Psychological Disorders/Treatment

Cards (76)

  • Agoraphobia
    A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
  • Antisocial personality disorder

    A personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist
  • ADHD
    A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
  • Bipolar disorder

    A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. was once known as Manic Depression.
  • Catatonia
    a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
  • Conversion disorder

    A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
  • compulsions
    The person's need to perform repetitive behaviors
  • Delusions
    False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
  • Dissociative disorders

    Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. the person may become "detached" from themselves
  • Dissociative fugue

    The sudden loss of memory for one's personal history, accompanied by an abrupt departure from home and the assumption of a new identity
  • Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

    A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities; formerly called multiple personality disorder
  • diathesis stress theory

    an individual is born with a genetic predisposition towards a mental health problem- the problem is only expressed if the individual is exposed to certain environmental triggers.
  • dopamine
    neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement, attention, alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia
  • DSM-V

    Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: A reference for coding psychiatric disorders or conditions. Organized by symptoms
  • Generalized anxiety disorder

    An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
  • Hallucinations
    False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
  • Hypochondriasis
    Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
  • Major depressive disorder

    A mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities
  • Mood disorders

    Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes
  • Negative symptoms

    Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral deficits, such as flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired attention, and poverty of speech
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

    An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)
  • obsessions
    persistent ideas, thoughts, or impulses that are unwanted and inappropriate, causing marked distress
  • Panic disorder
    An anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks. May be triggered by the amygdala.
  • Personality disorders

    Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
  • phobia
    An anxiety disorder characterized by a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation
  • Positive symptoms

    Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral excesses or peculiarities, such as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of ideas
  • PTSD
    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
    A disorder in which a person has lingering memories, nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening, uncontrollable event
  • postpartum depression

    A new mother's feelings of inadequacy and sadness in the days and weeks after giving birth
  • Prevalence
    The percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specified time period
  • psychological disorder/psychopathology
    a mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that results in distress
  • Rosenhan study

    study in which healthy individuals were admitted into mental hospitals after saying they were hearing voices. Once in, they acted normally and still were not labeled as impostors.
  • Schizophrenia
    psychological disorder marked by disturbances in thought that spill over to affect perceptual, social, and emotional processes
  • Somatoform disorders
    Disorders characterized by physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists
  • serotonin
    a neurotransmitter that affects hunger,sleep,arousal,and mood. appears in lower than normal levels in depressed persons
  • seasonal affective disorder
    Controversial disorder in which a person experiences depression during winter months and improved mood during spring. Can be treated using phototherapy, using bright light and high levels of negative ions.
  • mania
    A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. extravagant shopping sprees may happen or a flight of ideas
  • flat affect
    A marked lack of expressed emotions; a symptom of schizophrenia.
  • word salad
    Incoherent mixture of words, phrases, and sentences
  • paranoia
    A tendency toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
  • Irrationality
    Abnormal indicator involving acting or talking in ways that are incomprehensible to others