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30 Cards in this Set
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psychopathology
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patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive or uncomfortable for those who are affected or for those with whom that come in contact
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impaired functioning
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difficulty in fulfilling appropriate and expected family, social and work-related roles
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biopsychosocial model
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a view of mental disorders as caused by a combination of interacting biological, psychological and sociocultural factors
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neurobiological model
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a modern name for the medical model, in which psychological disorders are seen as reflecting disturbances in the anatomy and chemistry of the brain and in other processes
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socio cultural model
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a way of looking at mental disorders, in relation to gender, age ethnicty and other social and cultural factors
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diathesis-stress approach
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viewing psychological disorders as arising when a predisposition for a disorder combines with sufficient amounts of stress to trigger symptoms
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anxiety disorder
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a condition in which intense feelings of apprehension are long-standing and disruptive
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phobia
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an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fear of an object or situation that doen not objectively justify such a reaction
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specific phobia
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an anxiety disorder involving fear and aviodance of heights, animals and other specific stimuli and situations
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social phobia
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an anxiety disorder involving stonr, irrational fears relating to social situations
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agoraphobia
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an anxiety disorder involving strong fear of being alone or away from the security of home
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generalized anxiety disorder
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a condition that involves relatively mild but long lasting anxiety that is not focused on any particular ojject or situation
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somatoform disorders
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psychological problems in which there are symptoms of a physical disorder without a physical cause
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conversion disorder
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a somatoform disorder in which a person displays blindness, deafness or other symptoms of sensory or motor failure without physical cause
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hypochondriasis
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a somatoform disorder involving strong, unjustified fear of having physical illness
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somatization disorder
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a somatoform disorder in whcih there are numerous physical complaints without verifiable physical illness
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pain disorder
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a somatoform disorder marked by complaints of severe pain with no physical cause
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dissociative disorders
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rare conditions that involve sudden and usually temporary disruptions in a person's memory, consciousness, or identity
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dissociative fugue
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a dissociative disorder involving sudden loss of memory and they assumption of a new identity in a new locale
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dissociative amnesia
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a dissociative disorder marked by a sudden loss od memory
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dissociative identity disorder
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a disorder in which a person reports having more than one identity
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mood disorders
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conditions in which a person experiences extreme moods, such as depression or mania
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major depressive disorder
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a mood disorder in which a person feels sad and hopeless for weeks or months
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delusions
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false beliefs, such as those experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia or extreme depressions
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dysthymic disorder
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a mood disorder involving a pattern of comparatively mild depression that lasts for at least 2 years
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mania
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an elated, very active emotional state
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bipolar I disorder
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a mood disorder in whcih a person alternates between deep depression and mania
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schiophrenia
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a severe and disabling pattern of disturbed thinking, emotion, perception and behavior
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hallucinations
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a symptom of disorders in which people percieve voices or other stimuli when there are no stimuli present
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positive symptoms
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schizophrenic symptoms such as disorganized throughts, hallucinations and delusions
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