BIO PSYCH FINAL

An impairment in daily functioning

Used to justify payment and treatment Consistent with diagnoses used by medical disorders worldwide

GAD (generalized anxiety) Panic disorder Phobia, agoraphobia, social phobia OCD PTSD

MDD (major depressive) SAD Bipolar Disorder Schizophrenia

-Calls too many people “disordered” -Borders between diagnoses seem arbitrary -Decisions about what is a disorder seem to include value judgements -Diagnostic labels direct how we view and interpret the world, can be stigmatizing

Emotional-cognitive symptoms include worrying, having anxious feelings and thoughts about many things, and sometimes having “free-floating” anxiety with no attachment to any subject

Repeated and unexpected panic attacks, as well as a huge fear of the next panic attack

Mix of obsessions and compulsions Obsessions: intense, unwanted worries, ideas, and images that repeatedly pop up in the mind Compulsions: repeated strong feeling of “needing” to carry out an action even though it doesn’t feel like it makes sense

At least 4 weeks to lifetime of the following: Repeated intrusive recall of traumatic memories Nightmares and other re-experiences Social withdrawal or phobic avoidance Jumpy anxiety or hypervigilance Insomnia or sleep problems

Must include one/both of the following for a min of 2 weeks: -depressed mood most of day -loss of interest/pleasure in activities Include at least three of the following: -increase/decrease in weight/appetite -insomnia, sleep too much, disrupted sleep -physical agitation -fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day -worthlessness or excessive/inappropriate guilt -daily problems in thinking, concentration, and/or making decisions -recurring thoughts of death and suicide

Recurring seasonal pattern of depression, usually during the winter’s short, dark, and cold days

Mix of depression and mania

Period of hyper-elevated mood that is euphoric, giddy, easily irritated, hyperactive, impulsive, overly optimistic, and even grandiose

Disorganized thinking (delusions) Disturbed perceptions (hallucinations) Diminished and unusual emotion, including flat affect Onset and course

Onset: typically, schizophrenic symptoms appear at the end of adolescence and in early adulthood (later for women than men) Development: course of schizophrenia can be acute/reactive or chronic

Positive (presence of problematic behaviors) -hallucinations -delusions -disorganized thoughts and nonsensical speech -bizarre behaviors Negative (absence of healthy behaviors) -flat affect -reduced social interaction -no feeling of enjoyment -less motivation -speaking less -moving less

Low birth weight Maternal diabetes Older paternal age Famine Oxygen Depravation during delivery Maternal virus during mid-pregnancy

DID APD

AKA multiple personality disorder Possessing multiple and different personalities called “alters”

Persistently acting without conscience, without a sense of guilt for harm done to others (no empathy)

Anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa Binge-eating disorder

Compulsion to lose weight couples with certainty about being fat despite being underweight/skinny

Compulsion to binge, eating large amounts then purge by losing the food through vomiting, laxatives, and extreme exercise

Compulsion to binge, followed by guilt and depression