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19 Cards in this Set
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Maladaptive behavior approach |
a behavior is psychologically damaging or abnormal if it interferes with the individual's ability to function in one's personal life or in society -clinician's have decided that this is the best approach to defining abnormal behaviors |
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Mental disorders and asking for help |
about 60% of people with a lifetime mental disorder do not ask for nor receive any professional treatment |
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abnormal behavior |
a pattern of pathological emotion, thought, or action that causes personal distress, or violates social norms |
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anxiety disorders |
Most common mental disorders among adults in the US. -experienced by most everyone at different times and is not a mental disorder unless it's chronic intensity disrupts your life |
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Generalized anxiety disorder |
characterized by excessive or unrealistic worry about almost everything or feeling that something bad is about to happen Symptoms: psychological and physical |
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obsessions |
persistent, recurring irrational, intrusive, exaggerated thoughts or images, that a person is unable to control and that interfere with normal functioning. |
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compulsions |
irresistible impulses and urges to perform some senseless repetitive behavior or ritual. completing the compulsions reduces anxiety caused by the obsession. |
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Possible contributors to anxiety disorders |
Our fast paced lives, increased mobility, and decreased job security and family support are believed to be important in the increase in anxiety disorders |
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2 types of mood disorders |
Major Depressive disorder Bipolar disorder |
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major depressive disorder |
long lasting depressed mood that interferes with the ability to function, feel pleasure, or maintain interest in life. |
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bipolar disorder |
repeated episodes of mania alternating with depression |
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Difference b/t bipolar and major depressive disorder |
Only in bipolar disorder do people experience manic episodes |
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Explaining mood disorders |
people who attribute bad outcomes to themselves and good outcomes to external factors are more prone to depression than people who do the opposite |
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Schizophrenia experience disturbances in what 5 areas? |
perception language thought emotion behavior They have hallucinations and the most common type are auditory(hearing voices) |
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Dissociative disorder |
Amnesia or multiple personalities resulting from avoidance of painful memories or situations environmental factors are primary cause. |
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Dissociative Identity Disorder |
presence of two or more distinct personality systems in the same individual at different times |
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Personality disorders |
having inflexible, maladaptive personality traits that cause significant impairment of social and occupational functioning |
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Antisocial Personality Disorder |
extreme disregard for and violation of the rights of others; guiltless, exploitative, irresponsible. |
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borderline personality disorder |
Severe instability of mood, emotion and self concept along with impulsive and self-destructive behavior relationship and self-image problems |
