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4 D’s

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1) Deviant- different, extreme, usual from the “norm”
2) Distressful- unpleasant or upsetting to the person
3) Dysfunctional- disruptive to the person’s ability to conduct daily activities
4) Dangerous- threatening to the person’s well-being or to the safety of others

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Diathesis Stress Model

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A psychological theory that explains behavior as a result of biological and genetic factors, used to decided the the type of mental disorder, hereditary

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Psychological Disorder

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Deviant, distressful, dangerous, and dysfunctional behavior patterns - the 4 D’s

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Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of the three key symptoms; extreme in attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

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Medical Model

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Concept that diseases have physical causes which are diagnosable, treatable, and mostly curable.
In psychologically, assumes that mental illnesses can be diagnosed on bias of symptoms and cured through therapy

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DSM-V

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Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, used to provide more precise and consistent diagnosis for conditions

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Axis 1 in DSM Manual

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If there is a clinical syndrome present, associated with symptoms

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Axis 2 in DSM Manual

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A personality disorder or mental retardation (cognitive delay)

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Axis 3 In DSM Manual

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Medical condition involved along with psychological disorder, such as diabetes or hypertension

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Axis 4 is DSM Manual

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Environmental problems affecting a person

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Axis 5 in DSM Manual

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Breaks down how highly or lowly functions a person with psychological disorder is

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Labeling Effects

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Fear of other people knowing their condition because they do not want the way they are treated to be changed because of their diagnosis

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Anxiety Disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or unusual/bizarre behaviors to reduce anxiety

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General Anxiety Disorders (GAD)

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A person is continually tense, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal, formed and occurs in childhood, related to everyday life situations

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Panic Disorder

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Experiences a rush of panic, resulting in sudden feeling of terror and fear, extreme physical responses, feels like a heart attack

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Phobic Disorder

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Anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object of stimulation

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Agoraphobia

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Phobic disorder- have a fear or avoidance of situations in which escapee might be difficult or help is unavailable when panic strikes

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Specific Phobia

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Phobic Disorder- a fear of a specific object

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Social Phobia

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Phobic Disorder- intense fear of being scrutinized by others, may avoid speaking, eating out, going to parties, sweat, tremble, or experience diarrhea when doing so

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Person constantly has troubling thoughts, so they create specific habits to combat these thoughts, habits become troubling to person

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Occurs after someone has had a threat of physical harm or experienced such harm, may startle easily, has flashbacks, and triggers to bad experiences

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Dissociative Disorders

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Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities, a.k.a. Multiple personality disorder

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Mood disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. See major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder

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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, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

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Dysthymic Disorder

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Down in the dumps mood fills most of the day for nearly 2 years,
Suffer from chronic low energy and self-esteem, can still be social and live full lives but are sad

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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 the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Previously called manic-depression disorder)

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Schizophrenia

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A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
More dopamine in the system- causes hallucinations

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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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Believing that stimulus is affecting a person when none exists, most common comes in the form of hearing

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Paranoid

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Form of hallucination- preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity
Believing everyone wants your belongings

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Disorganized

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Form of hallucination- disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion

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Catatonic

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Form of hallucination- when people go into a rigid “statue” form and stays in that position for an extended time

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Personality disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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Antisocial Personality Disorders

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A personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, don’t understand guilt, empathy, remorse etc. even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist

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The learning (behavioral) perspective

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Fear conditioning leads to anxiety, anxiety then becomes a generalized stimulus

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Observational learning

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Fear or anxiety learned from observing others acting fearful of a certain stimulus

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Biological perspective

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Natural selection led ancestors to fear snakes and other dangerous things
Generalized anxiety, panic attacks and others result in the way circuits are linked within the brain

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Dissociative Amnesia

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The inability to recall important personal events and information
Similar to repression

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Dissociative Fuge

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Forgets the past but travels to a new location and may assume a new identity
Forget their personal identity, and creates a new one

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