Chapter 16

Question 0

4 D’s

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Deviant, distressful, dangerous, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.

Question 1

Diathesis Stress Model

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A psychological theory that explains behavior as both a result of biological and genetic factors and life experiences.

Question 2

Psychological Disorder

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Persistently harmful throughs, feelings and actions.

Question 3

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AHDH)

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Disorder marked by the appearance of 1 or more of the 3 key symptoms. (Extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity) Usually around age 7

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Medical Model

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The concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured.

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DSM-IV

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The American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of a Mental disorders; widely used system for classifying disorders.

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Labeling Effect

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When labels can stigmatize a person by biasing others interpretations and perceptions of past and present behaviors by affecting the way people react to a labeled person.

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Anxiety Disorders

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Characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or mal adaptive behavior that reduces anxiety.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

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Disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.

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Panic Disorder

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Anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes do intense dread in which a person experiences terror. (Accompanying chest pain, choking, or other sensations)

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Phobia Disorder

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Anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of specific objects or situation.

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Agoraphobia

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A fear or avoidance of situations in which escape might be difficult or unavailable when panic strikes.

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Specific Phobia

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Fear of a specific object

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Social Phobia

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An intense fear of being scrutinized by others.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) or actions (compulsions).

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, and/or anxiety and insomnia that lingers after the traumatic experience.

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Dissociative Disorders

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Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous from memories, thoughts, and feelings.

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities.

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Mood Disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.

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Major Depressive Disorder

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A mood disorder in which a person experiences in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, 2 or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest in activities.

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Dysthymic Disorders

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A down-in-the-dumps mood that fills most of the day, nearly everyday, for 2 or more years.

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Mania

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A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.

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Bipolar Disorder

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A mood disorder in which the person alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.

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Schizophrenia

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A group of server disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.

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Delusions

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False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur that may accompany psychotic disorders.

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Hallucinations

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Sensory experience that occur without a sensory stimulus.

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Paranoid

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Preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations often with themes of persecution or grandiosity.

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Disorganized

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Disorganized speech or behavior or flat or inappropriate emotions.

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Catatonic

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Immobility, extreme negativism, and/or parrot-like repeating of another’s speech or movements.

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Personality Disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by influx able and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functions.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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A personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack do consciousness for wrong doing, even towards family and friends.