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| deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns |
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| attention-hyper-deficit-disorder (ADHD) |
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| a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity |
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| diseases have physical and mental causes, and can be treated, and in most cases, cured |
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diseases result of mental disorder, or upbringing
biological influences, psychological influences, and social influences |
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american psychiatric associations diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
widely used system for classifying psychological disorders
require ICD (international classification of diseases) diagnosis to classify as menta disorder
five axes
Axis I is clinical syndrome present
II is a personality disorder or retardation present
III is a general medical condition present
IV are psychosocial or environmental problems present
V what is the global assessment of problem |
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| psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |
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| generalized anxiety disorder |
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| an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal |
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| 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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| an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation |
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| obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).
common obsessions
- concerns w/ dirt/germs, something bad happening (fire, death) and symmetry order exactnessd
common compulsions
- excessie hand washing, bathing, grooming, repeating rituals, checking doors, locks, homework, etc.
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| post-traumatic stress disorder |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience |
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| people are anxious, and afraid in their conditioned places of fear. no matter the place |
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learning fears by watching others'
infants have same fears as parents through watching their parents become frightened |
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| disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. |
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dissociation identity disorder (DID)
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Multiple Personality Disorder |
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| a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. |
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| psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. |
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| major depressive disorder |
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a mood 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
dysthmyc disorder-
temp bad moods + depression, lasts two years, sleep and eat more or less |
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a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
= opposite of depression |
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| a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania |
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| mood disorders (mostly depression) explained |
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- many behavioral and cognitive changes accompany depression
- depression is widespread
- women are twice as vulnerable
- most episodes self terminate
- stressful events precede depression
- as time passes depression has >, and the ages of people getting it has <
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| creates stereotypes, can create false assumptions about people, affect how we perceive people, labels guide perceptions which guide interpretations. |
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| a group of severe disorders characterized by diagnosed and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions |
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| false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders |
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- Paranoid
- disorganized
- catatonic
- undifferentiated
- residual
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| preoccupations with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity |
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| disorganized schizophrenia |
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| disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion |
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| immobility (or excessive, purposeless movement), extreme negativism, and/or parrot-like repeating of another's speech or movements. |
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| withdrawal, after hallucinations and delusions have disappeared |
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| psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning |
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| anti-social personality disorders |
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| when a person (usually a man) exhibits lack of conscience for wrong doing, may be aggressive (ruthless or a clever con-artist) |
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