unit 8

• Psychological Disorder


  Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thought, feelings, or behaviors
• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)


  A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of these key symptoms: Extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
• Medical Model


  The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital
• DSM 5


  The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Edition, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
• Anxiety Disorders


  Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. Includes: Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder


  An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. Free floating anxiety (chronic anxiety not associated with any specific situation or object.
• 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
• Phobia


  An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)


  An obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)


  A trauma-related dsiorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that linger four weeks or more after a traumatic experience
• Post-Traumatic Growth


  Positive psychological chances as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
• Somatoform Disorder


  Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause, includes functional neurological symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder
• Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder


  A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
• Illness Anxiety Disorder


  A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as a symptom of a disease
• Dissociative Disorders


  Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
• Dissociative Identity Disorders (DID)


  A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Symptoms includes blackouts. Formerly called multiple personalities disorder.
• Depressive disorders


  Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes includes depressive disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
• Major Depressive Disorder


  A deoressuve disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities
• Mania


  A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
• Bipolar Disorder


  A bipolar and related disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depressing and the overexcited state of mania
• Schizophrenia


  characterized by a disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
• Delusions


  False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
• Personality Disorders


  Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
• Antisocial Personality Disorder


  A personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist
• Social Anxiety Disorder


  Anxiety disorder. Persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations.
• Agoraphobia


  Anxiety disorder, Fear of being in public
• Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders


  Disorders that include obsessive thoughts and/or unwanted behavior. Includes: obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, body dysmorphic disorder.
• Hoarding disorder


  An obsessive-compulsive disorder, characterized by difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of the value
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder


  An obsessive-compulsive disorder, characterized by an obsession with perceived flaw(s) in physical appearance.
• Dissociative Amnesia


  A dissociative disorder characterized by a loss of memory for who you are, fugue state includes traveling far from home and the loss of memory
• Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder


  a depressive disorder characterisized by extreme temper outbursts at least 3 times a week, must be under 18.
• Bipolar and related disorders


  Disorders characterized by extreme mood changes, includes bipolar disorder
• Mania


  A symptom of bipolar characterized by elevated mood, overtalkative, overactive, little need for sleep, risky behavior
• Positive symptoms


  symptoms of schizophrenia which include addition of inappropriate behavior: hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, and inappropriate actions
• Negative symtoms


  symptoms of schizophrenia which include loss of appropriate behavior: flat affect, catonic state, alogia, avolition
• Borderline personality disorder


  A personality disorder characterized by fear of abandonment, unstable intense relationships, rapid changes in self-identity, impulsive and risky behavior, suicidal threats, and wide mood swings.
• Dependent personality disorder


  A personality disorder characterized by difficulty making everyday decisions, needing others to assume responsibility, difficulty expressing disagreement, difficulty initiating projects, need for support from others.
• Paranoid personality disorder


  A personality disorder characterized by suspicions that others are deceiving him/her, preoccupied with doubts of others trustworthiness, reluctance in confiding in others, holding grudges
• Narcissistic personality disorder


  A personality disorder characterized by exaggerated sense of self-importance, expecting to be recognized as superior, exaggerating achievements, preoccupied with fantasies about success, requiring constant admiration, sense of entitlement, expecting special favors, and taking advantage of others.
• Histrionic personality disorder


  A personality disorder characterized by being uncomfortable in situations which he/she is not the center of attention, inappropriate sexual seductiveness, the use of physical appearance to draw attention, self-dramatization