PSYCH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.4-15.5: Postpartum Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Grandiosity
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15. 3 - obsessive-compulsive disorder: persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviors: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd): repetitive, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) designed to fend off those thoughts interfere significantly with an individual"s functioning: obsessive thoughts --> produce anxiety o o o. Trying to ignore or suppress sometimes makes it worse. Obsessions typically derive from concerns that could pose a real threat. 15. 4 - posttraumatic stress disorder: distress and avoidance after a trauma. Posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd): chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma, and avoidance of things that call the traumatic event to mind: most apparent in war o. Symptoms and flashbacks last much longer than people without ptsd after war: neural correlates of ptsd. Heightened activity in the amygdala --> evaluates threatening information and fear conditioning. Decreased activity in the medial prefrontal cortex --> extinction of fear conditioning. 15. 4 depressive and bipolar disorders: extreme highs and lows.
