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mental disorder |
any behavior or emotional state that causes great suffering, and endangers the person or others or the community. |
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(DSM) Diagnostic & statistical manual of mental Disroder |
standard reference manual used to diagnose mental disorders. |
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Measurement ofmental disorder |
1.interview 2.observation 3.psychological test
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psychological tests |
-projective test: ambiguous pictures, sentences or stories that the taker inter, or completes. -Rorschach inkblot test: simetrical abstract pattern formed by ink. -objective test - questionnaires that ask about the test taker's behavior & feelings. |
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-objective test - questionnaires that ask about the test taker's behavior & feelings. |
1.beck depression inventory : a leading objective test of major depression. 2. Minnesota Multiphstic personality (MMPI)- most wide assessment for personality |
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Anxiety Disorder- |
an excessive, uncontrollable anxiety or worry. lasting a six month period or more & that is not brought by physical causes such as diseases, drugs or drinking too much coffee. |
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Anxiety Disorder- post traumatic stress disorder |
Anxiety Disorder in which a person had experienced a traumatic or life threatening event |
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Anxiety Disorder- panic disorder |
panic attacks, intense fear, feeling doom or death, accompanied by psychological symptoms. |
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Anxiety Disorder- phobia |
exaggerated & unrealistic fear of a situation, activity or objects. |
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Anxiety Disorder- OCD |
persistent thought or obsession & repetitive behaviors feeling that must be carried out to avoid disaster. |
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major depression |
mood disorder involving disturbances in emotion, behavior, cognition, body & function. |
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bipolar depression |
experience at least one episode of mania. (FKA manic-depressive disorder) |
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antisocial pers. diorder |
inability to get along with others. |
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narcissistic personality disorder |
exaggerated sense of self-importance & self absorption |
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Psychopathy |
inability to feel normal emotion, lack of remorse and empathy. Causes: abnormalities in the central nervous system. impaired frontal lobe functioning, genetic influence, environmental events. |
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dissociative identity disorder |
disorder marked by apparent appearance within one person of two or more distinct personalities. (FKA multiple personality disorder) (originates as means of coping with childhood traumas) |
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psychosis |
distorted mental perceptions of reality an inability to functioning most aspect of life. |
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schizophrenia |
disorder marked by delusions, hallucinations, incoherent speech, cognitive impairment. causes: genetic predisposition, prenatal problems or birth complications, malnutrition during pregnancy. |
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DSM 4 |
maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress |
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biology & addiction |
addiction due to person's neurology & genetic predisposition |
