Ch 14 Flashcards
Psychological disorder
Pattern of behavior and psychological symptoms that causes stress and impairs ability to function in one or more area
Anxiety
Tension, apprehension, worry
What is a panic attack and what are the symptoms
Episode of extreme anxiety that rapidly escalates.
Symptoms include pounding heart, breathlessness, choking sensation, sweating heavily
Phobia
Irrational fear of object, situation, activity
What is PTSD and what are the symptoms
Symptoms of anxiety develop in response to an extreme physical or psychological trauma.
Symptoms include, recurrent nightmares, intrusive recollections about traumatic event,
Obsessive compulsive disorder and symptoms
Repetitive intrusive thoughts and uncontrollable urges to perform certain actions
Compulsions- performed to reduce anxiety, often in a sequence or ritualized pattern
Major depression
A mood disorder, extreme feelings of despondency, worthlessness, hopelessness that cause impaired emotional, cognitive, behavioral functioning.
What is called the common cold of psychological disorders
Major depression
Who are twice likely more than the other to be diagnosed with depression
Women
Bipolar disorder (manic depression)
Alternating between extreme euphoria and excitement with depression
What is the dsm 5 and what is it used for?
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition- book that describes symptoms and guidelines for over 300 different psychological disorders