PSY 3171 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Heritability, Mental Disorder, Dark Triad

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Guergana Roumenova Mileva;

Document Summary

Tendency for people to suffer from other illness as well. Genetic predispositio n could be activated by environment complication s during labor or inutero. Consider mood disorder, substance use or medical conditions. {most common}, smell, touch things that aren"t there), thought and speech disorder, catatonic behavior (hard time moving limbs) Negative: social withdrawal, avolition (lack of interest), algolia (lack of meaning in speech), Antipsychotic meds: chlorpromazin e psychotherapy and skills training. Cbt now standard practice in care- focus on. Therapy: teaching family how to respond and care for the person. Endophenotype s predispositions that make the disorder more likely. Hard to determine susceptibility in childhood bc prevalence is low. Ct &mri: larger ventricles, reduced grey matter volume. Pet & fmri: 25% of ppl have decreased frontal lobe volume. Psychologic al tests, show left temporal lobe deficiency up to 75%, while scans show only. Food restriction alternates with periods of binge eating.