Aaron Jennings Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards
A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme in attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
ADHD
The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital
Medical model
Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviors
Psychological disorder
The American psychiatric Association’s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition updated as a 2000 text revision
DSM – IV – TR
Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Anxiety disorders
An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Generalized anxiety disorder
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
Panic disorder
An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation
Phobia
And anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions
OCD
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
PTSD
Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with an extremely challenging circumstances and life crisis
Post traumatic growth
Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic form without apparent physical cause
Somatoform disorder
A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
Conversion disorder
Hey somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
Hypochondriasis
Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative disorders
A rare dissociative disorder in which a person is exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities
Dissociative identity disorder or DID
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.
Mood disorders
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
Major depressive disorder
A mood disorder marked by hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
Mania
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
Bipolar disorder
A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
Schizophrenia
False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur her, that may accompany psychotic disorders
Delusions
Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
Personality disorders
A personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience or wrongdoing, even towards friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or clever con artist
Antisocial personality disorder
