PSYC 3406 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Serotonin, Estrogen, Dsm-5
12 Oct 2018
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PSYC 3406
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
● DSM-5 → diagnostic statistical manual
Axes 1 Disorders
● Illnesses that are affective in nature → emotion
○ Anxiety
○ Depression
● Affective emotional state → emotional stability
○ Eating disorders
○ Bipolar disorder
○ ADHD
○ PTSD
○ OCD
Axes 2 Disorders
● Personality disorders
○ Borderline personality disorder → extreme emotional states
■ Obsessed with others, fine line between love and hate
○ Obsessive compulsive personality disorders
○ Antisocial personality disorder
■ Lack of empathy
■ Sociopathic tendencies → highly manipulative, fluctuate between
introversion and extraversion, high executive functioning, really high
empathy but to own benefit
● Lawyer
● Politics
● Emotionally abusive
○ Psychopathic vs. sociopathic
■ Psycho →
● More aggressive physically (and sometimes emotionally)
● Lack empathy
● Less neurons in amygdala
■ Socio →
● Very high empathy
● Axes 2 are more difficult to identify and treat
○ Medication development
● SSRIs and SNRIs helpful in treating axes 1 (antidepressants)
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● Axes 1 fluctuates = states
● Axes 2 = traits
Name:
Criteria:
Treatment:
Major Depression
● At least 2 weeks
● Loss of
interest/hobbies/esteem
● circumstantial/chemical/
both
● Lack of self-care
● Medication → SSRIs
and SNRIs (have to do
with blocking
reuptake)
● Therapy
● Changes in
environment
● Look into comorbidity
Borderline Personality
Disorder
● Problems with self
functioning
● Problems with
intimacy/empathy
● Emotional
instability/liability
● Impulsive/risk taking
● DBT → dialectical
behavior therapy
○ Helps
understand
behavior
● MBT → mentalization
based therapy
● Talk therapy
● Therapy
All together create cognitive
restructuring
Sociopathic Tendencies
● High level of empathy
● No conscious
● Extraversion →
introversion
● Impulsive
● Tend to be narcissistic
● Delusions of grandeur
● Megalomaniacs
● Consistent treatment
● Show in own interest
to behave
appropriately
● Analyzing dreams
Anxiety
● Panic/anxiety attacks
● Irrational anxiety
● Dysfunction/ avoidance
of situations
● SSRIs
● Benzodiazepine
● CBT → cognitive
behavior therapy
● Hypnotherapy
● Service animals
● Not SNRIs because
they are arousing
● Benzos activate
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Document Summary
Illnesses that are affective in nature emotion. Borderline personality disorder extreme emotional states. Obsessed with others, fine line between love and hate. Sociopathic tendencies highly manipulative, fluctuate between introversion and extraversion, high executive functioning, really high empathy but to own benefit. Axes 2 are more difficult to identify and treat. Ssris and snris helpful in treating axes 1 (antidepressants) Medication ssris and snris (have to do with blocking reuptake) Show in own interest to behave appropriately. Benzos activate dopamine and thus are more addictive. Many myths are associated with mental illness. Impairment is set in the context of person"s background. Bulimia is more culture bound than anorexia. Restrictive eating occurs everywhere in the world, even in animals. Biology underlies restrictive eating, grow lanugo (fine hair) for insulation. Waste-away syndrome several birds die after receiving high levels of estrogen (puberty) interacts with serotonin and causes them to stop caring about natural rewards (food, mating)
