Abnormal Beahvior

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Four criteria used in determining a psychological disorder

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Maladaptive

Disturbing

Atypical

Irrational/Unjustified

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System used by clinicians in diagnosing various psychological disorders

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Diagnostic Statistical Manual

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Bulimia

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an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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a person who is continually tense, apprehensive, and aroused

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Phobia

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persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object of situation

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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unwanted repetitive thoughts and actions

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Panic Disorder

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a physiological response to things, frequent feelings of dread and as if you are going to die

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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trauma from a horrific experience. Anxiety, depression, flashbacks, nightmares, etc.

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Dissociative Amnesia

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forgetting a period of time because of stress

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Having two or more personalities that alternate at different times

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Dissociative Fugue

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a person fleas from their home and identity accompanied by amnesia

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Major Depressive Disorder

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having long periods of depressed mood, lack of pleasure in life for no apparent reason

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Manic

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extreme hyperactive wildly optimistic state

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Bipolar

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person alternates between depression symptoms and manic symptoms

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Schizophrenia

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being out of touch with reality, can be paired with hallucinations

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Paranoid Schizophrenia

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being constantly worried and out of touch with reality

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Disorganized Schizophrenia

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speech is disorganized, behavior is very flat. train of thought is all over the place, inappropriate behavior

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Catatonic Schizophrenia

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marked by immobility and extreme negativity. Can be very repetitive (Parrot like). Can be statue like, affects motor skills and thought processes.

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Undifferentiated Schizophrenia

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Person shows schizophrenic symptoms but doesn't fit into a category

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Person lacks a conscience for wrong doing. May be aggressive, ruthless, or a con artist.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Person has a constant need for praise/reassurance. Always tells about the great things they do. Melodramatic.

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Narcissistic Personality

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everything revolves around them. Believes they are better than they truly are.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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person experiences an unstable way of thinking and unstable personality.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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not chemical. person suspects others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving them.

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Schizoid Personality Disorder

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person shows emotional coldness, detachment of flat affect. (don't want relationships)

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Schizotypical Personality Disorder

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person appears odd/eccentric marked by behavior/appearance. (wants relationships but are odd)

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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person who views themselves as unappealing, inferior to others, and lacks the skills to socialize

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Dependent Personality Disorder

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person has poor self image but needs constant reassurance and advice

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Insanity

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the state of being seriously mentally ill; madness

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Hallucinations

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an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present

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Delusions

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an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder.

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Affect

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emotion

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Neurosis

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a relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behavior, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality

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Psychosis

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a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

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depression associated with late autumn and winter and thought to be caused by a lack of light.

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Conversion Disorder

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a mental health condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.

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Anorexia

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an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.