senna's exam 2. chapters 5,6,7,8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 define anti-depressant | a medication administered to prevent or relieve depression |
| define anxiety | a felling of apprehension or uneasiness, a fundamental human emotion that produces bodily reactions that prepare us for "fight or flight", is anticipatory; the dreded event or situation has not yet occurred. |
| define phobia | a strong,persistant and unwarranted fear of some specific object or situation. |
| fear is | a basic emotion |
| what is locus ceruleus | a small area of the brain that seems to be active in the regulation of emotions, many of its neurons use norepinephrine |
| define benzodiazepines | anti-anxiety drugs, preferred medications used to calm and reduce anxiety in people. |
| define generalized anxiety disorder | disorder characterized by persistant, high levels of anxiety and excessive worry over many life circumstaces that are present on more days than not for more than six months. |
| define agoraphobia | An anxiety disorder indicated by a marked and persistent fear of being in places or situations from which escape may be difficult or embarrassing. |
| define obsessive compulsive disorder characteristics | obsessions(intrusive, repetitive thoughts or images that produce anxiety). or compulsions (the need to perform acts or to dwell on thoughts to reduce anxiety). |
| define post traumatic stress disorder | A severe anxiety that develops after experiencing a traumatic event (rape, war, natural disaster, abusive childhood, near fatal accident); symptoms: feelings of helplessness, flashbacks, nightmares, impaired concentration and or emotional numbness |
| define anxiety disorders | Characterized by unpleasant tensions, distress, and avoidance behavior; examples are phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic distress disorder. |
| define panic attacks | are experianced as intense fear accompanied by symptoms such as a pounding heart, trembling, shortness of breath,or fear of losing control or dying. |
| define the (types) of panic attacks | 1.situationally bound attacks. 2. situationally predisposed attacks. 3.unexpected or uncued attacks. |
| define panic disorder | Recurrent unexpected panic attacks. At least one of the attacks has been followed by 1 month of 1 of the following: persistent concern about having additional attacks, worry about the implications of the attack, significant change in behavior related to the attacks. Agoraphobia may or may not be present |
| what is malingering | is intentional production of false or faking symptoms motivated by external incentives, such as obtaining compensation or drugs, avoiding work or military duty, or evading criminal prosecution. |
| what is facticious | when someone intentionally does something to produce symptoms in self and others. |
| what is fugue | a dissociative disorder in which a person forgets his or her current life and starts a new one somewhere else |
| what are differant the types of dissociative amnesia | 1.localized: all memory for a short time. 2. selective: loss of details about an incident. 3.systemized: selected TYPES OF INFORMATION. 4. continuous: inability to recall ANY events from a specific time until the present. 5.generalized: a complete loss of memory of the individuals entire life. |
| define body dysmorphic disorder | preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in physical appearance |
| define hypochondriasis | a condition characterized by misinterpretation of physical symptoms and fearing that one has a serious illness despite appropriate medical evaluation and reassurance |
| what is conversion disorder | demonstrates physical problems or impairments in sensory or motor functions controlled by the voluntary nervous system- such as paraysis, loss of feeling, and deficits in sight or hearing- suggeting a neurological disorder but with no underlying organic cause. |
| what are dissociative disorders | a group of disorders including dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder, and depesonalization disorder, all of which involve some sort of dissociation, or separation, of a part of the persons consciousness, memory, or identity. |
| what is somatization disorder | somatoform disorder in which the person dramatically complains of a specific symptom such as nausea, difficulty swallowing, or pain for which there is no real physical cause |
| dissociative identity disorder is | formally known as multiple-personality disorder. |
| what are somatoform disorders | include somatization, conversion, pain, and body dysmorphic disorders, as well as hypochondriasis |
| what is localized amnesia | a person remembers nothing that happened during a specific period, most commonly the first few hours or days following some highly traumatic event |
| what is selective amnesia | Inability to recall only certain incidents associated with a traumatic event |
| what is systemized amnesia | the loss of memory for a certain category of information |
| what is generalized amnesia | Inability to recall anything that has happened during the individual's entire lifetime - total loss of memory |
| what is continuous amnesia | an inability to recall any events that have occurred between a specific time in the past and the present time |
| two parts of memory are | short and long |
| type | whole |
| trait | part |
| what is the origin of dissociative identity disorder | severe psychological trauma |
| how authentic are reports of formally repressed memories | at this point its not clear on how many cases of genuine "repressed momories" exist, or whether the phenomenon exists at all. |
| define stess psychosomatic | real physical disorder brought on by a psychological stressor |
| what are stressors | external events or situations that place a physical or psychological demand on a person |
| what is stress | is an internal psychological or physiological response to a stressor |
| define psychophysiological disorder | any physical disorder that has a strong psychological basis or component |
| what is sudden death syndrome | unexpected abrupt death that seems to have no specific physical basis. |
| what is acute stress disorder | characterized by the development of severe anxiety, dissociative, and other symptoms that occurs within one month after exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor. |
| define dissociation | involves a disruption in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception and may be trancient or chronic. |
| anxiety is a blend of what? | thoughts and feelings characterized by uncontrollability and unpredictability over potentially adverse life events. |
| people with anxiety have the inability to what? | cope and be calm |
| anxiety ranges from? | mild to severe |
| what anxiety effects over all? | 1. quality of life. 2. day to day tasks completion |
| what are the major types of anxieties disorders? | panic(fear based), panic attacks, phobias(generalized,specific,) OCD, acute stress disorder,and PTSD. |
| what are the major players of dissociative disorders? | identity, memory, and conscienceness. |
| people with DID show signs of? | two or more distinct or unique personalities. |
| etiology means? | reasons, causes, and origins. |
| what are the characteristics of acute stress disorder? | anxiety and dissociative symptoms that occur within a month after exposure to a traumatic stressor. |
| PTSD is characterized by what? | anxiety,dissociaative, and other symptoms that last for more than a month and that occur as a result of exposure to extreme trauma. |
| Norman Cousins is credited with suggesting that ______ can improve health. | laughter |
| 4 models of stress and illness are? | biological, pyschological,social, and socioculture. |
| laughter releases what? | endorphins |
| models(general adaptation) | 1.alarm-vulnerability. 2. resistance-defense. 3. exaustion-symptom-sickness reappears. |
| behavior and the immune system do what? | work togather |
| even positive changes in life are? | stressful |
| stress is an? | internal resposnse |
| stressors are an? | external event |
| examples of psychophysiological disorder include? | coronary heart disease,hypertention,migraines, tention, cluster headaches,and astma. |
| define personality disorder | A chronic, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of perceiving, thinking, and behaving that seriously impairs an individual's ability to function in social or other settings. |
| define personality type | silimar to being a trait, but instead of being a dimension, a type is a category that is believed to represent the whole of persons characteristics |
| personality trait | the dimensions of a persons characteristics or behavior., or parts. |
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