Unit 8A: Abnormal Psych (Disorders)

Question 1

DSM-V

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Answer 1

Contains classifications and diagnostic criteria (symptoms) for all disorders

Question 2

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Answer 2

A disorder characterized by extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity at age 7

Question 3

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 3

Group of disorders characterized by destress, persistent anxiety, or maladaptive behavior that reduce anxiety

Question 4

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Answer 4

an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous arousal.

Question 5

Panic Disorder

Answer 5

an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minute-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking or other frightening sensations. (Panic Attacks are temporary)

Question 6

Phobia

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an anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a SPECIFIC object or situation.

Question 7

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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an anxiety disorder characterized b unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)

Question 8

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Mood Disorders

Answer 9

A category of disorders characterized by emotional extremes

Question 10

Schizophrenia

Answer 10

disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions (hearing voices), and inappropriate emotions and actions.

Question 11

Delusions

Answer 11

False beliefs

• delusions of grandeur (greatness)- a person who thinks of themselves too highly
• delusions of persecution- believes someone is out to get them

Question 12

Personality Disorders

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a category of disorders characterized by behavior patterns that impair social functioning.

Question 13

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Major Depressive Disorder

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

Mania

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a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. (The opposite of depression)

Question 16

Bipolar Disorder

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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.

Question 17

Dissociative Disorders

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disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.

Question 18

Dissociative Identity Disorder

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

Question 19

Dissociative Amnesia

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Disorder in which a person forgets a traumatic event or memory

Question 20

Dissociative Fugue

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Disorder where a person erases their entire identity in an attempt to “start over”

Question 21

Somatic Disorders

Answer 21

disorders that have bodily (physical) symptoms

Question 22

Conversion Disorder

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a disorder where a person has physical symptoms (numbness/blindness) but no physical cause

Question 23

Illness Anxiety Disorder

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A disorder where a person overexaggerates normal or small symptoms as a potential larger disease.

Question 24

Persistent Depressive Disorder

Answer 24

Less severe form of depression (symptoms are not as bad), but lasts much longer

Question 25

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

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Disorder where a person develops symptoms of depression based on the season of the year (usually winter)