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Medical model
Diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, and treated
Treating the hyper actives in ADHD and solving the problem through that
Psychological disorder
Harmful messed up function where behavior is badly adaptive, disturbing, and not typical
Depression
Bio-psycho-social perspective
The assumption that psychological, biological, and social and cultural factors can all combine to produce disorders.
Depression from mean people, family, and what you think
DSM-IV-TR
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Book that is updated regularly and lists all mental disorders along with description
Anxiety
Slight feeling of being nervous, or apprehension
Getting a shot and waiting for the shot to sting
Generalized Anxiety Disordes
Unexplained and disruptive persistent feelings of nervousness or apprehension
Constantly worried about something
Panic disorder
Having periods of sudden and random intense panic
Suddenly scared when on the beach
Phobia
Unexplained fears of certain objects or situations
Arachnophobia
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Unwanted, repeating thoughts or actions
Obsessions
Post traumatic stress disorder
Reliving a highly stressful period or event through recurring memories or dreams
Coming home from war and still thinking in war
Major depressive disorder
Mood disorder when for no reason, a person, for at least two weeks, feels worthless, is not interested in activities
Staying in room all day
Bipolar disorder
Person alternates moods randomly
Being happy one moment and then mad for no reason
Dissociative disorders
Sense of self is separated from past memories, thoughts, or feelings
Feeling like it was someone else who did something when it was you
Dissociative amnesia
Loss of memory in reaction to a traumatic event
Survivor of wildfires
Dissociative identity disorder
Rare disorder when someone experiences two or more distinct and alternating personalities
Sort of like a bipolar disorder
