defining abnormality Categorising mental disorders Rosenhan (1973) On being sane in insane places. C...
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Abnormal Psychology Exam Review- created from Mind Map Chapter 5: What is a somatic symptom disorder? (SSD) - SSD is when a person feels extreme anxiety about physical symptoms such as pain or fatigue. Having also intense thoughts, feelings and behaviors related to ...
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Abnormal Psychology Exam Review- created from Mind Map Chapter 5: What is a somatic symptom disorder? (SSD) - SSD is when a person feels extreme anxiety about physical symptoms such as pain or fatigue. Having also intense thoughts, feelings and behaviors related to ...
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Chapter 8 (Dissociative Disorders and Somatic-Symptom Related Disorders) Chapter 8 (Dissociative Disorders and Somatic-Symptom Related Disorders) Both types of disorders tend to be associated with stressful experiences, not direct expressions of anxiety Diss...
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Schizophrenia Clinical Characteristics Positive Symptoms (AO1): Delusions (bizarre beliefs that seem real to the schizophrenic but have no grounds in reality. Include paranoid delusions, delusions of grandeur and delusions of refer...
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Psychopathology Definitions of AbnormalityStatistical Deviation This occurs when an individual has a less common characteristic, for example being more depressed or less intelligent than most of the population. Someone is considered ...
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Mental Illness notes Topic Background Key research Application The historical context of mental health Historical views of mental illness Defining abnormality Categorising mental disorders Rosenhan (1973) On being sane in insane places. C...
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Psychopathology The definitions of abnormalityThe cognitive, behavioural and emotion characteristic of mental illness--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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Chapter 6 Disorders of Trauma and Stress Chapter 6 Disorders of Trauma and Stress Traumatic stress disorders are characterized by two maladaptive pattern of behvaior in response to trauma that involve marked personal distress or significant impa...
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Psychopathology - created from Mind Map Definitions of abnormality Phobias Depression
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Clinical Psychology 5.1 CONTENT 5.1 DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL DISORDERS The 4 D's Deviance: Clinicians look at the extent to which the behaviour is 'rare' within society Dysfunction: If the behaviour is significantly interfering wit...
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Psychology PSYA3 Clinical classifications and explanations of schizophrenia.Classifications (psychopathology- dominated by biology approach)- it assumes that mental disorders is similar to physical disorders, so it suggests that menta...
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Psychopathology 16-marker Plans (AQA A Level Psychology) Phobias Outline and discuss the behavioural explanation for phobias Outline- AO1 Acquisition via classical conditioning, maintenance via operant conditioning--- the two process model Acquisition: patient learns...
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Three definitions of abnormality AO1 and A02 Failure to function adequately.AO1: "outline".Rosenman and Seligman (1989) proposed 7 main features of abnormal behaviour and a failure to function adequately. For example, Personal distress: Frequently mental disorde...
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Biological Approach to Explaining OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD is also classed as an anxiety disorder Typically begins in young adult life and has two main components - obsessions and compulsions Obsessions are persistent thoughts and...
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OCD MODEL -CBT Model of OCD, outlined by Salkovskis et al (2000) who suggested assumptions and core beliefs form from early experiences and critical distressing life events. These underlying beliefs about the world lead t...
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Monothematic Delusions - created from Mind Map Coltheart 2007 types of delusions mirrored self misidentification somatoparaphrenia capgras cotards Fregoli intermetamorphis relates to strength of emotional connection to other agent - delusion occurs where connectio...
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Chapter 12 notes Lecture Guide Chapter 12 Psychological Disorders Spring 2017hw and review sesh April 12th WednesdayExM fRIDDAY aPRIL 14 Based in part on the text: Experience Psychology (King, 2016) Introduction: MAJOR part of psych s...
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Depression The DSM-5 recognises four categories of depression; Major Depressive Disorder - severe but often short term depression Persistent Depressive Disorder - long term/recurring depression including sustained major depressi...
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Notes Week 1 Indicators of Abnormality •Subjective Distress •Maladaptiveness •Statistical Deviancy •Violation of the Standards of Society •Social Discomfort •Irrationality and Unpredictability •Dangerousness DSM-5 Definitio...
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Notes The Psychology of Everyday Life MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS What is abnormal 22/9 What would you consider to be abnormal? - context is important! Can't consider something to be abnormal without seeing the whole picture....
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Untitled_1 LECTURE 1; WHAT IS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY? Lectures 1-3 content · Theoretical approaches to diagnosis, explanation, treatment of ‘abnormality’ or mental disorders · Definitions of ‘abnormality’ or ‘mental dis...
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Unit 8 Study Questions Describe and evaluate the medical model of abnormal behaviour. (pp. 641-642) The medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behaviour as a disease.Prior to the 18th century, most conceptions of abno...
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Untitled Health Psychology: Dysfunctional Behaviour Graph. DEFINITIONS OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOUR:CATEGORISING- ICD 10 and DSM -IVDEFINITIONS- Rosenhan and Seligman (ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY)BIAS IN DIAGNOSIS- Ford and Widiger (SEX...
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Unit 9 Study Questions Identify the three major categories of therapy. Discuss the factors affecting why people do or do not seek therapy. (pp. 696-697) The three major types of psychotherapy treatments are the following: Insight therapies ...
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Schizophrenia_1 Clinical Characteristics Positive Symptoms (AO1): Delusions (bizarre beliefs that seem real to the schizophrenic but have no grounds in reality. Include paranoid delusions, delusions of grandeur and delusions of refer...
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Schizophrenia_2 Clinical Characteristics Positive Symptoms (AO1): Delusions (bizarre beliefs that seem real to the schizophrenic but have no grounds in reality. Include paranoid delusions, delusions of grandeur and delusions of refer...
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Schizophrenia THE DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Classification of schizophrenia The classification of a mental disorder is the process of organising symptoms into categories based on symptoms 2 major systems of clas...
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Test 2 Exam Review Generalized Anxiety Disorder:Definition: A disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities. Sometimes described as free-floating anxietySymptoms...
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EPPP Study Notes II - created from Mind Map Conduct disorder is signified by an ongoing pattern of behavior that violates basic rights of others or age-appropriate societal norms. There are four main categories of behavior used to identify conduct disorder. Whi...
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Clinical Psychology notes Describe Rosenhan's Classic Study (4 marks) Rosenhan took a of 8 pseudopatients, five and male and three female. they reported hearing the words, hollow, empty and thud they were then addmitted to one of the 12 instit...
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Abnormal Psychology Notes Personality Disorders Long standing, maladaptive way of being Usually over age 18 Early on set, starts in teenage years Pervasive, affects all areas of their life Antisocial Personality Disorder
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mental health Classifying Abnormal Behavior Abnormal Behavior is behavior that is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressful over a relatively long period of time. Theoretical Approaches to Psychological Disorders:Biological A...
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Chapter 14: Psychological disorders What is a Psychological Disorder? Disorders interfere with our lives What is a disorder? It can be difficult to differentiate the line between "normal" behaviors and a psychological disorder The general rule of thumb ...
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