Chapter 16 Psychological Disorders

Question 1

The 4 D’s

Answer 1

Deviant, distressful, dangerous, and dysfunctional behavioral patterns.

Question 2

DSM V

Answer 2

Book to help make more precise and consistent diagnosis

Question 3

Anxiety

Answer 3

A vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger.

Question 4

Phobic disorder

Answer 4

Intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation

Question 5

Specific phobia

Answer 5

Fear Focused on almost anything

Question 6

Agoraphobia

Answer 6

Extreme fear of being in a public place

Question 7

Social phobia

Answer 7

Fear that you will embarrass yourself in public

Question 8

Panic disorder

Answer 8

An anxiety disorder that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks

Question 9

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Answer 9

Experiencing anxiety from thinking the Sami thing over and over again and repeatedly performing irrational actions

Question 10

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Answer 10

Disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks

Question 11

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

Answer 11

An anxiety disorder in which a person is continuously tense, apprehensive, and cannot identify the source of the tension.

Question 12

Somatoform disorder

Answer 12

Physical symptoms for which there is no apparent physical cause

Question 13

Conversion disorder

Answer 13

Changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function

Question 14

Hypochondriasis

Answer 14

A person who is in good health become preoccupied with imaginary ailments. Spends a lot of time looking for signs of serious illness.

Question 15

Dissociative disorder

Answer 15

A disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness

Question 16

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 16

The inability to recall important personal events or information, is usually associated with stressful events

Question 17

Dissociative identity disorder

Answer 17

A person exhibits two or more personality states, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving

Question 18

Schizophrenia

Answer 18

A group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions

Question 19

Delusions

Answer 19

A false belief that a person maintains it he face of contrary evidence

Question 20

Hallucinations

Answer 20

Perceptions that have no direct external cause

Question 21

Major depressive disorder

Answer 21

Severe form of depression that interferes with functioning, concentration, and mental and psychical well being

Question 22

Bipolar disorder

Answer 22

Disorder in which an individual alternates between feelings of mania and depression

Question 23

Seasonal affective disorder

Answer 23

Developing a deep depression in the middle of winter

Question 24

Personality disorders

Answer 24

Maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with toners and ones environment

Question 25

Antisocial personality

Answer 25

A personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience