Week 12-Personality Disorders

Question 1

Psychopathology (mental illness) is often seen as

Answer 1

a failure of
adaptation to the environment (maladaptive behaviour)

Question 2

Diagnosis:

Answer 2

• The art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms

Question 3

DSM

Answer 3

DSM has grown in scope to become a major system of classification
and diagnosis of mental disorders.

Question 4

DSM ONLY focuses on

Answer 4

signs and symptoms, not on underlying
causes or explanations which are often significant to individuals and
also to treatment.

Question 4

Mental disorder defense

Answer 4

• Legal defense proposing that people shouldn’t be held legally responsible for
  their actions if they weren’t of “sound mind” when committing them

Question 5

Anxiety disorders

Answer 5

A cluster of mental disorders involving excessive anxiety
* What separates anxiety disorders from other forms of anxiety is a
combination of an unjustifiable degree, duration, and source of
anxiety.

Question 6

AD symptoms

Answer 6

Feel tense, on edge, tired, irritable, have difficulty
concentrating/sleeping.
* Symptoms - trembling, palpitations, sweating, dizziness, nausea,
diarrhea, frequent urination

Question 7

OCD

Answer 7

• Distressing, maladaptive focus on details and control, perfectionist-like

Question 8

Agoraphobia:

Answer 8

• Fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or
  embarrassing, or in which help is unavailable in the event of a panic
  attack

Question 9

IS PATH WARM?

Answer 9

I Ideation
S Substance Abuse
P Purposelessness
A Anxiety
T Trapped
H Hopelessness
W Withdrawal
A Anger
R Recklessness
M Mood Changes