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Question 1

Psychological disorder

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deviant, distressfull, dysfunctional behavior patterns

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attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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psychological disorder marked by the apperance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms; extreme inattention, hyperactivty, and impulsivity

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medical model

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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

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DSM-IV-TR

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the american psychiatric association’s diagnositc and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition, with an updated “text revision” a widely used system for classifying psychologica disorders

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anxiety disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persisten anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

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generalized anxiety disorder

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an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomoic nervous system arousal

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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, or other frightening sensations

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phobia

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an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation

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obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

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an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts

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post traumatic stress disorder

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an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and or insomnia

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post traumatic growth

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positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises

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somatoform disorder

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psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic form without apparent physical cause

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conversion disorder

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a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experience very speficic genuine physical symptoms for which no phsyiological basis can be found

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hypochondriasis

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a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

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dissociative disorders

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disorders in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.

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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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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

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mania

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mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, widly optimistic state

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bipolar disorder

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mood disorder in which the person alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania

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schizophrenia

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a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inapporpriate emotions and actions

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delusions

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false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompnay psychotic disorders

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personality disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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antisocial personailty disorder

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a personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artists