PSY100H1 : summary of disorders and their treatments -chap 13-14

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Michael Inzlicht

Document Summary

Agoraphobia fear of place where escape is difficult. Intrusive thought (recurrent, unwanted) compulsive action (need to repeat the act) B - child w inhibit temperament anxiety dis. as an adult, great activation of amygdala. Ocd- operant conditioning, damaged basal ganglia (suppress impulse), streptococcal infection, b and cb factors interaction. Hallucination perception w no clear external cause. Loosening of association meaningless/ disorganized thought (-) symptoms. Biological multiple genes (hypomania = less extreme; have heighten creativity/ productivity) Develop over a lifetime, symptoms in childhoods and adolescence. reduced brain tissue, abnormalities of neurotransmitters (dopamine), glial cell. S disturbed family, schizovirus, prenatal environment (trauma/ www. notesolution. com. Aporaphia has to be unlearned through cbt. Clozapine both (-) and (+), serious side effects. Personality inflexible, maladaptive way of interacting borderline. S low social economic status, dysfunction families, abuse, malnutrition. Deficit social interaction/ impaired communication (echolalia, pronoun reversal) Infant difficulty establish regular pattern of eating, sleeping. B & s - protein in brain development. heterogeneous disorder.