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1 Intro and conceptual issues
What four things does abnormal ps...,
What was classified as mental ill...,
How many categories of mental ill...
22  cards
2 Classification and diagnosis 1
What are wakefield s two criteria...,
How does the dsm apply its own de...,
What may be a cause of overdiagno...
21  cards
3 Classification and diagnosis 2
According to freud when does the ...,
According to freud when does the ...,
According to freud when does the ...
27  cards
4 Psychotherapy effectiveness
What is the cause and treatment f...,
What is the cause and treatment f...,
What is the cause and treatment f...
19  cards
5 Anxiety
Is there any difference between a...,
Anxiety is activated in response ...,
Is there any qualitative differen...
34  cards
6 Anxiety 2 – Panic
Into what three categories are an...,
What was the main treatment for a...,
Amobarbital and phenobarbital are...
31  cards
7 Anxiety 3 – GAD
When was generalised anxiety diso...,
What are the four criteria for gad,
What physiological aspect differe...
41  cards
8 Depression
Is there any qualitative differen...,
What s the difference in causalit...,
What are the two depressive unipo...
34  cards
9 Depression 2
How might lack of control over li...,
What are the three axes of attrib...,
What is the most depressogenic co...
46  cards
10 Childhood 1 – Depression
What percentage of childhood ment...,
Why is the establishment of norms...,
What is the distinction between i...
19  cards
11 Childhood 2 – Anxiety
Which disorders in dsm iv were sp...,
What is a problem with diagnosing...,
In what order are anxiety disorde...
14  cards
12 Bipolar disorders
What category did bipolar disorde...,
What are the three main disorders...,
What pattern of episodes is neces...
61  cards
13 Schizophrenia
Psychosis refers to the loss of c...,
What are 5 of the positive sympto...,
What are 9 of the negative sympto...
48  cards
14 Personality Disorders 1
What is a personality disorder as...,
In what two or more areas must a ...,
At what age can a personality dis...
40  cards
15 Personality Disorders 2 – treatment
What s the lifetime prevalence of...,
What s the prevalence of pd in th...,
What s the suicide rate in those ...
23  cards
16 Addiction – substances
What is a drug substance,
What four kinds of effects might ...,
What is addiction
34  cards
17 Addiction – gambling
What s the definition of gambling,
What s the difference between pro...,
What are four reasons why people ...
31  cards
18 Anorexia Nervosa
What are the crude mortality rate...,
What percentage of the population...,
What s the gender split for an
27  cards
19 Bulimia Nervosa
What is the prevalence of bulimia...,
What are the 2 symptoms in the a ...,
What is the b criterion for bulim...
24  cards
20 Binge eating disorder
How was binge eating disorder des...,
What two symptoms characterise an...,
Binge eating episodes are associa...
18  cards
21 ADHD
According to hawes is the main pr...,
What is the prevalence of adhd am...,
What two subtypes of adhd appear ...
41  cards
22 Conduct problems
What was found in the kim cohen e...,
What are two corollaries of the k...,
What are the 3 externalising diso...
46  cards
23 Treatment of conduct problems
What are the four guiding princip...,
Why are interventions that focus ...,
What treatments have the best out...
27  cards
25 Alternative approaches to individual psychopathology
What was the criticism of the dsm...,
What was the criticism of the dsm...,
What does the bio psycho social m...
28  cards
26 History of family therapy
Who developed structural family t...,
What is the idea of a triangle in...,
What is milan systemic family the...
13  cards
Tutorials
T2 does degree of belief in a mem...,
T2 are traumatic memories easier ...,
T2 does recall of true memories r...
23  cards

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