Unit 12 Vocab

Question 0

A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.

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Psychological disorder

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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.

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Medical model

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The American psychiatric associations diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fourth edition updated as a 2000 text revision; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

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DSM-IV-TR

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Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.

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Anxiety disorders

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An anxiety disorder in which 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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An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, chocking, or other frightening sensations.

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Panic disorder

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An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.

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Phobia

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An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts ( obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).

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Obsessive- compulsive disorder

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An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.

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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises.

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Post-traumatic growth

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Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic ( bodily ) form without apparent physical cause.

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Somatoform disorder

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A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

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Conversion disorder

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A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.

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Hypochondriasis

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Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.

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Dissociative disorders

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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.

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Dissociative identity disorder

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Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.

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Mood disorders

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A mood disorder in which a person experiences in the absence of drugs or a medical condition two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.

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Major depressive disorder

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Mood disorder marked by a hyperactive widely optimistic state.

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Mania

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A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania

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Bipolar disorder

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A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.

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Schizophrenia

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False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.

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Delusions

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Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.

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Personality disorders

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A personality disorder in which the person ( usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.

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Antisocial personality disorder