8.6 Flashcards
Avoidant personality disorder
Symptoms are extreme sensitivity to criticism, a desire for social approval without criticism, social withdrawal, and low self-esteem
Schizotypal Personality disorder
Symptoms of this disorder are not severe enough to be schizophrenia, but a person will have similar oddities of thought, behavior, and speech . Individuals will often struggle with close relationships
Narcisstic personality disorder
Characterized by a pattern of having an exaggerated sense of worth or talent, fantasizing about unlimited power, brilliance, or beauty. Individual will often have a constant need for attention and when criticized the individual will react either very rageful or completely unphased
Borderline personality disorder
Characterized by an enduring instability of relationship, self-image, and mood that negatively affects the person or gets in the way of social functioning. May participate in self-damaging behavior such as drug use, overeating, or getting into fights
Antisocial personality disorder
One of the most difficult personality disorders to treat. Individuals with this disorder often lack a conscience, are impulsive and aggressive. They often have a disregard for the safety of others and will have little to no empathy or remorse for what they do
What are three different treatments a person can use to help with a disorder?
Treatments will vary depending on the disorder but individuals can use psychotherapy, medication, or grouptherapy
Who is most impacted by eating disorders?
Adolescents
How can society impact how people view their body?
Media outlets, social media sites, and print media all promote certain body types and cause individuals to strive for unrealistic body proportions
Anorexia Nervosa
Individuals will feel like they are overweight even though they are below normal weight. Individuals will not eat enough to maintain a normal weight and will often exercise excessively
Bulumia Nervosa
Individuals often have a diet that restricts certain foods, but the individual will overeat on foods they were not supposed to eat. After they will binge the food by either vomiting, laxatives, fasting, or excessive exercise
Binge eating disorder
Individuals are unable to stop a cycle of uncontrolled overeating, and then feeling extremely remorseful. Since there is no purging behaviors a person with this disorder may become overweight
Identify three different substances that can cause addictive disorders.
1) Opioids 2) Stimulants 3)Hallucinogens
What does it mean when a person has a dependence?
This is when a person continues to use a substance even when they have behavioral, cognitive, and/or physiological symptoms that negatively impacts them that show after continued use of a substance
Describe substance abuse.
This is a cycle of using a substance that results in severe negative consequences for an individual’s social, occupation, or daily functioning
