Psych 380 Exam 2 Study Guide Anxiety Disorders Key terms concepts from lecture PTSD having acute stress disorder symptoms for over a month intrusions dissociation and avoidance loss of memory self blame can t experience positive emotions increased arousal Shattered Assumptions The world is benevolent The world is meaningful The self is worthy Textbook Terms from Chapter 8 Social Anxiety Disorder Separation Anxiety Disorder anxiety when separated from home or caregivers fear that actions will be scrutinized by others causing an anxiety disorder marked by recurrent and unpredictable panic attacks nightmares distress complain of physical symptoms that require caregivers attention embarrassment Panic Disorder Agoraphobia situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing or help unavailable if panic like symptoms were to occur general restlessness sleep disturbance easily fatigued irritability trouble concentrating recurrent obsessions or compulsions that cause distress or impairment to extent that an anxiety disorder in which a person is afraid to be in public places or anxiety is a constant feature of day to day life Generalized Anxiety Disorder OCD preoccupied with idea that part of their body is ugly or defective Body Dysmorphic Disorder Trichotillomania Excoriation Disorder Acute Stress Disorder they find it difficult to conduct daily activities or avoid reminders of the trauma breathing retraining psychoeducation cognitive restructuring Panic control Therapy individuals who pull out their hair in response to sense of tension or urge skin picking develops after traumatic event where you may re experience the event control the bodily cues associated with panic attacks Dissociative and Somatic Disorders Key terms concepts from lecture Dissociative Identity Disorder previously called Multiple Personality Disorder occurs when a person has multiple states of identity due to their need to psychologically departmentalize a condition induced in a patient by a clinician s activity manner or therapy Iatrogenic i e Client comes in and states I wasn t myself yesterday and it just didn t feel like me And then the clinician states That wasn t you it was another personality cultivating a condition and diagnosis that may not even be true False memory Clients can repress experiences of childhood abuse but clinicians can also Malingering faking a condition for an ulterior motive perhaps for money or avoid a prison sometimes cultivate or induce the idea of false memories sentence get out of an exam or even a need for attention or illness by purposely producing symptoms or exaggerating them Textbook Terms from Chapter 9 Factitious Disorder to make Conditions in which a person acts as if they have an ailment Conversion Disorder Dissociative Amnesia a somatoform disorder involving the translation of unacceptable drives an inability to remember important personal details and experiences is usually associated with traumatic or very stressful events or troubling conflicts into physical symptoms physical symptoms but are highly anxious Problem focused coping Coping in which the individual takes action to reduce stress by A diagnosis that clinicians will give those individual who have no Problem focused coping emotion focused coping Illness Anxiety Disorder changing whatever it is about the situation that makes it stressful Emotion focused coping A type of coping in which a person doesn t change anything about the situation itself but instead tries to improve feelings about the situation Behavioral medicine An interdisciplinary approach to medical conditions affected by the psychological factors that is rooted in learning history Applies the growing body of scientific evidence regarding mind body relationships to helping improve people s physical health by addressing its relationships to the psychological factors of stress emotions behavior patterns and personality Psychoeducation is an important component of behavioral medicine Paraphilia and Sexual Dysfunction Key terms concepts from lecture Paraphilia mature consenting partners intense persistent sexual interest other than genital stimulation or fondling with Paraphilic disorder a Anomalous activity preferences distress impairment or harm at least 6 months a Pain sexual masochism harming oneself or sexual sadism harming others a these are not considered a disorder unless there is a distress or disorder impairment etc Pedophilic Disorder adult engages in sexual activity with a child or is consumed by engaging in this activity perhaps obsessively seeking child porn adult engages in sexual activity with a child or is consumed by engaging in this activity perhaps obsessively seeking child porn Textbook Terms from Chapter 11 Sexual dysfunctions Sexual self schemas An abnormality in an individual s sexual responsiveness and reactions Divergence of an individual s response in the sexual response cycle along with feelings of significant distress or impairment Feelings of being unloved inadequate and unworthy which they transfer into sexual situations causing them to become anxious when they feel that an inability to achieve orgasm will cause their partner to become tired Method of treating sexual dysfunction in which the interaction is not intended to lead to orgasm but to experience pleasurable sensations during the phases prior to orgasm representations of person s sexual fantasies Sensate focus Lovemaps Gender Dysphoria Key terms concepts from today s lecture Gender Identity Disorder Incongruence between an individuals genital structure and gender identity Some individuals can feel trapped if their genitals do not match their gender identity 1 2 this labeling of a disorder caused controversy individuals who identified with the opposite gender did not believe they had a disorder 3 wanted a compromise for the labeling of a health condition but not a disorder DYSPHORIA Gender Dysphoria in Adults A Incongruence between experienced or expressed gender assigned gender occurring for at least 6 months 2 of the following must be exhibited 1 Incongruence with primary or secondary sex characteristics Primary genitals Secondary facial hair 2 Desire to be rid of these characteristics Individuals do not need to necessarily identify with one gender female or male but rather are gender neutral 3 Desire for the characteristics of the other gender 4 Desire to be the other gender or alternative gender other than one s assigned gender 5 Desire to be treated as