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false sensory experiences that may suggest mental disorder
hallucinations
any pattern of emotions, behaviors, or thoughts inappropriate to the situation and leading to personal distress or the inability to achieve important goals
psychopathology
extreme disorders of thinking, involving persistent false beliefs
delusions
a term referring to emotion or mood
affect
the view that mental disorders are diseases that, like ordinary physical diseases, have objective physical causes and require specific treatments
medical model
a psychological alternative to the medical model that views psychological disorder through a combination of the social, cognitive, and behavioral perspectives
social-cognitive-behavioral approach
classification system most widely accepted psychiatric in US
DSM-IV
label for subjective distress or self-defeating behavior that did not show signs of brain abnormalities or grossly irrational thinking
neurosis
a disorder involving profound disturbances in perception, rational thinking, or affect
psychosis
abnormal disturbances in emotion or mood
mood disorders
believed to be a form of depression caused by deprivation of sunlight
seasonal affective disorder
a mental abnormality involving swings of mood from mania to depression
bipolar disorder
mental problems characterized mainly by anxiety
anxiety disorders
a psychological problem characterized by persistent and pervasive feelings of anxiety, without any external cause
generalized anxiety disorder
a disturbance marked by panic attacks that have no obvious connection with events in the person’s present experience
panic disorder
a fear of public places and open spaces, commonly accompanying panic disorder
agoraphobia
