Psychological Disorders (4) Flashcards
Anxiety Disorders
Marked by psychological arousal, feeling of tension, and intense apprehension without apparent reason
Examples of Anxiety Disorders
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Panic disorder
- Phobias
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Individual feels anxious and worried most of the time for at least six months when not threatened by any specific danger or object
- Threat and danger are imaginary
Panic Disorder
sufferers experience unexpected, severe panic attacks that begin with a feeling of intense apprehension, fear, or terror
The Indicators of Panic Disorder Are
similar to those of generalized anxiety disorder, except they are greatly magnified and usually have a sudden onset
Phobias
A persistent and irrational fear (of a specific object, activity, or situation) that is excessive and unreasonable
Two Major Categories of Phobias:
- Social phobia
- Specific phobia
Social Phobia
A persistent, irrational fear that arises in anticipation of a public situation, where an individual can be observed by others
Specific Phobias
phobias that occur in response to specific types of objects or situations
Agoraphobia
- an extreme fear of being in situations from which escape may be difficult or;
- avoiding places/situations that might cause panic + feelings of being trapped, helpless, embarrassed
- A form of situational type of specific phobias
Obsessions
thoughts, images, or impulses that recur or persist despite a person’s efforts to suppress them
Compulsions
repetitive and purposeful acts performed according to certain rules or in a ritualized manner in response to an obsession
OCPD
- defined by strict adherence to orderliness, control, and perfectionism
- personality disorder
OCD
- individuals constantly suffer from frequent, upsetting thoughts in a loop
- anxiety disorder
PTSD
characterized by the persistent re-experience of traumatic events through distressing recollections, dreams, hallucinations, dissociative flashbacks
Criteria For PTSD
- Depersonalization
- Derealization
Depersonalization
- persistent/recurrent experiences of feeling detached from oneself
- feeling as if oneself is not real
Derealization
- persistent or recurrent experiences of unreality of surroundings
- feeling as if the world is not real
Dissociative Disorder
a disturbance in the integration of identity, memory, or consciousness
The Five Core Components of Dissociative Disorders:
- Derealization
- Depersonalization
- Identity alteration
- Identity confusion
- Amnesia
Dissociative Amnesia
The inability to remember important personal experiences, caused by psychological factors in the absence of any organic dysfunction
Dissociation Fugue
- amnesic state that involves unexpected departure from one’s customary surroundings, the assumption of a new identity and an inability to recall or remember one’s previous identity
- The fugue state usually ends when the people abruptly wakes up to find themselves in an unknown place
Dissociative Identity
a dissociative mental disorder in which two or more distinct personalities exist within the same individual; formerly known as multiple personality disorder
