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What shows deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns?
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Psychological disorder
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What is 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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a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition), a widely use system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed in an updated "text revision" (DSM- IV-TR)
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DSM-IV
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psychological disorder 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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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 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 wrong doing, 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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mood disorders
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psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. See major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder
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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 sever 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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