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
The point of the assignment is a little unclear, but here are a list of disorders that correspond with the list provided.
Binge-purge syndrome – Bulimia
- Many people disagree whether this actually is a legitimate disorder (this is unclear)
-treatment suggestion of elaborate self-monitoring of food intake - Treatment for bulimia and anorexia
- desiring the feeling of lack of control ( This is unclear)
-amenorrhea- irregular or absent menstrual cycle
-weight gain in the hospital can be improved through the use of a token economy system- Treatment for anorexia
-lanugo – Fine, downy hair growth due to excessive weight loss in cases of anorexia
-Sybil and Chris Sizemore from the Three Faces of Eve diagnosis –Dissociative Identity Disorder
- family is often described as pseudomutual and enmeshed – Family therapy
used to be in the category of a mood disorder; includes only depressive symptoms – Bereavement related depression
- typically the phases are: prodromal, active psychosis, or residual- Phases of Schizophrenia
- 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) Obsessesive Compulsive Disorder
The item(s) is/are avoided or else is endured with intense anxiety or distress; (not PTSD) Phobia
-can be diagnosed based on positive or negative symptoms Schizophrenia
-types include catatonic, paranoid, or disorganized Types of schizophrenia
-marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object that disrupts behavior. Phobia
-symptoms include haunting memories, nightmares, and jumpy anxiety PTSD
-hallucinations, delusions, thought disturbances Schizophrenia
-considered to be biologically based due to dopamine overactivity Schizophrenia
-often as a result of war, but can be due to rape or other personally traumatic events PTSD
-formerly referred to manic-depression Bipolar Disorder
-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 OCD
-often treated with antipsychotic medication Bipolar Disorder/Schizophrenia
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