Chapter 14 Flashcards
The study of abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Psychopathology
First published in 1952 and helps with diagnosing mental disorders
DSM-5
Fear of negative evaluation in social situations
Social phobia/Social anxiety disorder
Fear of objects, situations, or events
Specific phobia
Sudden, intense panic; multiple physical and emotional symptoms
Panic attack
Obsessive, recurring thoughts create anxiety and compulsive, ritualistic, repetitive behavior or mental acts reduce that anxiety
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder
Severe depression, sudden, no apparent external cause
Major depression
Severe mood swings between major depressive and manic episodes
Bipolar disorder
Severely disordered thinking, bizzare behavior, inability to separate fantasy from reality
Schizophrenia
No morals or conscience, impulsive, lacks regard for consequences
Antisocial personality disorder
Moody, unstable, unclear sense of identity, clings, to others
Borderline personality disorder
Sign of abnormal behavior
Subjective discomfort