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Biopsychology Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders Part 3
This deck covers key concepts related to psychological disorders, focusing on conditions such as bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, and schizophrenia. It explores symptoms, treatments, genetic influences, and diagnostic criteria.
Similar to depressed patients, bipolar patients may benefit from a change in their ____
sleep schedule
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Definition
Similar to depressed patients, bipolar patients may benefit from a change in their ____
sleep schedule
People suffering from seasonal affective disorder are most likely become depressed ____.
in the winter
Where is seasonal affective disorder most common?
near the poles
What is one of the best treatments for seasonal affective disorder?
bright light
Which disorder is characterized by a deteriorating ability to function in everyday life and some combination of hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, and grossly disorganized behavior?
schizophrenia
Which behavior is most suggestive of schizophrenia?
deterioration of daily functioning with disorganized speech and behavior
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Similar to depressed patients, bipolar patients may benefit from a change in their ____ | sleep schedule |
People suffering from seasonal affective disorder are most likely become depressed ____. | in the winter |
Where is seasonal affective disorder most common? | near the poles |
What is one of the best treatments for seasonal affective disorder? | bright light |
Which disorder is characterized by a deteriorating ability to function in everyday life and some combination of hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, and grossly disorganized behavior? | schizophrenia |
Which behavior is most suggestive of schizophrenia? | deterioration of daily functioning with disorganized speech and behavior |
____ was originally called dementia praecox. | Schizophrenia |
Dissociative identity disorder was previously known as ____ | multiple personality disorder |
An example of a 'negative symptom' of schizophrenia is ____ | poor emotional expression |
A schizophrenic patient whose main symptoms are lack of emotional expression, lack of social interaction, and lack of speech is suffering from ____ | negative symptoms |
One of the main problems with schizophrenia is ____ that result from abnormal interactions between the cortex and the thalamus and cerebellum. | disordered thoughts |
What is the difference between positive and negative schizophrenic symptoms? | behaviors that are present versus behaviors that are absent |
Hallucinations, delusions, and grossly disorganized behavior are classified as which kind of symptoms? | positive symptoms |
A delusion is a(n) ____ | unfounded belief |
What Bleuler meant by schizophrenia was a split between ____ and ____ aspects of experience. | emotional; intellectual |
Disorganized speech and grossly disorganized behavior represent the ____ in schizophrenia. | a wide range of possible positive symptoms |
What is the most common cognitive symptom of schizophrenia? | impaired understanding of abstract concepts |
A first diagnosis of schizophrenia is usually made for a male in which age range? | 20s |
The concordance rate of schizophrenia among twins is ____ | higher in monozygotic than dizygotic twins |
The concordance rate for schizophrenia is around ____ percent for monozygotic twins | 50 |
When an adopted child develops schizophrenia, the disease is significantly more probable among the ____ | biological relatives than the adopting relatives |
One important factor to consider when making judgments about the relative influence of genetics on schizophrenia is the ____. | prenatal environment |
Genetic studies of schizophrenia have found that ____ | there are probably several possible genes that increase a person's risk for schizophrenia |
One gene of interest in schizophrenia is DISC1. This gene ____ | controls differentiation and migration of neurons in brain development |
Researchers have had trouble replicating studies that found a particular gene linked to schizophrenia. According to one recent hypothesis, ____. | spontaneous mutations in any of hundreds of genes can cause schizophrenia |