Diagnosing Mental Disorder Flashcards
If you interact with Scott briefly, you might think that he is normal. However, since he told you about the government’s plot against him and how he was going to be rescued by some alient friends, you have started to suspect that Scott may have a psychological disorder.
Schizophrenia with paranoid delusions
Matthew, although a good-looking guy, is so preoccupied with what he thinks is his large, unsightly nose that he is unable to realistically evaluate his own looks and often talks with his hands in front of his face. He talks about wanting to have plastic surgery.
Body dismorphic disorder
As a baby, Charlie resisted being held and showed no interest in human stimulation. Usually passive, he sometimes played with his wind-up toys but did not respond to his name being called and showed outbursts of anger if someone moved even one of his toy cars from where he had placed it.
Autistic Disorder
Shannon’s moods seem to swing abruptly and she often seems unable to control her impulses. She has had many sexual encounters and often complains of boredom and loneliness though she is seldom alone and is often caught up in very intense, stormy relationships. Her friends are on edge around her because of her Jekyll-and-Hyde-type behaviour.
Borderline personality disorder
Emmit, who just suffered a serious knee injury, cannot under an MRI, which he needs, because he has an irrational fear of narrow, enclosed places.
Specific Phobia - claustrophobia
Frank awoke one morning and suddenly realized that he had another name and a family in another state. He had no idea how he came to be living in his present life.
Dissociative Fugue
Although Karina was not personally injured in the earthquake, the experience was a terrifying one and her house was badly damaged. She has frequent nightmares about earthquakes, and even when awake she stometimes gets flashes as if she’s reliving the experience. The slightest noise or movement around her causes her heart to pound rapidly.
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Roger loves to go to the mall on Saturdays, when it is most crowded, because there are lost of opportunities for him to rub up against women without them knowing it. Few activities make Roger as sexually aroused as this one.
Frotteurism
Although Elaine is a kind, considerate person, she has trouble making decisions by herself. She leans heavily on her friends and family for advice, even for seemingly trivial decisions.
Dependent personality disorder
While teacher her class one day, Theresa suddenly begins having difficulty breathing. Her heart starts pounding wildly, and she feels weak and dizzy. She feels as if she’s having a heart attak and is honestly afraid that she’s going to die in the next minute or two. (Assume she is not having a heart attack).
Panick Attack/Disorder
Although Jack is enjoring watching the football game, he feels oddly detached, as though he is watching himself and his actions from outside of his own body. Because this happened several times recently, Jack is startled for fear that he will totally lose control of his thoughts and behaviour.
Depersonalization disorder
Sarah has an unrealistic fear of shopping in crowded stores and walking through crowded streets. She has begun to spend more and more time at home alone in order to avoid the panicky feeling she gets when she goes out in public.
Agoraphobia
Sam’s friends are starting to worry about him. Normally energetic and fun-loving. Sam has become withdrawn and sullen. He has lost weight, is constantly tired, and hasn’t been showing up to lacrosse practice or to his fraternity meetings. In his conversations with others, he expresses feelings of doubt and unworthiness, and seems to be entertaining suicidal thoughts.
Major depression
Because Amy feels “dirty” a lot of the time, she spends much of her day at the sink, washing and rewashing her hands hundreds of times until they are red and raw.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Joan has seen several specialists and undergone numerous diagnostic tests to determine the cause of her recurring headaches and episodes of dizziness. The doctors are perplexed and cannot seem to find any physiological cause for Joan’s symptoms.
Somatic symptom disorder
