Unit 12 Flashcards

1
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Patterns of thoughts, feelings or desires that are deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional

A

Psychological disorder

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2
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Extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

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ADHD

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3
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Psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and cured with treatment in the hospital

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Medical Model

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4
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Distressed but can think and function rationally

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Neurotic disorder

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5
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Loses contact with reality, irrational ideas and distorted perceptions

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Psychotic disorder

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6
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System used to diagnose and classify psychological disorders

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DSM-V

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7
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Distressing, persistent anxiety or dysfunctional anxiety reducing behavior

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Anxiety disorder

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8
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A person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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9
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Unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread and behavior

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Panic disorder

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10
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Persistent, irrational fear of and avoidance of a specific object, activity or situation

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Phobia

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11
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Fear of avoidance of situations in which escape might be hard or unavailable

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Agoraphobia

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12
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Positive psychological changes after facing challenges and life crisis

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Post traumatic growth

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13
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An accumulation of supplies that are hidden from others

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Hoarding

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14
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Thoughts

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Obsessions

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15
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Repetitive behavior

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Compulsion

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16
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Unwanted repetitive thoughts or actions

17
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Haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawl, jumpy anxiety, and insomnia that happens after a traumatic experience

18
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Flight from identity accompanies amnesia

19
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Symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause

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Somatic disorder

20
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Person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

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Conversion disorder

21
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A person interprets a normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

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Hypochondriasis (illness anxiety disorder)

22
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Conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

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Dissociative disorder

23
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Person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities

A

Dissociative identity disorder

24
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Person experiences without drugs a feeling of depressed moods, worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in activities

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Major depressive disorder

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Mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
Mania
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The person alternates between lethargy of depression and hopelessness and overexcited state of mania
Bipolar disorder
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Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes
Mood disorders
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False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
Delusions
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A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate thoughts and actions
Schizophrenia
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Remaining motionless for hours and then become agitated
Catatonia
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Severe reduction in emotional expressiveness
Flat affect
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Inflexible and enduring behavior that impair social functioning
Personality disorder
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The person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing even towards family and friends
Antisocial personality disorder