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Chapter 14 - Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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ADHD

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Extreme inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity

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Psychological disorder

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Deviant, distressful and dysfunctional behavior patterns.

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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

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DSM IV TR

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Apas Widely used for classifying mental disorders, fourth edition

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Anxiety disorders

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Disorders characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors to reduce anxiety

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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Continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

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Panic disorder

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An anxiety disorder in which a person randomly suffers from panic attacks

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Phobia

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Anxiety disorder marked by an irrational fear

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OCD

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Unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions

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PTSD

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Anxiety disorder caused by intense symptoms after traumatic experience

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Post traumatic growth

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Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with life crises

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Somatoform disorder

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Bodily symptoms without physical cause

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Conversion disorder

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Rare somatoform disorder which a person experiences genuine physical pain with no cause

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Hypochondriasis

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Person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

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Dissociative disorders

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Conscious awareness becomes separated

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DID

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Two or more altering personalities

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Mood disorder

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Emotional extremes

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Major depressive disorder

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Two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, etc

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Mania

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Hyperactive, wildly optimistic

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Bipolar disorder

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Alternating between depression and mania

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Personality disorders

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Inflexible enduring behavior functions that impair social functions

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Antisocial personality disorder

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Lack of conscious for wrongdoing

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