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Is dissatisfaction with body image a US thing?

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No, and also not a western thing

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How/why does obesity relate to poorness?

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Insecurity in when you’ll get the next meal due to less certainty on when the next meal will come (really??).

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Pathogenic weight control

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Harsh methods of weight control (15 to 60% of college women suffer from this)

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Males are more likely than females (in context of eating disorder)

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Later onset of eating disorders

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Males vs Females in eating disorders

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Might not be a difference (according to lecturer)

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How asian women anorexics differ

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They do not have body distortion (they recognize how thin they are)

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Is sexual abuse a risk factor for eating disorders?

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Yes but it typically leads to other disorders as well

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What EDs are better served by SSRIs

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Bulimia supposedly

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Theories of personality

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Humanistic - focuses on self and it’s development
PsychD - super ego, ego, id & psycho-sexual
Social-cognitive - personality changes depending on the situation.
Trait-based theories - like big 5

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Big 5 personality traints

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Openness to experience
Agreeableness 
Extroversion - 
Neuroticism - negativity 
Conscientiousness - does the right thing
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Interpersonal Circumplex Model

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Two-axis: hostile/friendly and submissive/dominant.

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Before diagnosing with a personality disorder, make sure:

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  1. Pervasive across contexts
  2. Deviates from one’s culture
  3. Inflexible
  4. Causing distress
  5. Over 18 if anti social
  6. If under 18, symptoms have been showing for 1 year
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DSM V4 and V5 vs ideal

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Categorical - should be demensional

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Issues with personality disorder diagnoses

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  1. A-theoretical

2. Could be a gender bias

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Lectures definition of personality disorder

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Enduring pattern that deviates in two:

  1. Cognitive
  2. Affect
  3. Interpersonal
  4. Impulse control
  5. AND significant impairment
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Paranoid personality disorder vs schizo

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No hallucin / delusions

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Treatment for Paranoid PD

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Build self-efficacy, don’t try and dispute. Create good theraputic alliance.

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Schizotypal treatment

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Antipsychotics, cognitive therapy (address bizarre thoughts)

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Gender differences in antisocial PD

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More males (though some say this isn’t so)

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Comorbidity with anti-social PD

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Substance abuse disorder

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Biological differences in antisocial PD

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Lower levels of arousal

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Treatment for antisocial

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Some success using Lithium. CBT maybe.

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Restrictions for diagnosing PDs

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typically try and restrict it to those 18 and over

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Predominant aspect of borderline

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  1. Intense, unstable relationships.
  2. Frantic to avoid abandonment (real or imagined)
  3. Unstable self image
  4. Impulsivity (self-harm and risk-taking)
  5. Affect instability
    Note - sometimes linked with being manipulative and attention getting.
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Abuse makes what disorder more likely
BPD
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Gender differences with BPD
More women then men
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How often do you see BPD as a clinician?
1/10!
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BPD treatment
DBT, interpersonal treatment - focus on skills and interpersonal processes.
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DBT
Skills based (affect regulation, interpersonal skills), intensive (therapist is available),
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Gender differences with Histronic PD
More in women than men
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Characteristics of Histronic PD
1. Eccessive emotion 2. Sexually provocative 3. Shallow, shifting emotions that are suggestible 4. Dramatic speech with little support
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Gender differences in Narcissism
Men more than women
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Schizoid vs avoidant PD
Schizoid is more of a wanted avoidance of people. Avandant PD is driven by lots of fear - they're isolated but wants acceptance.
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What overlaps with avoidant PD?
Social anxiety disorder
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Gender differences in avoidant PD
none
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Age differences with dependent PD
Women
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OC-PD vs OC-D
OC-PD - control freak. Obsessed with oderliness, perfectionalism, and control. Not necessarily obession or compulsion. OCD - Obsessive or compulsive behavior.
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OC-PD
1. Obsessed with oderliness, perfectionalism, and control. 2. Attentive to status 3. Difficulty with affective actions (complimenting for instance)
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Gender differences with OC-Pd
more common in men
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Comorbidity with OC-PD
Hoarding
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Benefits of orgasm in men
Live longer, lower rate of heart disease, stronger immune system, decrease in pain, increase in neural activity before and after, sleepiness
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Benefits of orgasm in women
Boosts estrogen (better mood) and endorphines, sleepiness, dopamine (stress reduction)
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Sexual phases
1. Desire - can be both physical and psychological. 2. Excitment (arousal) - psychological arousal, vasocongestion and myotonia 3. Platue - high, stable pleasure 4. Orgasm - Discharge 5. Resolution
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Vasocongestion
Filling of blood vessels
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Myotonia
Muscle tension
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General things to look for when diagnosing sexual disorders
1. Lifelong or acquired? 2. Context specific or general? 3. Severity
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Women vs men in terms of sexual desire disorder
Women tend to also experience reduced physical pleasure (both desire and arousal).
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Disorders of excitement (arousal)
1. Premature ejaculation | 2. Male erectile disorder
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Premature ejac trement
1. Start stop technique. 2. SSRIs
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Female orgasmic disorder treatment
1. Directed masturbation | 2. Sensate focus
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Are paraphilias disorders?
Not necessarily. Pharaphila is a necessarily but not sufficient condition. Must cause distress and/or harm as well.
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Priorities of officies
1. Community, 2. Officers, 3. Offender
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What is needed to start a trial with someone suffering from a mental disorder
Able to understand and participate at the time of the trial.
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Results of an imcompetent to stand trail order
Held 90 days, 180 if good signs of getting better. If still not better, could be subject to civil commitment. Charges could be dropped if this commitment is longer than the charges would have warranted.
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ALI rule combines what two aspects?
Distinguishing right from wrong and being able to stop oneself (not act on impulse).
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Terasoff law
Right to be warned
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Clinician's duty to client and society
1. Have to take action in the case of threats to self or others (should be multi-culturally competent when one provides treatment). 2. To provide compenent and appropriate treatement 3. No multiple relationships (particularly sexual) 4. Protect client confidentiality (HIPPA applies) 5. Report suspected abuse of elderly, children, and adults who can't protect themselves.
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