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Psychological Disorder - Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors |
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Psych. Disorder marked by age 7 with 3 key symptoms (inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity) |
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Medical Model - Concept that diseases (psychological disorders) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and even cured with hospital treatment |
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DSM-IV-TR - American Psychiatric Association's Manual of Mental Disorders, updated as of 2000, classifies psychological disorders |
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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 - Person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in state of automatic nervous system arousal |
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Panic Disorder - Anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable episodes of intense dread with frightening sensations |
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Phobia - Anxiety Disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation |
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OCD - Anxiety Disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions or actions) |
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PTSD - Anxiety Disorder characterized by haunting memories that linger for a month or longer |
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Post-Traumatic Growth - Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances or life crises. |
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Somatoform Disorder - Psychological disorder where symptoms take a bodily (somatic) form without apparent physical cause |
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Conversion Disorder - Rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms without a physiological basis. |
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Hypochondriasis - Somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease. |
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Dissociative Disorders - Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous thoughts, memories, and feelings |
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DID - Disassociative Identity Disorder, rare, person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Used to be called MPD |
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Mood Disorders - Psychological Disorders characterized by emotional extremes. |
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Major Depressive Disorder - Mood disorder in which a person experiences, w/o drugs or medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods |
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Mania - Mood Disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state |
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Bipolar Disorder - Mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and mania. |
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Schizophrenia - Group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions |
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Delusions - False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders |
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Personality Disorders - Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. |
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Antisocial Personality Disorder - Personality disorder in which the person (usually man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. Agressive/Ruthless, or clever con artist |
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