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psychological disorder

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ongoing patterns of thoughts feelings, and actions that are deviant, distressful, dysfunctional

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medical model

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the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and cured, often via hospital treatment

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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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(anxiety disorders)

generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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a person is unexplainably and continually tense and uneasy

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(anxiety disorders)

panic disorder

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a person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread

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(anxiety disorders)

phobias

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a person feels irrationally and intensely afraid of a specific object or situation

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(anxiety disorders)

obsessive compulsive disorders

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a person is troubled by repetitive thoughts or actions

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(anxiety disorders)

post traumatic stress disorder

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a person has lingering memories, nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after severely threatening, uncontrollable event

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anxiety

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  • a feeling and a cognition
  • two learning processes that contribute to anxiety:
    1. stimulus generalization
    2. reinforcement (sustains anxiety)
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somatoform disorder

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a psychological disorder characterized by symptoms that take somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause

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(somatoform disorders)

conversion disorder

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rare; a person who experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

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(somatoform disorders)

hypochondriasis

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a person interprets normal physical sensations as a symptom of a disease

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dissociative disorders

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a psychological disorder characterized by the conscious awareness becoming separated from previous memories, thoughts and feelings

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(dissociative disorders)

dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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rare; a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities

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mood disorders

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a psychological disorder characterized by emotional extremeness

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(mood disorders)

major depressive disorder

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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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(mood disorders)

mania

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mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

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(mood disorders)

bipolar disorder

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a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania

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mood disorders details

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  • most major depressive episodes self-terminate
  • women more vulnerable to internalized state-disorders
  • men more vulnerable to externalized state-disorders
  • with each new generation, depression occurs earlier
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(mood disorders)

biological

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  • depression: less brain activity; less norepinephrine and serotonin; hippocampus more vulnerable to stress-related damage
  • mania: norepinephrine abundant
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schizophrenia

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a psychological disorder characterized by delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions and actions

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(schizophrenia)

psychotic disorder

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a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions

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(schizophrenia)

delusions

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false beliefs, often persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
(hallucinations)

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(schizophrenia)

subtypes

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paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, residual

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(schizophrenia)

brain abnormalities

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  • dopamine overactivity (excess receptors)

- shrinkage of cerebral tissue

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personality disorder

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

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(personality disorder)

antisocial personality disorder

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a person (usually male) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even towards friends and family (may be aggressive)
-reduced frontal lobe activity

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