Chapter VII Flashcards
Acute Stress Disorder
A short-lived anxiety reaction to a traumatic event and if it lasts more than a month, it becomes PTSD
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
A somatoform disorder in which the person is preoccupied with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance
Compulsion
Irresistible impulse to repeat an irrational act or thought over and over again
Hoarding Disorder
Disorder in which the person has a compulsive need to acquire objects and has difficulties getting rid of them
Obsession
Intrusive and recurring thought that seems irrational and uncontrollable to the person experience it
Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder in which the mind is flooded with persistent and uncontrollable thoughts or repeating certain acts again and again that can cause distress and interfere with day to day functioning
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Anxiety Disorder where a stressful event brings in aftermath intrusive re-experiecing of the trauma and tend to have nightmares, recurrent dreams and problems sleeping
Yedasentience
Knowing one has achieved closure on an action or thought and it is theorized to be deficient among person with OCD