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To be diagnosed with a mental disorder you need... - Answer-at least one of the following inclusion criteria 1. distress: painful or upsetting 2. disability: impairment in functioning 3. increased risk: of death, pain, disability, loss of freedom According to DSM, to be diagnosed with a menta...

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Abnormal Psychology Exam Questions
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To be diagnosed with a mental disorder you need... - Answer-at least one of the
following inclusion criteria
1. distress: painful or upsetting
2. disability: impairment in functioning
3. increased risk: of death, pain, disability, loss of freedom

According to DSM, to be diagnosed with a mental disorder... - Answer--have 6
symptoms, one of 6 has to be one of top
-show symptoms in last 2 weeks
-must show distress or disability
-not better explained by drugs or medical condition

Externalizing - Answer-very obvious and bothersome to others; defined as problems
turned outward; conduct problems are the hallmark; seen as a problem of under control

examples of externalizing behaviors - Answer--aggression
-drugs
-hyperactivity
-attention problems

Internalizing - Answer-cannot see as readily; defined as problems turned inwards, seen
as a problem of overcontrol

examples of internalizing behaviors - Answer--truancy
-shyness
-withdrawal
-depression
-somatic problems

Internalizing v Externalizing is more frequently used with which age group? - Answer-
children

Is externalizing or internalizing more common at a young age, and why? - Answer-
Externalizing is more common at a young age because they don't know how to
communicate problems

Clinical Psychologist licensure - Answer-Ph.D.- more research
Psy.D.-clinically oriented

Psychiatrist licensure - Answer-M.D. or D.O.
Use medications for treatment

, Social worker licensure - Answer-M.S.W.
less education required

Psychopathology - Answer-study of the nature, development, and treatment of
psychological disorders

Percentages of Disorders
No disorders:
One disorder:
Two disorders:
Three or more disorders: - Answer-None: 52%
One: 21%
Two: 13%
Three: 14%

Percentages of disorder:
Anxiety:
Mood:
ICD:
Substance: - Answer-Anxiety: 18%
Mood: 9.5%
ICD: 8.9%
Substance: 3.8%

3 major forces of psychotherapy - Answer-Psychoanalysts
Radical Behaviorism
Humanism

Psychoanalysts - Answer--thought we were sexual and immoral beings
-not aware of the things that make us tic

Radical Behaviorism - Answer-there's no way for you to develop unless you interact with
environment
-born a blank slate

Humanism - Answer--if left to your own, you'll become more positive
-go there more quickly with help

Trait theorists - Answer--between psychoanalysts and behaviorism
-personality is due to finite # of traits in informal situations
-born with these traits

Neo-freudians - Answer--between psychoanalysts and humanism
-believe in unconscious
-focus on social relationships

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