Chapter 13 Flashcards
What does Abnormal Mean?
The Present of a Harmful Dysfunction such as:
Maladaptive Behavior
Significant Impairment in Psychological Function
Atypical Behavior
What us Maladaptive Behavior?
Behavior that can make it difficult to function, adapt to an environment, or meet
everyday demands
What does Significant impairment in psychological functioning mean?
Those with mental illness may have disrupted abilities to control thoughts, behaviors, or
feelings
What does Atypical Behavior mean?
Behavior that is not Typical of the Majority of the Population?
What is the Difference between hallucinations and Delusions?
Hallucinations are fake perceptions like sights sounds and smells
Delusions are fake beliefs like the government is run by lizard people
What are 3 Eating disorders?
Anorexia Nervosa
Binge Eating Disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
What is Anorexia Nervosa
Person (usually an adolescent female) maintains a starvation diet and
becomes significantly underweight, yet, still has distorted view of themselves
being fat
What is Binge Eating Disorder?
Significant binge eating, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the
purging, fasting, or excessive exercise that marks bulimia nervosa
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
Person alternates binge eating (usually of high-calorie foods) with purging (by
vomiting or laxative use), fasting, or excessive exercise
What are three main causes of mental disorders?
Biological Factors
Psychological Factors
Socio Cultural Factors
What are Biological Factors?
- Genetic predisposition
- Structural and functional brain abnormalities
- Neurotransmitter imbalance
What Are Psychological Factors?
- Emotional distress
- Personality
- Cognitive pattern
What are Sociocultural Factors?
- Environmental stressors
- Social isolation
- Cultural and societal expectations
What are some Mental Disorders on the Test?
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
* Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
* Anxiety disorders (5 subcategories)
* Mood-related disorders (4)
* Dissociate disorders
* Personality disorders (3)
* Eating disorders (3)
What is ADHD?
- Traditionally considered a childhood disorder
Key symptoms:
Extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
that impairs normal functioning.
What is Autisim Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction
across multiple contexts - Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities
- Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social,
occupational, or other important areas of current functioning
How many Subcategories of Anxiety Disorders are there?
5
How many Subcategories of mood Related Disorders are there?
4
What are the Subcategories of Mood Related Disorders?
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Schizophrenia
What are the subcategories of Anxiety Disorders?
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Phobias
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
What are Dissociate Disorders?
Conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous
memories, thoughts, and feelings
Think Mutiple Personality’s
What are Personality Disorders?
Characterized by disruptive, inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that
impair social functioning
How many Personality Disorders are there?
3
What are the Personality Disorders?
Characterized by disruptive, inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that
impair social functioning
What are Anxiety Disorders?
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Phobias
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
What are Mood Related Disorders?
- Disturbances of mood that affects entire emotional state
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Person experiences two or more weeks with five or more following
symptoms
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder?
- Person experiences mildly depressed mood more often than not for
at least two years, along with at least two other symptoms
What is Bipolar Disorder?
- Person experiences not only depression but also mania which is
characterized by elevated levels of energy, grandiose plans and
increased creativity
What is Schizophrenia?
Characterized by disturbed perceptions, disorganized speech, and/or
diminished, inappropriate emotional expression
What us Dissociative identity Disorder?
- Rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and
alternating personalities–formerly called multiple personality disorder
What are Examples of personality disorders?
Narcissistic personality disorder
* Borderline personality disorder
* Antisocial personality disorder
What is Narcissitic Personality Disorder?
- A sense of entitlement and demonstrate grandiosity in their beliefs and
behavior - A strong need for admiration, but lack feelings of empathy
- Preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty etc.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Pattern of marked impulsivity and instability and affects interpersonal
relationships and self-image
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
- A person (usually male) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing,
even toward friends and family members
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
- Person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic
nervous system arousal - Symptoms persist for 6 months or more
- Constant state or worry, agitation, sleep problem
What is Panic disorder?
- Person experiences unpredictable minute-long episodes of intense
dread and often lives in fear of when the next attack might strike - Irregular heartbeat, chest pain, shortness of breath, choking,
trembling, dizziness
What are Phobias?
- Person experiences a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a
specific object, activity, or situation
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
- Characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or
actions (compulsions) - Occurs when obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors interfere
with everyday life and cause distress - Is more common among teens and young adults than older people
What is PTSD?
- Characterized by haunting memories (flashbacks, nightmares), social
withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, difficulties with
memory and concentration, and/or insomnia lingering for 4+ weeks
after a traumatic experience - Often involves battle-scarred veterans, survivors of accidents,
disasters, violence, and sexual assaults - Has higher risk for women
