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dependent personality disorder - Answer-personality disorder characterized by a person's pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of, a condition that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation SYMPTOMS: -rely on others for major/minor decisions -unreasonable fear o...

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Abnormal Psychology Exam 2
Questions and Answers
dependent personality disorder - Answer-personality disorder characterized by a
person's pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of, a condition that leads to
submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation

SYMPTOMS:
-rely on others for major/minor decisions
-unreasonable fear of abandonment
-clingy
-submissive
-timid
-passive
-feelings of inadequacy
-sensitivity to criticism
-high need for reassurance

TREATMENT:
-limited empirical support
-caution: dependence on therapist
-gradual increases in:
•independence
•personal responsibility
•confidence

persistent depressive disorder - Answer-milder symptoms than major depressive
disorder
characterized by a chronically sad and melancholy mood

SYMPTOMS:
-milder symptoms
-2+ years
-Chronic: 20-30 years
-Persistent: not symptom free for over 2 months

TREATMENT:
-Medications (changing the chemistry of the brain; can have negative side effects)
•Tricyclics
•SSRIs
•Mood stabilizers
-ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy)
•a treatment that involves sending an electric current through your brain
-Cognitive Therapy

, •identify and correct errors in thinking
-Behavioral Therapy
•increased positive events
•exercise
-Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
•address interpersonal issue in relationships
-role disputes
-loss: address loss of relationships
-social skill deficits

schizophrenia - Answer-devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic
disturbances in thinking (delusions), perception (hallucinations), speech, emotions, and
behavior

SYMPTOMS: 2 or more of the following
positive symptoms
-delusions
-hallucinations
-disorganized speech (frequent derailment/incoherence)
-grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior

negative symptoms
-absence/dimished emotional expression
-absence of interest in the world
-avolition (total lack of motivation-to do anything)
-alogia (relative absence of speech)

TREATMENT:
Biological Interventions
-antipsychotic medications (neuroleptics)
•decrease postive symptoms
•side effects: common, acute, permanent, parkinson-like

Psychosocial interventions
-psychosocial approaches
•behavioral (i.e., token economies); inpatient units
•social and living skills training
-necessary adjunct to medication
-prevention
•targeting at risk populations
•reducing birth complications
•decreasing early illnesses (viral vaccinations)

autism spectrum disorder - Answer-significant impairment in social interactions and
communication and restricted patterns of behavior, interest, and activity

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