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Psychological Disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. ex: schizophrenia |
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Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms; extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. ex: inability to sit and stay on task for long periods |
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Medical Model |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured often through treatment in a hospital. ex: a disease like syphilis infects the brain and distorts the mind |
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DSM-IV-TR |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or Mental Disorders, 4th Ed, updated as of 2000 ex: widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. |
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Anxiety Disorders |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety ex: panic attacks |
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. |
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Panic Disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking or other frightening sensations. |
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Phobia |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation. ex: agoraphobia: fear of crowded spaces |
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Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions). |
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience. ex: soldiers home from war still haunted by the experience |
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Post-traumatic Growth |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises. ex: succeeding in spite of (because of?) hardship |
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Somatoform Disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. ex: nervousness causing a stomachache |
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Conversion Disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found. ex: unexplained blindness |
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Hypochondriasis |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as a symptoms of a disease. |
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Dissociative Disorders |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. ex: fugue state |
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. ex: "split" personality |
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Mood Disorders |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. ex: depression |
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Major Depressive Disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, 2 or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities. |
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Mania |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. |
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Bipolar disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych |
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Schizophrenia |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. |
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Delusions |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders. ex: thinking people are out to get you |
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Personality Disorders |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. ex: narcissistic personality disorder (see Donald Trump) |
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Antisocial Personality Disorder |
Unit 12 Abnormal Psych A personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. |
