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13 Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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Biological model

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view that psychological disorders have a biochemical of physiological basis

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Psychoanalytic model

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view that psychological disorders result from unconscious internal conflicts

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Cognitive-behavioral model

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view that psychological disorders result from learning maladaptive ways of thinking and behaving

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Diathesis-stress model

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View that people biologically predisposed to a mental disorder (those with a certain diathesis) will tend to exhibit that disorder when particularly affected by stress

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Diathesis

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biological predisposition

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Systems approach

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view that biological, psychological, and social risk factors combine to produce psychological disorders. Also known as the biopsychosocial model of psychological disorders

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Insanity

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legal term for mentally disturbed people who are not considered responsible for their criminal actions

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Mood disorders

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disturbances in mood or prolonged emotional state

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Depression

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A mood disorder characterized by overwhelming feelings of sadness, lack of interest in activities, and perhaps excessive guilt or feelings of worthlessness

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Psychotic

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marked by defective or lost contact with reality

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Mania

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A mood disorder characterized by euphoric states, extreme physical activity, excessive talkativeness, distractedness, and sometimes grandiosity

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Bipolar disorder

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A mood disorder in which periods of mania and depression atlernate, sometimes with periods of normal mood intervening

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Cognitive distortions

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an illogical and maladaptive response to early negative life events that leads to feelings of incompetence and unworthiness that are reactivated whenever a new situation arises that resembles the original events

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Anxiety disorders

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Disorders in which anxiety is a characteristic feature or the avoidance of anxiety seems to motivate abnormal behavior

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Specific phobia

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anxiety disorder characterized by intense, paralyzing fear of something

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Social phobia

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an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, inappropriate fears connected with social situations or performances in front of other people

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Agoraphobia

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multiple, intense fear of crowds, public places, and other situations that require separation from a source of security such as the home

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Panic disorder

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recurrent panic attacks in which a person suddenly experiences intense fear or terror without any reasonable cause

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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an anxiety disorder characterized by prolonged vague but intense fears that are not attached to any particular object or circumstance

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

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person feels driven to think disturbing thought and/or perform senseless rituals

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Psychosomatic disorders

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disorders in which there is real physical illness that is largely caused by psychological factors such as stress and anxiety

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Somatoform disorders

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Disorders in which there is an apparent physical illness for which there is no organic basis

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Somatization disorder

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a somatoform disorder characterized by recurrent vague somatic complaints without a physical cause

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Conversion disorders

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somatoform disorders in which a dramatic specific disability has no physical cause but instead seems related to psychological problems

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hypochondriasis/illness anxiety disorder

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somatoform disorder in which a person interprets insignificant symptoms as signs of serious illness in the absence of any organic evidence of such illness

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Body dysmorphic disorder

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A somatoform disorder in which a person becomes so preoccupied with his or her imagined ugliness that normal life is impossible

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Dissociative disorders

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Disorders in which some aspect of the personality seems separated from the rest

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Dissociative amnesia

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a dissociative disorder characterized by loss of memory for past events without organic cause

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Dissociative fugue

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dissociative disorder that involves flight from home and the assumption of a new identity, with amnesia for past identity and events

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Dissociative identity disorder

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A dissociative disorder in which a person has several distinct personalities that emerge at different times

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Depersonalization disorder

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A dissociative disorder whose essential feature is that the person suddenly feels changed or different in a strange way

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Sexual dysfunction

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loss or impairment of the ordinary physical responses of sexual functions

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Erectile disorder or erectile dysfunction (ED)

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the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erection

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female sexual arousal disorder

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the inability of a woman to become sexually aroused or to reach orgasm

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Sexual desire disorder

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person lacks sexual interest or has an active distaste for sex

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Orgasm

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peaking of sexual pleasure and release of sexual tension

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Orgasmic disorders

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inability to reach orgasm in a person able to experience sexual desire and maintain arousal

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Premature ejaculation

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inability of a man to inhibit orgasm as long as desired

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Vaginismus

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involuntary muscle spasms in the outer part of the vagina that make intercourse impossible

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Paraphilias

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sexual disorders in which unconventional objects or situations cause sexual arousal

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Fetishism

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paraphilia in which a non-human object is the preferred or exclusive method of achieving sexual excitement

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Voyeurism

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Desire to watch others having sexual relations or to spy on nude people

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Exhibitionism

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compulsion to expose one’s genitals in public to achieve sexual arousal

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Frotteurism

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compulsion to achieve sexual arousal by touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person in public situations

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Transvestic Fetishism

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wearing the clothes of the opposite sex to achieve sexual gratification

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Sexual sadism

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obtaining sexual gratification from humiliating or physically harming a sex partner

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Sexual masochism

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Inability to enjoy sex without accompanying emotional or physical pain

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Pedophilia

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Desire to have sexual relations with children as the preferred or exclusive method of achieving sexual excitement

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Gender-identity disorders

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Disorders that involve the desire to become, or the insistence that one is a member of the other biological sex

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Gender identity disorder in children

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Rejection of one’s biological gender in childhood, along with the clothing and behavior society considers appropriate to that gender

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Personality disorders

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disorders in which inflexible and maladaptive ways of thinking and behaving learned early in life cause distress to the person and/or conflicts with others

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Schizoid personality disorder

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Personality disorder in which a person is withdrawn and lacks feelings for others

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Paranoid personality disorder

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Personality disorder in which the person is inappropriately suspicious and mistrustful of others

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Dependent personality disorder

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Personality disorder in which the person is unable to make choices and decision independently and cannot tolerate being alone

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Avoidant personality disorder

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Personality disorder in which the person’s fears of rejection by others leads to social isolation

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Narcissistic personality disorder

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Personality disorder in which the person has an exaggerated sense of self-importance and needs constant admiration

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Borderline personality disorder

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Personality disorder characterized by marked instability in self-image, mood, and interpersonal relationships

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Antisocial personality disorder

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Personality disorder that involves a pattern of violent, criminal, or unethical and exploitative behavior and an inability to feel affection for others

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Schizophrenic disorders

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Sever disorders in which there are disturbances of thoughts, communications, and emotions, including delusions and hallucinations

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Hallucinations

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sensory experiences in the absence of external stimulation

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Delusions

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false beliefs about reality that have no basis in fact

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Disorganized schizophrenia

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schizophrenic disorder in which bizarre and childlike behaviors are common

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Catatonic schizophrenia

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schizophrenic disorder in which disturbed motor behavior is prominent

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Paranoid schizophrenia

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schizophrenic disorder marked by extreme auspiciousness and complex, bizarre delusions

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Undifferentiated schizophrenia

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schizophrenic disorder in which there are clear schizophrenic symptoms that don’t meet the criteria for another subtype of the disorder

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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A childhood disorder characterized by inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity

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Psychostimulants

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Drugs that increase ability to focus attention in children with ADHD

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Autistic disorder

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a childhood disorder characterized by lack of social instincts and strange motor behavior

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