Pathology Flashcards
DSM 5
the disorder manual
GAD
a person is, for no obvious reason, continually tense and uneasy
Panic disorder
a person experiences panic attacks—sudden episodes of intense dread—and fears the next attack
Phobias
a person is intensely and irrationally afraid of something.
OCD
a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions), or both.
PTSD
characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.
somatic symptom disorder
a psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause.
illness anxiety
fear of getting sick
major depressive disorder
depression
bipolar
mania and depressive episodes
schizophrenia
a break in reality
delusions
a false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
psychotic disorders
a group of disorders marked by irrational ideas, distorted perceptions, and a loss of contact with reality
