Chapter 14

Question 1

agoraphobia

Answer 1

Feat of crowds and open spaces

Question 2

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 2

long standing, pattern of irresponsible behavior that indicates a lack of conscious and sense of responsibility.

Question 3

anxiety

Answer 3

a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Question 4

anxiety disorder

Answer 4

class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety

Question 5

bipolar disorder

Answer 5

Cyclic variations in emotion state

Question 6

catatonia

Answer 6

lay motionless for hours

Question 7

conversion disorder

Answer 7

characterized by a significant loss of physical function usually in a singe organ system

Question 8

delusions

Answer 8

false beliefs

Question 9

depression

Answer 9

severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy.

Question 10

dissociative amnesia

Answer 10

sudden loss of memory with no physiological basis for disruptions in memory

Question 11

dissociative disorders

Answer 11

sudden loss of memory or change in identity

Question 12

dissociative fugue

Answer 12

sudden and complete loss of identification

Question 13

dissociative identity disorder

Answer 13

appearance of two or more distinct personalities

Question 14

DSM-IV

Answer 14

Published by the APA, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases

Question 15

etiology

Answer 15

Why it happened?

Question 16

hallucinations

Answer 16

perceptual experience but not resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ

Question 17

hypochondrias

Answer 17

characterized by excessive preoccupation with health concerns and incessant worry about developing physical illness.

Question 18

major depressive disorder

Answer 18

Depressed mood, low energy, must last for 2 weeks or more

Question 19

mania

Answer 19

mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.

Question 20

obsessive-compulsion disorder (OCD)

Answer 20

Uncontrollable intrusion of unwanted thoughts

Question 21

panic disorder

Answer 21

characterized by recurrent attacks
of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur
suddenly and unexpectedly.

Question 22

personality disorders

Answer 22

Condition involving a chronic, pervasive, inflexible, and maladaptive pattern of thinking

Question 23

phobia

Answer 23

strong irrational fears of specific objects of situation

Question 24

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Answer 24

nvolves enduring
psychological disturbance attributed to the
experience of a major traumatic event.

Question 25

prognosis

Answer 25

The forecast about the probable course of an illnesss

Question 26

psychosis

Answer 26

a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

Question 27

schizophrenia

Answer 27

psychotic disorder involving distortions in thoughts, perceptions, and/pr emotions

Question 28

seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Answer 28

major depressive episodes that tend to occur during winter months

Question 29

somatoform disorder

Answer 29

Physical ailments that can not be fully explained by organic conditions and are largely due to psychological issues

Question 30

symptom

Answer 30

a physical or mental feature that is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.