Psychological Disorders (Modules 47-52) Flashcards
A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognitions, emotion regulation, or behavior
Psychological Disorder
The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital
Medical Model
The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders
DSM-5
NSSI
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
“Above” or “in addition to” (epi) genetics; the study of the molecular mechanisms by which environments can influence genetic expression (without a DNA change)
Epigenetics
Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations; often followed by worry over a possible next attack
Panic Disorder
An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation
Specific Phobias
A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions), or both
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
A disorder 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
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
A psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause
Somatic Symptom Disorder
A disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease. (Formerly called hypochondriasis.)
Illness Anxiety Disorder
A disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drug use or a medical condition, two or more weeks with five or more symptoms, at least one of which must be either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure
Major Depressive Disorder
A group of disorders in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder.)
Bipolar Disorder
A hyperactive, wildly optimistic state in which dangerously poor judgment is common
Mania
Compulsive fretting; overthinking our problems and their causes
Rumination
A disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression
Schizophrenia
A group of disorders marked by irrational ideas, distorted perceptions, and a loss of contact with reality
Psychotic Disorder
A false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
Delusions
(Also called process schizophrenia) A form of schizophrenia in which symptoms usually appear by late adolescence or early adulthood. As people age, psychotic episodes last longer and recovery periods shorten
Chronic Schizophrenia
(Also called reactive schizophrenia) A form of schizophrenia that can begin at any age, frequently occurs in response to a traumatic event, and from which recovery is much more likely
Acute Schizophrenia
Controversial, rare disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative Disorders
A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating identities. (Formerly called multiple personality disorder)
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
