Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Has extreme inattention and hyperactivity and impulsivity (appearance around age 7)

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ADHD

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A behavior must be deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional

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Psychological Disorder

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All psychological illnesses can be diagnosed, treated, and cured with medicine and psychiatry

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Medical Model

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Short for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - it provides a widely used classification system for disorders

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DSM-IV

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Involve distressing, persistent, anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

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Anxiety Disorders

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Person is continually tense, apprehensive for no apparent reason

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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An episode of intense dread and dizziness/choking/chest pain. An escalation of the anxiety

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Panic disorder

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An anxiety disorder in which a person has a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation

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Phobia

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And anxiety disorder in which the person experiences uncontrollable and repetitive thoughts

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OCD

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Anxiety characterized by haunting memories, social withdrawals, nightmares following a traumatic experience #AmericanSniper

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Involve a separation of conscious awareness from ones previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

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Dissociative disorders

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A dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities

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Dissociative identity disorder

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A mood disorder that occurs when a person exhibits the lethargy and other depression characteristics for 2 or more weeks for no discernible reason. Also known as the “common cold”

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Major depressive disorder

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Wildly optimistic, euphoric, hyperactive state that alternates with depression. In bipolar disorder

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Mania

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Mood disorder where people swings between depression and euphoria/manic states

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Bipolar disorder

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Group of severe disorders where symptoms include disorganized, delusional thinkin, inappropriate emotions or actions, and disturbed perceptions

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Schizophrenia

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False beliefs that are symptoms of psychotic disorders

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Personality disorders

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A disorder where the person is aggressive, ruthless, and shows no sign of conscience that would inhibit wrongdoing

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Antisocial personality disorder

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They are characterized by the inflexible and enduring maladaptive characteristic traits that impair social functioning

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Personality Disorders

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Characterized by emotional extremes

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Mood disorders

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Deviant, distrustful, dysfunctional, dangerous

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4 D’s

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When labels can stigmatize a person by biasing a persons interpretation of that labeled person

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Labeling Effect