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Psychology part 2 2017 (Mental disorders (anxiety (PTSD (Causes: traumatic…

- - - - Causes: traumatic life events
        Symptoms: panic attacks, anxiety, mood swings, feeling dread
        self-medicating, mental breakdown, anger management, guilt and regret, nightmares, suicidal thoughts and loss of sleep.
        Treatments: Paxil, art therapy.
    - - Causes: genetic and environmental factors, bacterial infections.
        Symptoms: reoccurring persistant thoughts and images, obsessions, intense anxiety, ritual of like actions, distressed and upset and compulsion actions.
        Treatments: CBT, serotonin, box breathing, hand relaxation and Paxil.
    - - Causes: experiencing a frightening incident.
        Symptoms: sweating, muscle tension, dizziness, paranoid, panic attacks, nausea, feeling the need to escape and avoiding feared objects.
        Treatments: Paxil, CBT, exposure therapy
    - - Causes: combination of genetics and life events.
        Symptoms: shaking, turn red, feel embarrassed, heart races, mind goes blank, avoid people, dizzy, crying, self-conscious, compare yourself to others, feel guilty, uncomfortable in public, self medication, binge eat and think everyone is paying attention to you.
        Treatments: CBT, serotonin, Paxil.
  - - - CAUSES:
        -No single cause, clear genetic links, environmental and social factors may also be involved in development
      - SYMPTOMS
        Positive:
        -Delusions
        -Hallucianations
        -Disorganized mood/behavious
        -Chnages in sensitivity
        Negative:
        -Slowing of physical activity levels
        -Reduced motivation
        -Loss of interest in feelings and lives of others
        -Less concern for personal appearance
      - TREATMENTS:
        -Medication (Lithium)
        -Psychosocail treatment (CBT, psychoeducation,family support, social/ life skills training
    - - CAUSES:
        -Childhood trauma
        -Physical, emotional, psychological abuse
        -Sexual/ physical abuse
        -Changing environment
        -High family pressure
      - SYMPTOMS:
        -Loss of Control
        -Self Harm
        -Memory loss
        -Hallucinations
        -Switching personalities
        -Flashbacks
        -Anxiety
        -Depression
        -Loss of control
        -Mood swings
        -Internal voices
        -Self medicating
        -Viloent outbursts
        -Effected vision
        -Childhood amnesia
        -Often Unconceousness
        
        TREATMENTS:
        -Talking with therapists
        -Hospitalization
        -Sodium Amytol (truth syrum)
        -Paxil
        -Showing patient video of trauma
        -Building up main personality
        -Group therapy
  - - - Bipolar Disorder
        
        Symptoms
        -different stages
        Mania:
        
        may feel abnormally happy, irritable or angry for a minuimun of a week
        
        exaggerated self-esteem
        
        less need for sleep
        
        increased talking
        
        flight ideas or racing players
        
        speeded up activity
        
        poor judgement
        -psychotic episodes
        
        Depressive stage:
        
        insomnia or hypersomnia
        
        depressed/sad mood
        -weight loss or weight gain
        
        loss of interest
        
        feelings of worthlessness or guilt
        
        inability to concentrate
        
        thoughts of suicide
        
        Bipolar 1:
        
        hallucinations
        
        manic
        
        depression
        
        Bipolar 2:
        
        no hallucinations
        
        Treatments:
        
        medication (Prozac)
        
        psychosocial (psychoeducation, psychotherapy)
        
        Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
        
        transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
        -healthy life style
        
        Depression
        
        Symptoms:
        
        sadness present most day and last more than 2 weeks
        
        changes in weight and appetite
        
        sleeping problems
        
        loss of interest
        
        withdrawal from family and friends
        
        feeling useless and hopeless
        
        fatigue
        
        trouble concentrating
        
        thoughts of suicide
        
        irritibility
        Males:
        
        violence
        
        anger management issues
        
        3x more likely to commit suicide
        
        Causes:
        
        major stress
        
        genetics
        
        imbalances in brain chemistry and immune system (biological factors)
        
        Treatments:
        
        medication (Prozac)
        
        therapies such as electroconvulsive therapy, magnetic seizure therapy, Transcranial magnetic therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
        
        psychoeducation
    - - Anorexia
        
        Symptoms
        Starving self for weeks
        delusions
        Malnutrition
        low blood-pressure
        kidney failure
        heart failure
        extreme weight loss
        loss of menstration
        
        Causes
        cultural-based
        SOCIAL PRESSURE
        abandonment/isolation
        hereditary
        sexual abuse
        trauma
        profession
        strenneous excercise
        
        Treatments
        mirror therapy
        group therapy
        art therapy
        hospitalization (multidisciplinary)
        -nutritionists
        -psychotherapists
        prozac
      - Bulemia
        
        Causes
        bullying
        faith (religion)
        motivated by appearance
        divorce
        vulnerability
        hereditary
        SOCIAL PRESSURE
        
        Symptoms
        self-loathing
        forcing vomit (purging)
        depression
        emergyloss
        CZK - longer to take to brain
        Gastric emptying rate slows
        binge eating
        reocurrent inappropriate actions to prevent weight gain
        self-evaluation
        
        Treatments
        prozac
        psychotherapy
        CBT
        hospitalization (Gastric emptying rate)
- - - - Implicit Racism
        
        causes economic inequality
        -degrading behaviour
        -socially inflicted trauma
        -inadequate medical care
      - Poverty
        
        -immigrants are more likely to live in poor neighbourhoods
        
        1/3 people in these neighbourhoods live below the poverty line
      - 3 Stage Model
        -life events
        -life events are unfair
        -stress because you are unable to do anything about it