Abnormal Psych Exam 2 - Clemson

Somatic Symtom Disorder

- Pertaining to the body
- One or more somatic symptoms that are distressing/impairing
-Person has excessive thoughts, feelings or behaviors
-High anxiety over symptom with excessive time & energy spent on symptom
-WANTS TO GET RID OF SYMPTOM
"I have a he

Illness Anxiety Disorder

-A preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious disease
-None or limited somatic symptom
-High level of anxiety about health and are easily alarmed about their personal health
-Jump to extremes->
"I am worried about having a brain tumor and I get a he

Conversion Disorder

-One or more symptom of altered voluntary motor or sensory function
-NOT based in recognized medicine bc it does not make biological sense
-Causes distress or impairment but not nearly as concerned as you'd think
-Symptoms: Distress or impairment but foll

Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions

-Somatic Medical Condition
EX: Someone is very anxious, so it is making their heart condition worse.
-Psychological factor that does one of the following:
1. Influences course of the medical condition
2. Interferes with treatment of medical condition (som

Factitious Disorder

-Faking an illness for the purpose of some sort of non-external, INTANGIBLE reward
They are doing it for the love and support that we show people who have an illness
-Can be diagnosed by proxy (imposing it on someone else)
Someone who makes their kids sic

Malingering

NOT A DISORDER
-Faking an illness for some sort of tangible reward
Faking a mental illness to stay out of jail

Dissociative Amnesia

-inability to recall important personal information (inconsistent with ordinary forgetting)
-usually of a traumatic or stressful nature
-sometimes diagnosed with dissociative fugue (apparent purposeful wandering or traveling)

Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder

Depersonalization- feeling like an outside observer of themselves
Derealization- Feeling as if you are not in the actual situation or the situation isn't real
-Reality testing remains intact (doesn't think they are experiencing more serious decoupling fro

Dissociative Identity Disorder

-formerly known as multiple personality disorder
-multiple personality states, person has a disruption of identity
-gaps in experiences and recall
-can be as extreme as one of the personalities needs glasses and the other doesn't
-Usually a core personali

Major Depressive Disorder

-2 weeks or more
-Feeling down or lack of interest in pleasure
-May have other symptoms going along with it as well
**
REALLY SEVERE
**
Must have one of these 2 symptoms:
1. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day.
2. Markedly diminished interest

Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)

-2 years or more
**
Less severe
**
-The person has chronic depressive symptoms but they may or may not reach the level of two weeks like a major depressive episode
-Same symptoms of major depressive disorder with a decrease in concentration and without su

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

A person who has menstrual cycles has severe mood symptoms before her period
Market irritability or anger, anxiety or depression

Disruptive Mood Regulation Disorder

-Severe outburst of anger, very aggressive
-Has a specific reason for getting mad but it is out of control and extreme.
-3 or more times a week with a consistent irritated behavior

Bipolar I

Person has at one point had a full-blown manic episode (even if they have only had one 20 years in the past)
Occurs when the person has such extremely good mood or such extremely expansive mood that they need to be in the hospital or they are going to do

Bipolar II

Person has not gone full manic; they've had a hypermanic episode
-Never had complete, irrational, dangerous thing happen to them
Extremely pleasant and useful, can be extremely productive & they aren't doing anything too out of bounds where they need to b

Cyclothymic Disorder

One or more hypomanic episodes +one of more dysthymic episodes
When they have gone hypomanic, but haven't reached a full depressive state (only unusual low, just not depressed)

Delusional Disorder

Person has delusions, but no other real symptoms
-They have a very clear, fixed belief that does not respond to information from the world
ONE OR MORE DELUSIONS FOR ONE MONTH OR MORE
Symptoms are bizarre or non bizarre
Symptoms can be shared between peopl

Brief Psychotic Disorder

**At least 1 day but less than a month
Person has:
-Delusions
-Hallucinations: any sort of experiences of something that is not there
-Disorganized speech: what you are saying does not make any sense
-Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior; not requir

Schizophreniform Disorder

*
at least one month, less than 6 months
*
2 or more symptoms
-delusions
-hallucinations
-disorganized speech
-grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
-diminished social expressions & AVOLITION (lack of being able to do something voluntarily) i.e. use

Schizophrenia

*
6 months or more
*
-Delusions
-Hallucinations
-Disorganized Speech
-Grossly Disorganized or catatonic behavior
-Negative symtoms (esp avolition)
Symptoms take much longer to cure

Schizoaffective Disorder

Symptoms or schizophrenia and mood disorder at the same time
-Perceptual Aberration
-Anhedonia (social, emotional): person doesn't enjoy things that people typically enjoy
The medicine that was sometimes given to schizophrenic people would give them sympt

