final exam Flashcards
psychological disorder
abnormal thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
not simply being different from social norms
APA definition of a disorder (4 things)
- significant psychological disturbances
- reflecting biological, developmental, or psychological disfunction
- disturbances causing distress or disability
- disturbances not seen as expected or culturally approved
DSM content (4 things)
- overview of each disorder
- diagnostic criteria
- population believed to be effected
- risk factors associated with the disordere
comorbidity
suffering from one or more psychological disorder diagnosis
supernatural perspecitve
in the past, people believed that the strange behavior now known as disorders was due to black magic or demonic possession
biological perspective
mental disorders are due to a chemical imbalance, brain abnormality, or genetic factors
diathesis-stress model
disorders are presented after a biological factor meets a psychosocial factor
phobia
an extreme fear surrounding one specific thing
agoraphobia
the phobia regarding “the fear of the marketplace” meaning the person is afraid to be in situations that are difficult to escape in the event of a sudden panic attack
panic disorder
reoccurring and sudden panic attacks that occur at least once a month also accompanied by the constant fear of a panic attack
general anxiety disorder
a constant state of pointless, excessive, and uncontrollable worry and apprehension
OCD
obsessions accompanied by compulsions that are intrusive and unwanted
OCD conditioning
someone encounters something that causes anxiety or stress and they learn an action that can soothe this stress. here the stress triggers the obsession and the compulsion is conditioned response to the stress
PTSD
a traumatic event leads to stress surrounding stimulus involving that event
flashbacks
occurs in those who suffer from PTSD. intrusive memories of the event, almost as though it is being relived, triggered by a stimulus connected to the initial trauma
mood disorders
unstable or unpredictable disturbances in mood patterns and emotions
major depressive disorder
a somewhat constant state of depression and loss of pleasure in previously pleasured activities
major depressive subtypes
postpartum depression, seasonal depression, chronic or persistent depression
anxiety disorders
phobias, panic disorder, general anxiety disorder
mood disorders
major depressive, bipolar disorder
schizophrenia
devastatingly major disturbances in thought, emotion, perception, and behavior
pinel
reformed the treatment of mental patients by encouraging asylums to unchain them and provide them with talk therapy
dix
brought attention to the underfunded and underregulated treatment and abuse of mental patients
Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act
an act passed by JFK that shut down large asylums and improved the patients treatment to be local, personal, and humane
