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1
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What is neurosis?

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relatively mild disorders similar to defense mechanisms

2
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What is psychosis?

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serious mental illness preventing individuals from functioning adequately

3
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What are 4 types of neuroses?

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Anxiety, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Hysterical reactions

4
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What is anxiety?

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a person with fearful expectations that dreadful things will happen ex. hypochondria

5
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What are symptoms and treatments of anxiety?

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Symptoms: Pounding heart, faintness, numbness, chills
Treatment:
-Find and deal with the real cause of the anxiety
-Conditioning techniques that associate pleasant experiences with the feared object/situations

6
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What are phobias?

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Extreme fears of certain objects or situations.

7
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What is OCD?

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Persistent, unwanted thoughts because of anxiety

8
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What are symptoms of OCD?

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  • obsessed with safety, fear of failure, sexual desire, obsessed with particular objects
  • Obsessions are often followed by a compulsion to perform an act to relieve anxiety ex. relocking doors
9
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What are symptoms of hysterical reactions?

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Psychological conflicts convert to physical symptoms: blindness, paralysis

10
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Define acrophobia.

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fear of high places

11
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Define agoraphobia.

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fear of open places

12
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Define algophobia.

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fear of pain

13
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Define astraphobia.

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fear of thunder or lightening

14
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Define claustrophobia.

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fear of closed spaces

15
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Define hydrophobia.

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fear of water

16
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Define lalophobia.

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fear of public speaking

17
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Define phobophobia.

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fear of fear

18
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Define xenophobia.

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fear of strangers

19
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Define zoophobia.

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fear of animals (usually a specific kind)

20
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What is psychosis?

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serious mental illness preventing individuals from functioning adequately

21
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What are some psychoses?

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Antisocial Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia, Depression

22
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What is ASP?

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Antisocial Personality Disorder: a lifelong “pervasive pattern” of rule breaking & violating others’ rights. Begins before age 15.

23
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What are some characteristics of psychopaths?

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feels no remorse or guilt after causing harm, or acting immorally. They fail to form relationships and are oblivious to their behaviour.

24
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What are symptoms of ASP?

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  • look like average people which allows them to approach victims without causing alarm
  • promiscuous, inflict self-harm
25
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What symptoms do psychopaths exhibit?

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  • hallucinations, dramatic mood shifts
  • confusion about time, place and identity
  • lack understanding about behaviour
26
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What are the types of schizophrenia? Explain.

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Simple: withdrawal of interest in people/situations
Hebephrenic: childish behaviour
Paranoid: delusions of grandeur
Catatonic: unresponsive

27
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What are symptoms of schizophrenia?

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  • emotionally flat
  • little interest in others, their environment & reality
  • perceptual disorders: hallucinations, delusions
  • inconsistent, illogical, strange associations
  • strange fantasies & mannerisms
28
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What is manic depression?

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extreme mood changes

29
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What are symptoms of manic depression?

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-extreme mood changes, confused/aggressive behaviour, unlimited energy/extreme fatigue, difficulty sleeping

30
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What are treatments for neurosis and psychosis? Explain.

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Biomedical: attempts to change/influence the biological mechanism involved

Psychological Therapies: involves conversation between patient & therapist