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20 Cards in this Set
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Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.
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Psychological disorder
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A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of these three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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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.
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Medical model
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The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition), a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed in an updated "test revision" (DSM-IV-TR).
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DSM-IV
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Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.
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Anxiety disorders
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An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
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Generalized anxiety disorder
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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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Panic disorder
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An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation.
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Phobia
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An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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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.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.
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Dissociate disorders
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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.
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Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
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Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.
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Personality disorders
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A personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.
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Antisocial personality disorder
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Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. See major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder.
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Mood disorders
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A mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.
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Major depressive disorder
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A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.
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Mania
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A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder.)
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Bipolar disorder
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A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
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Schizophrenia
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False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.
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Delusions
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