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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 three key systems; extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
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Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHA)
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the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological disorders, the medical model assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may include treatment in a psychiatric hospital
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Medical Model
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the American Psychiatric Assocation's Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition), a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed in an updated "text revision" (DSM-N-TR)
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DSM-IV
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psychological disorders characterized by distressed, 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 pains, 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 - Compulsiver 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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Dissociative 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 emotional extremes
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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 or worthlessness, and diminished interest of 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. (Formally 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 inappropiate 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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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) exhbities a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artists
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
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