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14 Cards in this Set
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psychological disorder
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deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behaviro patterns
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
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Mediccal model
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the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and m in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital
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DSM-IV-TR
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The American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, with an updated "text revision"; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders
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anxiety disorders
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psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety of maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
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generalized anxiety disorder
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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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panic disorder
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an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minute-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations
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phobia
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an anxiety diorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation
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Obessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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an anxiety disorder charaterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdraw, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a taumatic experience
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post-traumatic growth
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positive psycological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
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somatoform disorder
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psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic form without apperant physical cause
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conversion disorder
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a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physicological basis can be found
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hypochodriasis
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a somatoform disorder in which a person interpets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
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dissociative disorders
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disorders in which concious awareness becomes seperated from previous memories, thoughts and feelings
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