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Ch. 13
Psychological Disorders
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/30/2013

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Term

classifying psychological disorders

 

Definition
The American Psychiatric Association rendered a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (dsm) to describe psychological disorders
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DSM-IV-TR(text revision)
Definition
describes 400 psychological disorders compared to 60 in the 1950s
Term

 

deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional

Definition
when behavior is ......,.......,......... psychiatrists and psychologists label it as a disordered
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etiology

 

Definition
the cause
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Diagnosis
Definition
symptons
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Treatment
Definition
what you do to get better
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Prognosis

 

Definition
after treatment, is it curable, can you get better
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

 

Definition
constantly worried or agitated
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Panic Disorder
Definition
when you have short episodes of anxiety
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Phobias
Definition
irrational fears
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Obessesive-Compulsive Disorder
Definition
obsess and compulses over something they think is important
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Post - Traumatic Stress Disorder
Definition
Stress associated after a stressful event
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Understand Anxiety Disorders
Definition
conditioning themselves
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somatoform disorders
Definition
when somebody has a physical sympton but doctors cant find a biological cause
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Conversion Disorder

Definition
a sympton converted into something else
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Hypochondriasis
Definition
you think your always sick with a terrible disease
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
Definition
people who believe have different personalitys
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Major Depressive Disorder
Definition

5 symptons for more than 2 weeks

more common in women than men

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Bipolar Disorder
Definition
swing from depression to mania
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Understanding Mood Disorders
Definition
little connection between thoughts, actions, and reality
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Symptons Of Schizophrenia

 

Definition

disorganized and delusional thinking

little connection between thoughts, actions, and reality

Term

Understanding Schizophrenia

Positive Symptons

Definition
is when people have the presence of inappropriate behavior
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Understanding Schizophrenia

Negative Symptons

Definition

doesnt have the ablilty that helps them

 

not doing things your not supposed to do

 

losing the appropriate side of you

Term
Chronic Schizophrenia
Definition

slowly developing

recovery is not that great

demonstrate more negative behaviors

Term
Acute Schizophrenia
Definition

onset is a lot faster

cause a stressful event

recovery is most likely

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Antisocial Personality Disorder
Definition
the people dont have a conscience for doing horrible things
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