I am trying to do my study guide for Psy 202, and my professor has asked to dete
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I am trying to do my study guide for Psy 202, and my professor has asked to determine what type of psychological disorders these are, but she does not give me a list. Can someone please help me!!
Determine which disorder the following statements are referring to:
-binge-purge syndrome
- Many people disagree whether this actually is a legitimate disorder.
-treatment suggestion of elaborate self-monitoring of food intake
- desiring the feeling of lack of control
-amenorrhea
-weight gain in the hospital can be improved through the use of a token economy system
-lanugo
-Sybil and Chris Sizemore from the Three Faces of Eve diagnosis
- family is often described as pseudomutual and enmeshed
used to be in the category of a mood disorder; includes only depressive symptoms
- typically the phases are: prodromal, active psychosis, or residual
- the behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts either are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive; (not PTSD)
-The item(s) is/are avoided or else is endured with intense anxiety or distress; (not PTSD)
-can be diagnosed based on positive or negative symptoms
-types include catatonic, paranoid, or disorganized
-marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object that disrupts behavior.
-symptoms include haunting memories, nightmares, and jumpy anxiety
-hallucinations, delusions, thought disturbances
-considered to be biologically based due to dopamine overactivity
-often as a result of war, but can be due to rape or other personally traumatic events
-formerly referred to manic-depression
-A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood often has cleaning rituals or counting behaviors which can be accompanied with intrusive thought
-often treated with antipsychotic medication
Explanation / Answer
Binge Purge syndrome is an eating disorder having uncontrollable bouts of eating followed by induction of vomiting and use of laxatives.
Sex addiction is not considered as a legitimate psychiatric condition in the UK or US.
OCD ,Obsessive Compulsive disorder can result in feeling a lack of control in a specific thing leading to obsession.
Amenohrrea is the absence of menstrual cysle in a woman seen most commonly during pregnancy ,lactation and during use of contraception.
Lanugo is the downy hair that is found on the fetus and newborn,it is thin and soft.It is the first hair to be produced by the hair follicles.
Sybil and Chris Sizemore suffer from Disassociative identity disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)
Family Therapy is where a family is considered psudomutual and emneshed meeting with a counsellor.children are raised to conform to their parents expectations and a children get older enmeshed families face problems of conflict.Families that are enmeshed have a set of spoken or unspoken rules that govern the members behaviours even as they get old.
The three phases of schizoprenia are prodormal ,residual ,active psychosis and residual.
The criteria for component of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in DSM IV is the the behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts either are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive.
Social Phobia or Social Anxiety Disorder are the item(s) avoided or else is endured with intense anxiety or distress; (not PTSD)
Schizoprenia is often diagnosed with positive and negative symptoms.
The different types of schizoprenia are catatonic,paranoid and disorganized.
Phobias and Post Traumatic Disorder are marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object that disrupts behavior.
Post Traumatic Stress disorder is characterized where symptoms include haunting memories, nightmares, and jumpy anxiety.
The three phases of schizoprenia include hallucinations, delusions, thought disturbances.
Dopamine overactivity is the common denominator in schizoprenia.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be often as a result of war, but can be due to rape or other personally traumatic events.
Bipolar Disorder was formerly referred to manic-depression.
Manic episode is the distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood often has cleaning rituals or counting behaviors which can be accompanied with intrusive thought.
Schizoprenia is often treated with anti psychotic medication
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