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Psychological disorder

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A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in a individual cognition , emotion , regulation or behavior

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Medical model

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The concept that diseases , in this case , have physical causes that can be diagnosed , treated , & cured through treatment

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DSM Five

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Describes symptoms

A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

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Anxiety disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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Which a person is unexplainably & continually tense & uneasy
Constant worried bout many issues without cause , interfere w functioning

Headaches , stomach aches , irrationality

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Panic disorder

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An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain , choking , sweating
Followed by worry over a possible next attack

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Phobia

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An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent , irrational fear & avoidance of specific object , activity

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Social anxiety disorder

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Intense fear of social situations leading to avoidance of such

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Agoraphobia

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Develops Bc of a panic disorder
Fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult
Don’t feel safe
Such as ; public places , crowds , wide open areas

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Obsessive compulsive disorder

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A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts , obsessions or actions

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Post traumatic stress disorder

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A disorder characterized by haunting memories , nightmares , social withdrawal , jumpy anxiety , numbness of feeling , & insomnia that linger for four weeks or more

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Mood disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes

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Major depressive disorder

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Which a person experience in the absence of drugs or medical conditions , two of more weeks w five or more symptoms at least one of which are ; depressed mood or loss of interest

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Symptoms diagnosing depressive disorder

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Depressed mood 
Diminished interest 
Weight loss or gain 
Insomnia or sleeping too much 
Physical agitation 
Loss of energy 
Feeling worthless 
Problems w focusing , thinking , making decisions 
Suicide thoughts
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Mania

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A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive , wilding optimistic state

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Bipolar disorder

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A mood disorder in which a person alternates between hopelessness & lethargy of depression & the over excited state of mania

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Rumination

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Compulsive fretting overthinking about our problems & their causes

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Schizophrenia

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A psychological disorder characterized by delusions , hallucinations , disorganized speech , or diminished or inappropriate emotional expression

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Psychosis

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Which a person loses contact w reality & experiencing irrational ideas & distorted perceptions

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Delusions

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False beliefs

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Hallucination

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False sensory experience , such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus

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Somatic symptoms disorder

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Which the symptoms take a somatic ( bodily ) form without apparent physical cause

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Conversion disorder

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A disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

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Illness anxiety disorder

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A disorder in which a person intercepts normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

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Dissociative disorders

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Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories , thoughts , & feelings

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Dissociative identity disorder

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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct & alternating personalities

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Anorexia nervosa

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A normal weight person diets & becomes under weight

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Bulimia nervosa

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A person excessive eats , then throws up , excessive exercise or laxative

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Binge eating disorder

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Binge eating episodes followed by distress , disgust , or guilt but without the compensator purging or fasting that marks bulimia

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Personality disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible & enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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Antisocial personality disorder

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A personality disorder in which a person ( usually men ) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong doing & even towards friends & family
May be aggressive & ruthless or clever con artist

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Biological influences

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Evolution
Individual genes
Brain structure & chemistry

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Psychological influences

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Stress
Trauma
Learned helplessness
Mood related perception & memories

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Social cultures influences

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Roles
Expectations
Normality & disorder

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What disorders do American report most frequently ?

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Mood disorders

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Why do people developed generalized anxiety disorders ?

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Be they were maltreated & inhibited as a child

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When do generalized anxiety disorder become rare ?

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By age 50

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Who are more likely to have panic disorders ?

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Smokers

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Is OCD more common among young people or old people

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Young

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What is the number on reason why peoples elemental health services ?

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Depression

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Warning signs of schizophrenia

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Mother of schizophrenia 
Birth complications 
Separation of parents 
Short attention span 
Withdrawn behavior 
Emotional unpredictably 
Poor peer relations
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Components for a disorder

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Disruptive to every day life
Uncontrollable behavior
Irrational
Persistent ( all the time )

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DSM stands for

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Diagnostic & statistic manual of mental disorders

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Insanity

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Legal definition only

Unable to determine between right & wrong or understand consequences

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Anxiety

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An unpleasant emotional state characterized by general , vague feelings of tension , fear & apprehension

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Phobia types

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Environmental
Situational ( claustrophobic )
Blood/Injection/Injury
Animal

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Three common fears

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Snakes
Heights
Mice

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Obsessions

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Irrational , disturbing thoughts that intrude into consciousness ( getting sick )

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Compulsions

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Repetitive actions performed to alleviate obsessions ( washing hands )

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The compulsions help to keep away ..

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The obsessions

No actions = anxiety

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Hoarding disorder

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Compulsive collecting , poor organizational skills , & difficulty discarding

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Excoriation

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Skin picking sometimes to the point of injury

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Trichotillomania

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Hair pulling from scalp , eyebrows , & other body areas leads to bald patches

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Body dysmorphic disorder

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Preoccupation w imagined or slight flaws in one physical appearance

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Borderline personality disorder

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Instability of self image , relationship
Self destructive behaviors impulsives
Fear of abandonment
Either one personality or another

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Dependent personality

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Unable to make decisions or do things on your own

Excessive need to be take care of

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Sociopaths get that way Bc ..

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Of the environment

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Sociopaths are attached to..

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Others by psychos don’t

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Psychos know what they’re doing wrong .. but

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Don’t care o

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Sociopaths is most likely to act ..

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Out of impulse

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Dissociative amnesia is caused by

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A psychological problem

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Dissociative amnesia

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Memory loss the only symptom .. but no organic cause
Often selective loss surrounding traumatic events
Person still knows identity & most of their past

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Fugue state

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Amnesia w a journey involved often w identity replacement
Leaves home , new identity , no recollection of former life
If it wears off.. old identity recovers & new identity is forgotten

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Seasonal affective disorder

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Episodes of depression occur in fall & winter then subside in spring & summer

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Dysthymic disorder

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Sad all the time , usually doesn’t impair functioning

TWO YEARS

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Too much dopamine leads to ..

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Schizophrenia

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What causes bipolar ?

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DNA

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What causes anti social ?

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DNA

Childhood

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What causes psychodynamic disorders ?

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Unconscious conflicts from childhood experiences

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What causes humanistic disorder ?

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Barriers to self understanding & self acceptance

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What causes cognitive disorders ?

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Negative , self defeating thinking

Perceptions

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What causes behavior disorders ?

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Dysfunctional behaviors

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What causes group disorders ?

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Stressful relationships

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