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20 Cards in this Set
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psychological disorder |
a significant dysfunction in a person's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors, maladaptive! |
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medical model |
the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital considered to be reductionist (Freeman) |
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anxiety disorders |
psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |
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generalized anxiety disorder |
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 |
an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-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 |
an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation |
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mood disorders |
psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes |
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shizophrenia |
a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and behaviors |
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psychosis |
a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions |
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delusions |
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders |
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dissociative disorders |
disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings |
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dissociative identity disorder (DID) |
a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities |
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ego-syntonic |
one with psychological disorder for whom it does not cause anxiety/conflict, no awareness of the disorder |
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ego-dystonic |
one with psychological disorder for whom it does cause anxiety/conflict, there's awareness of the disorder |
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psychomotor retardation |
cognitive function slows down, body slows down, symptom of depression |
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Suicide Evaluation |
1. ideation 2. intent/desire 3. plan |
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non-suicidal self injury |
signs of distress from a suicide gesturer, not attempter, a desperate form of communication or sign of feelings of being overwhelmed |
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negative v. positive explanatory style |
negative: stable, global, internal --> depression positive: temporary, specific, external --> successful coping |
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false self |
people who do not receive adequate attention develop a false sense of self based on superficial things, no internal secure self |
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types of personality disorders |
narcissistic, antisocial, borderline |
