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Modules 47-51 Disorders Flashcards

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abnormal behavior that causes serious personal suffering or interferes with the ability to cope with everyday life

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psychological disorders

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what are the 3 criteria of abnormal behavior

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deviance, maladaptive, and personal distress

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when it is deviant from the norm

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deviance behavior

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when it impairs the ability to function adequately in life

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maladaptive behavior

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when you have feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and guilt

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personal distress

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what item is used to diagnose disorders?

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DSM-IV

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general state of uneasiness that is felt in response to an imagined danger

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anxiety

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cause of a phobic disorder

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traumatic experience that’s learned

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example of a phobic disorder

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fear of being tickled

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treatment of phobic disorders

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hypnosis, flooding, and more

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what does GAD disorder stand for?

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generalized anxiety disorder

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when the fight or flight system won’t stop

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GAD disorder

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what triggers a panic disorder?

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GAD disorder

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episode of severe anxiety

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panic disorder

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persistent unwanted thoughts that cause someone to compulsively do things

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obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

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flashbacks or nightmares due to an involvement in or observation of an extremely stressful event

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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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separation of a certain personality component from conscious thought because of the unconscious

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dissociation

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psychological trauma that disrupts memory

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dissociative amnesia

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when you forget who you are and find yourself in unfamiliar environments

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dissociative fugue

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multiple personality disorder when you make different personalities to deal with different anxious, stressful events

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dissociative identity disorder

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psychological distress through physical symptoms (it’s all in your head)

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somatiziation

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severe physical problems with no biological reason like blindness or paralysis

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conversion disorder (hysteria)

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belief that minor issues are more severe then they actually are

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hypochondriac

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distressing but you can still function in society and act rationally

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neurotic disorders

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loses contact with reality and experiences are distorted

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psychotic disorders

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an individual will make themselves sick or injured for attention

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munchausen’s disorder

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an individual will make someone sick for attention

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munchausen’s disorder by proxy

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self harming in an attempt to have control of one’s life

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self-mutilation

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altered view of one’s body

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body dysmorphia

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being unhappy for more than 2 weeks with no cause

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major depression

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involves periods of depression and manic depression where you engage in risky behavior during manic depression

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bipolar disorder

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depression during winter months, based on appearance of light

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seasonal affective disorder

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when you interpret the actions of others as threatening

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paranoid personality disorder

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you have a pervasive disregard for, and violate of, the rights of others in need for control and power over others

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antisocial personality disorder

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pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, and observable emotions

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borderline personality disorder

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displays excessive emotional and attention seeking in various situations

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histrionic personality disorder

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a need for admiration, lack of empathy, and very demanding in relationships

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narcissistic personality disorder

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loss of contact with reality- often leads to inability to function independently

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schizophrenia

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whats the cause of schizophrenia

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excess amount of dopamine

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symptoms of schizophrenia

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disorganized thinking, delusions, disturbed perceptions, inappropriate emotions, and actions

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positive vs. negative symptoms

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disorganized, paranoid, catatonic, and undifferentiated

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parrot like copying someones speech

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catatonic

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a study to see if psychiatrists could distinguish those who have schizophrenia and those who don’t

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rosenhan

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unable to let go of anything

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hoarding

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those who like to set fires

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pyro impulse control disorder

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those who like to steal things

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klepto impulse control disorder

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those who can’t keep themselves from having or wanting to have sex

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nyphomania impulse control disorder

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sexual urges you can’t control

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paraphilias

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