Related Essays

  • Normal And Abnormal Psychology

    Schizophrenia is a term for psychotic illnesses characterized by disturbances in thought, hallucinations, perception, delusions, behavior language, communica...

  • Mental Disorders: The Common Types Of Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia is a group of mental disorders characterized by psychotic features, disordered thought process and disrupted interpersonal relationships. Psych...

  • Mood Disorder Research Paper

    Disorders that involve mood swings are Bipolar. People with bipolar disorder have periods of depression and periods of feeling unusually ‘’ high’’ or elated....

  • Theory Of Schizophrenia Essay

    Schizophrenia is mental disorder that is the break down between thoughts, emotions and behaviors, causing a person to have inappropriate actions, perceptions...

  • Mood Disorders: Types And Symptoms Of Schizophrenia

    A mood disorder is psychological disorder that involves the elevating or lowering of a person’s mood. Among the many mood disorders schizophrenia is one the ...

  • Five Types Of Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia is a long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, which in turn leads to faulty perc...

  • Bipolar Disorder Facts

    The Facts on Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder, also recognized as manic-depressive illness, is a mood disorder characterized by symptoms of mania, hypoman...

  • Mental Disorders: The Symptoms Of Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder commonly characterized by abnormal characteristic behaviors and not being able to decipher that something strange that is ...

  • The Symptoms And Treatment Of Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder where people often have delusions, hallucinations and trouble thinking correctly. It is a brain disorder that affects a l...

  • Disorganized Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia is considered to be one of the most serious and complex of all psychological disorders. Schizophrenia is characterized by a loss of contact wit...

  • Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/6

Click to flip

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;

6 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Mood disorders
psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes
Major depressive disorder
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
Mania
a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
Bipolar disorder
a mood disorder in which the person alternates between depression and mania
Schizophrenia
a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
Delusions
false beliefs, often persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.