Abnormal Psychology 230: Chapters 12 13 14 15 Part 1

Subdiscipline of psychology that addresses issues of aging: physical changes, lifestyle shifts, and role changes and psychological problems unique to older people.

___ of older adults age successfully

What does it take to be successful at aging?
(5)

Depression and Anxiety later in life are most associated with
(3)

Treatment of Depression in older patients
(4)

__% of older depressed patients improve once on medication

Alteration in consciousness that typically occurs in the context of a medical illness or after ingesting a substance

2 Types of Altered States of Consciousness with Delirium

Altered State of Consciousness type that produces decreased wakefulness and stupor

Altered State of Consciousness type that produces hyperarousal

Who is more prone to delirium? Men or Women?

Primarily caused by serious systematic medical illness (AIDS, congestive heart failure, infection, or toxic effects of medication)

Suicide is ___ as high in people over 65 than that of younger adults

Multiple cognitive disabilities that take away the ability to function independently and causes significant emotional problems

In order to make a diagnosis for a Neurocognitive Disorder what is required?
(3)

3 Types of Mild or Major Neurocognitive Disorders

Risk factors for Neurocognitive Disorder
(3)

Protective Factors for Neurocognitive Disorder
(6)

Uses principles and methods from psychology to understand how attitudes and beahviors influence health and illness

Studies how people develop positive and negative health habits and how stress and health are related

Belief that the mind and body function independently

Who believed in Mind-Body Dualism?

Difference between past and present view on health?

What are the major contributors to physical health?
(4)

Negative emotional experience accompanied by biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral responses aimed at changing or adjusting to the stressor

Any event that produces tension or other negative emotion such as fear

Forms of Stress
(4)

Assessment of whether a person has the resources or coping skills to meet the demands of a situation

Appraisal which questions how much of a harm or threat a situation is

Appraisal which questions what the individual can do to cope with the situation

What situation has the highest stress level (100 points)?

The stress hormone

Releases cortisol

Poor health behaviors that result from stress and have a negative affect on health such as smoking

When cortisol is released, the body has suppressed immune functioning, and impairs memory/concentration

One of the most common complaints during childhood with only 10% - 15% having a physical caused identified

Until the 1960’s ______ was the typical treatment for severely mentally ill patients

State hospitals offered care to the mentally ill since

State hospitals had over ____ beds in their psychiatric institutions between 1800-1955

Present day (2000) offers _____ psychiatric beds in state hospitals

What was the reason for the failure of deinstitutionalization?

____ to ___ of homeless individuals have a psychological disorder

A state-initiated procedure that forces involuntary treatment on people who are judged to have a mental illness, who present danger to themselves or others

A court-order that direct a person to comply with a specified, individualized outpatient treatment plan

Legal decision that describes people who commit a crime but who are prevented by a psychological disorder from understanding the seriousness and illegality of their actions

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity is only used ___ % of the time in felony cases

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity is only successful __ to ___% of the time

When an accused person is so mentally disordered that he or she cannot assist in his or her own defense

These 3 words describe environments that provide protection against unwilling disclosure of patient information

Agreement between the therapist and patient that private information revealed during therapy will not be discussed with others

Legal term that prevents a therapist from revealing confidential information during legal proceeding and extends to therapists who are licensed to practice therapy

Therapist’s duty to use reasonable care to protect third parties from dangers posed by patients

Established the ethical mandate of Duty to Warn

Is based on the belief that mental health clinicians have the ability to predict human behavior

Psychologists’ ability to accurately predict violence in a given a patient is a little better than ___%