II. People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w/ physical conditionIII. Factitiousa. Faking physical problems to gain attentionIV. Dissociative disorders:a. Sudden, usually temporary disruption in a person’s memory, consciousness, or identityV. Schizophreniaa. Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, & behaviori. Positive: Undesirable additions to a person’s mental lifeii. Negative: undesirable subtractions from a person’s mental lifeiii. CognitiveII. People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w/ physical conditioni. Conversion disorder: (glove anesthesia) becoming paralyzed in one part if their body in order to get out of stressful situationsii. Somatization disorder: long lasting and ongoing complaints about a pain in the body; vague symptomsiii. Hypochondriasis: convincing the body that there is something wrong with you; obsessed that you’re are going to get some disease; no symptoms or no small symptoms that are blown out of proportioniv. Body dysmorphic disorder: feeling that something is wrong with your body in some way (chest size, penis size, etc.)a. Sudden, usually temporary disruption in a person’s memory, consciousness, or identityi. Dissociative amnesia: may forget certain things or detailsii. Dissociative fugue: loss of memory but not semantics or common knowledgeiii. Dissociative identity disorder (DID): have multiple identities; when you dissociate one and assume another rolea. Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, & behaviori. Severely impaired ability to communicate and relate to others & disturbs most other aspects of daily functioningii. Social withdrawal, poor hygiene, poor sense of timeiii. Flat affect: muted emotional expressioniv. Avolition: reduced motivationv. Anhedonia: lack of feeling pleasurevi. Alogia: lack of speech1. Cognitivea. Poor executive controlb. Problems with focus & attentionc. Problems with working memoryPSYC 107 1st Edition Lecture #31 – Psychological Disorders Outline of Last Lecture I. Psychopathologya. Phobia – an intense irrational fear of an object, activity or situation.b. Specificc. Sociald. AgoraphobiaII. Panic Disordersa. Panic attacki. Intense heart palpitations, chest pains and dizziness and faintness.III. OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disordera.IV. Mood Disordersa. Depressivei. Dysthymiab. Bipolar Disorders Outline of Current LectureI. Somatoforma. Psychological conditions that take on a physical form; no physical causei. Appear when stressed ii. Reduce stress by helping avoid situationsII. People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w/ physical conditionIII. Factitious a. Faking physical problems to gain attentionIV. Dissociative disorders:a. Sudden, usually temporary disruption in a person’s memory, consciousness, or identityV. Schizophreniaa. Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, & behaviori. Positive: Undesirable additions to a person’s mental lifeii. Negative: undesirable subtractions from a person’s mental lifeiii. CognitiveLecture 31 NotesI. Somatoforma. Psychological conditions that take on a physical form; no physical causei. Appear when stressed ii. Reduce stress by helping avoid situationsII. People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w/ physical conditioni. Conversion disorder: (glove anesthesia) becoming paralyzed in one part if their body in order to get out of stressful situationsii. Somatization disorder: long lasting and ongoing complaints about a pain in the body; vague symptomsiii. Hypochondriasis: convincing the body that there is something wrong with you; obsessed that you’re are going to get some disease; no symptoms or no small symptoms that are blown out ofproportioniv. Body dysmorphic disorder: feeling that something is wrong with your body in some way (chest size, penis size, etc.)III. Factitious a. Faking physical problems to get attention. IV. Dissociative Disordersa. Sudden, usually temporary disruption in a person’s memory, consciousness, or identityi. Dissociative amnesia: may forget certain things or detailsii. Dissociative fugue: loss of memory but not semantics or common knowledgeiii. Dissociative identity disorder (DID): have multiple identities; whenyou dissociate one and assume another roleV. Schizophrenia a. Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, & behaviori. Severely impaired ability to communicate and relate to others & disturbs most other aspects of daily functioningb. Positive: Undesirable additions to a person’s mental life1. Hallucinations: false perceptions2. Delusions: false beliefs3. Derailment: shifting from one subject to anothera. Loose associationsb. Word saladc. Inappropriate affect: showing the wrong emotionsd. Other Symptoms – thought broadcasting, thought blocking and withdrawal, thought insertion.4. Negative: undesirable subtractions from a person’s mental lifeii. Social withdrawal, poor hygiene, poor sense of timeiii. Flat affect: muted emotional expressioniv. Avolition: reduced motivationv. Anhedonia: lack of feeling pleasurevi. Alogia: lack of speech1. Cognitivea. Poor executive controlb. Problems with focus & attentionc. Problems with working
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