Personality Disorder- Trait Specified

-Minor or greater impairment in personality defining:
identity, self-direction (SELF)
Empathy, Intimacy (INTERPERSONAL)
-One or more personality traits that mark onto the BIG FIVE

BIG FIVE Personality Traits

1. Openness
2. Conscientiousness
3. Extroversion
4. Agreeableness
5. Neuroticism

Somatic Symtom Disorder

- Pertaining to the body
- One or more somatic symptoms that are distressing/impairing
-Person has excessive thoughts, feelings or behaviors
-High anxiety over symptom with excessive time & energy spent on symptom
-WANTS TO GET RID OF SYMPTOM
"I have a he

Illness Anxiety Disorder

-A preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious disease
-None or limited somatic symptom
-High level of anxiety about health and are easily alarmed about their personal health
-Jump to extremes->
"I am worried about having a brain tumor and I get a he

Conversion Disorder

-One or more symptom of altered voluntary motor or sensory function
-NOT based in recognized medicine bc it does not make biological sense
-Causes distress or impairment but not nearly as concerned as you'd think
-Symptoms: Distress or impairment but foll

Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions

-Somatic Medical Condition
EX: Someone is very anxious, so it is making their heart condition worse.
-Psychological factor that does one of the following:
1. Influences course of the medical condition
2. Interferes with treatment of medical condition (som

Factitious Disorder

#NAME?

Malingering

NOT A DISORDER
-Faking an illness for some sort of tangible reward
Faking a mental illness to stay out of jail

Dissociative Amnesia

#NAME?

Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder

Depersonalization- feeling like an outside observer of themselves
Derealization- Feeling as if you are not in the actual situation or the situation isn't real
-Reality testing remains intact (doesn't think they are experiencing more serious decoupling fro

Dissociative Identity Disorder

-formerly known as multiple personality disorder
-multiple personality states, person has a disruption of identity
-gaps in experiences and recall
-can be as extreme as one of the personalities needs glasses and the other doesn't
-Usually a core personali

Major Depressive Disorder

-2 weeks or more
-Feeling down or lack of interest in pleasure
-May have other symptoms going along with it as well
**
REALLY SEVERE
**
Must have one of these 2 symptoms:
1. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day.
2. Markedly diminished interest

Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)

-2 years or more
**
Less severe
**
-The person has chronic depressive symptoms but they may or may not reach the level of two weeks like a major depressive episode
-Same symptoms of major depressive disorder with a decrease in concentration and without su

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

A person who has menstrual cycles has severe mood symptoms before her period
Market irritability or anger, anxiety or depression

Disruptive Mood Regulation Disorder

-Severe outburst of anger, very aggressive
-Has a specific reason for getting mad but it is out of control and extreme.
-3 or more times a week with a consistent irritated behavior

Bipolar I

Person has at one point had a full-blown manic episode (even if they have only had one 20 years in the past)
Occurs when the person has such extremely good mood or such extremely expansive mood that they need to be in the hospital or they are going to do

Bipolar II

Person has not gone full manic; they've had a hypermanic episode
-Never had complete, irrational, dangerous thing happen to them
Extremely pleasant and useful, can be extremely productive & they aren't doing anything too out of bounds where they need to b

Cyclothymic Disorder

One or more hypomanic episodes +one of more dysthymic episodes
When they have gone hypomanic, but haven't reached a full depressive state (only unusual low, just not depressed)

Delusional Disorder

Person has delusions, but no other real symptoms
-They have a very clear, fixed belief that does not respond to information from the world
ONE OR MORE DELUSIONS FOR ONE MONTH OR MORE
Symptoms are bizarre or non bizarre
Symptoms can be shared between peopl

Brief Psychotic Disorder

**At least 1 day but less than a month
Person has:
-Delusions
-Hallucinations: any sort of experiences of something that is not there
-Disorganized speech: what you are saying does not make any sense
-Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior; not requir

Schizophreniform Disorder

*
at least one month, less than 6 months
*
2 or more symptoms
-delusions
-hallucinations
-disorganized speech
-grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
-diminished social expressions & AVOLITION (lack of being able to do something voluntarily) i.e. use

Schizophrenia

*
6 months or more
*
-Delusions
-Hallucinations
-Disorganized Speech
-Grossly Disorganized or catatonic behavior
-Negative symtoms (esp avolition)
Symptoms take much longer to cure

Schizoaffective Disorder

Symptoms or schizophrenia and mood disorder at the same time
-Perceptual Aberration
-Anhedonia (social, emotional): person doesn't enjoy things that people typically enjoy
The medicine that was sometimes given to schizophrenic people would give them sympt

Personality Disorder- Trait Specified

#NAME?

BIG FIVE Personality Traits

1. Openness
2. Conscientiousness
3. Extroversion
4. Agreeableness
5. Neuroticism