5.4 - Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Answer 1

mental condition that affects how your brain functions

Question 2

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Answer 2

have trouble with inattention (staying focused and on task), hyperactivity (can’t stay still and always on the go), and impulsivity (interrupting conversations and can’t wait turn)

Question 3

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Answer 3

experience difficulty in establishing social interaction and emotional regulation, flexibility with routines, and hypersensitivity, cause is link to genetics

Question 4

Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders

Answer 4

have issues with delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking or speech, disorganized motor behavior, and negative symptoms; has too many dopamine receptors and brain is shrinking

Question 5

Delusions

Answer 5

false beliefs; ex: feeling like someone is out to get you/watching you

Question 6

Hallucinations

Answer 6

false perceptions; especially auditory but any sense

Question 7

Disorganized Thinking/Speech

Answer 7

can’t keep thoughts straight; word salad (words don’t make sense)

Question 8

Disorganized Motor Behavior

Answer 8

make weird movements that don’t make sense

Question 9

Catatonic excitement

Answer 9

full of excitement; “bouncing off walls”

Question 10

Catatonic stupor

Answer 10

sit motionless and not move for hours

Question 11

Flat affect

Answer 11

showing no emotion to anything

Question 12

Negative Symptoms

Answer 12

more disabling symptoms

Question 13

Positive Symptoms

Answer 13

symptoms are in addition of

Question 14

Acute schizophrenia

Answer 14

involves sudden onsets, in reaction to stress, substance abuse, etc.; involves more positive symptoms

Question 15

Chronic schizophrenia

Answer 15

develops slowly, long-term and persistent, with both negative and positive symptoms

Question 16

Depressive Disorders

Answer 16

mental health disorder with persistent depressed mood and loss of interests; have less norepinephrine and serotonin

Question 17

Major Depressive Disorder

Answer 17

experience symptoms of depressed mood most of the day, diminished interest or pleasure in activities, etc.

Question 18

Persistent Depressive Disorder

Answer 18

depressed mood most of the day for at least 2 years; also experience at least 2 other symptoms of depression

Question 19

Bipolar Disorders

Answer 19

experience two polar opposite mood; depression and mania

Question 20

Bipolar I Disorder

Answer 20

must have maniac episode, may be preceded by hypomanic and depression

Question 21

Bipolar II Disorder

Answer 21

no maniac episode, but hypomanic followed by depression.

Question 22

Mania

Answer 22

period of hyper-elevated that is euphoric, hyperactive, and implusive

Question 23

Bipolar cycling

Answer 23

frequency of mood change

Question 24

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 24

mental health disorder where person has constant worry and fear that interacts with daily activities; low levels of serotonin and GABA and high levels of glutamate

Question 25

Specific Phobia

Answer 25

uncontrollable, irrational, intense desire to avoid the same object or situation

Question 26

Agoraphobia

Answer 26

avoidance of situation where a person will fear having a panic attack

Question 27

Panic Disorder

Answer 27

frequent panic attacks; feel sweating/trembling and shortness of breath

Question 28

Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 28

intense fear of being watched and judged by others

Question 29

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 29

person experiences constant worrying for many months; difficult to control worry

Question 30

Acrophobia

Answer 30

fear of heights

Question 31

Arachnophobia

Answer 31

fear of spiders

Question 32

Taijin kyofusho

Answer 32

culture-bound anxiety disorder, experienced mainly by Japanese people, where they feel others are judging their bodies as undesirable, offensive, or unpleasing

Question 33

Ataque de nervios

Answer 33

culture specific to Latino and Caribbean people, occures in response to intense stress and described as "nervous attack"

Question 34

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Answer 34

anxiety-related disorder; worries popping up in mind and then need to carry out action

Question 35

Obsessions

Answer 35

intense, unwanted worries, ideas, and images pop up in mind

Question 36

Compulsions

Answer 36

repeated strong feeling of "needing" to carry out action, even though it doesn't feel like it makes sense

Question 37

Hoarding Disorder

Answer 37

difficulty in discarding possessions

Question 38

Dissociative Disorders

Answer 38

mental health condition where someone loses connection between self, thoughts, and memories

Question 39

Dissociative Amnesia

Answer 39

loss of memory with no known physical cause

Question 40

Dissociative Fugue

Answer 40

"Running away" state; wandering away from one's life, memory, and identity with no memory of these

Question 41

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Answer 41

development of separate personalities; not present at same time

Question 42

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Answer 42

traumatic event that causes stress; leads to people not being able to handle stress well; experience repeated thought/nightmares of event

Question 43

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 43

experience restriction of food intake, fear of weight gain, distorted body image

Question 43

Eating Disorders

Answer 43

mental disorder of abnormal eating behaviors that harm mental and physical health

Question 44

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 44

experience recurrent binge eating episodes, recurrent behaviors to prevent weight gain by vomiting/laxatives, self-evaluation is influenced by body shape and weight

Question 45

Hypervigilance

Answer 45

sensory sensitivity

Question 46

Flashbacks

Answer 46

involuntary traumatic memory from the past

Question 47

Personality Disorders

Answer 47

long-lasting patterns of social and other behavior that impair social functioning

Question 48

Cluster A

Answer 48

odd and eccentric cluster

Question 49

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Answer 49

pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others

Question 50

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Answer 50

neither desires nor enjoys close relationships; prefers to be alone

Question 51

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Answer 51

odd thinking and speech; odd or eccentric behavior or appearance

Question 52

Cluster B

Answer 52

dramatic, emotional, erratic cluster

Question 53

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 53

lack of conscience; disregard rights of others; lack of remorse

Question 54

Borderline Personality Disorder

Answer 54

intense and unstable emotions and moods; impulsive behaviors, moment to moment swings in mood

Question 55

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Answer 55

overact and do dramatic displays for attention; want to be center of attention

Question 56

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Answer 56

grandiose over inflated sense of self; self-centered, conceited, arrogant; can't take criticism

Question 57

Cluster C

Answer 57

anxious, fearful cluster

Question 58

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Answer 58

hypersensitive to rejection; need constant acceptance and affection or will avoid situations

Question 59

Dependent Personality Disorder

Answer 59

allows others to take responsibility for major areas of life; has trouble making decisions

Question 60

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Answer 60

picky perfectionist; preoccupied with details; insists others do things their way