Chapter 14-Psychological Disorders Flashcards
3 factors of disorders
Distress
Disability
Danger
Psychological Disorder
Presence of constellation of symptoms that create significant distress or impair work, school, family, relationships or daily living
Categorizing Disorders
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5)
Checklist of emotions
1952, 1975, 1980, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2013
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Character sized by a constant state of anxiety not linked to an identifiable source.
Panic Disorder
Characterized by sudden and intense rushes of anxiety without an apparent reason
Anxiety Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder OCD- persistent thoughts and the need to perform repetitive facts 2%
Obsession (constant, ritual)
Compulsion *checking *washing *ordering
Phobic Disorder
characterized by intense and irrational fear
Agoraphobia
Fear or not being able to leave a situation
Howard Hughes
investor, aviator, engineer, film maker, philanthropist
Post traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
traumatic event symptoms -reexperince event -avoid and emotional numbing heightened arousal 8%