Psychological Disorders Flashcards

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What are the 6 major categories of psychological disorders?

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Anxiety Disorder
Mood Disorder
Schizophrenia 
Substance-Related Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Personality Disorders
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List the 4 criteria for identifying abnormal behavior:

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Statistical Infrequency
Disability
Dysfunction
Personal Distress
Violation of norms
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3
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Symptoms of Depression:

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Frequent and Intense sad affects
Decreased enjoyment
Anxiety 
Difficulty Concentrating 
Lack of energy
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7 Psychological Perspectives of Abnormal Behavior:

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Sociocultural (problems reflect cultural values & beliefs)
Behavioral (Inappropriate conditioning and modeling)
Evolutionary (exaggerated form of adaptive reaction)
Humanistic (block personal growth)
Cognitive (faulty thinking)
Biological (problems with brain function, genetics, predisposition, biochemistry)
Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic (unconscious unresolved conflict)

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Abnormal Behavior

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Patterns of emotion, thought, and action considered
pathological (diseased or disordered) for one or more of four reasons: statistical infrequency, disability or dysfunction, personal distress, or violation of norms

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Psychosis

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Serious mental disorders characterized by extreme mental disruption and defective or lost contact with reality

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Insanity

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A legal term is applied when people cannot be held responsible for their actions, or are judged incompetent to manage their own affairs, because of mental illness.

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