Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is a psychological disorder? |
A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior |
|
|
Whatis the diathesis-stress model of disorders? What kinds of factors contribute todiathesis and what kind of factors contribute to stress? |
|
|
|
What is DSM-V? |
The american psychiatric association's "diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders" 5th edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders |
|
|
What is the researchdomain criteria project? |
|
|
|
What is an anxietydisorder? |
psychological disorders characterized be distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behavior that reduce anxiety |
|
|
Whatis a generalized anxiety disorder? |
an anxiety disorder in which a person is is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal |
|
|
What is panicdisorder? |
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. often followed by worry over a possible next attack |
|
|
Whatis a phobia? What is a social phobia? |
phobia - an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation social phobia - |
|
|
What isobsessive-compulsive disorder? |
OCD - a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) actions (compulsions) or both |
|
|
What is an obsession and what is a compulsion? How are both of these related to anxiety? |
obsession - the desires and the thought process (concern with germs, dirt, toxins, symmetry, order, exactness, something terrible will happen) compulsions - repetitive actions they do to alleviate some of the thoughts (excessive hand washing, grooming, repeated rituals, |
