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| Proposes that is it useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease. Refers to abnormal behavior, mental illness, psychological disorder and psychopathy |
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| Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disotders (DSM-IV) |
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| A "multiaxial" system that asks for judgements about individuals on five seperate dimensions or "axes" |
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| A class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety |
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| Generalized anxiety disorder |
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| marked bya chronic, high level of anxiety that is no tited to any specific threat. More frequent in females than males |
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| marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger (anxiety disorder) |
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| Characterized by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly (anxiety disorder) |
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| A fear of going out to public places, a complication of panic disorder |
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| Obessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) |
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| Marked by a persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of unwanted thoughts (obsessive) and urges to engage in senseless rituals (compulsions). [Anxiety disorder} |
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| Posttaumatic Stress Disorder |
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| Involves enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event. [anxiety disorder] |
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| The primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, meaning that it sends signals to other cells that subdues them. This chemical messenger is known to aid in relacation and sleep and regular anxiety. Too little Gaba is associated with anxiety |
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| Genuine physical ailments caused in part by psychological factors, especiallly emotional distress. [Recorded on Axis I]. Ulcers, asthma and high blood pressure |
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| Physical ailments that cannot be fully explored by organic conditions and are largely due to psychological factors |
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| Marked by a history of diverse physical complaints that appear to be psychological in origin. Occurs mostly in women with anxiety & depression |
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| Characterized by a significant loss of physical function (with no apparent organic basis), usually in a single organ system |
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| Characterized by a significant loss of physical function (with no apparent organic basis), usually in a single organ system |
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| Hypochondriasis (hypochondria) |
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| Characterized by excessive preoccoptation with one's health and incessant warning about developin physical illness |
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| A class of disorders in which people lose contant with portions of their consciousness or memory, resulting in disruptions in their sense of identity. |
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| A sudden loss of memory for important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting. [Due to traumatic events] |
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| People lose their memory for heir entire lives along with their sense of personal identity[only related to identity. It can be due to excessive stress |
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| Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) |
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| Involves the coexistence in one person of two or more largely complete, and usually very different, personalities. Also known as multiple personality disorder |
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| A class of disorders marked by emotinal disturbances of varied kinds that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and though processes. [Bipolar and Unipolar disorders] |
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| False beliefs that are maintained even though they clearly are out of touch with reality |
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| Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia |
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| Involves behavioral deficits, such as flattened emotions, social withdrawl, apathy, imparied attention, and poverty of speech |
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| Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia |
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| Involves behaviorl excess or peculiarities, such as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of ideas. (Associated with better adjustmnt and great responsiveness to treatment) |
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| Marked by the experience of both depressed and manic periods |
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| Dominated by delusions of persecution, a long with delsuions of grandeur |
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| Marked by striking motor disturbsances; ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity |
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| Disorganized Schizophrenia |
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| A particulary severe deterioration of adaptive behavior is seen |
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| Undifferentiated Schizophrenia |
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| Marked by idiosyneratic mixtures of schizophrenic symptoms |
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| Anxiety that lacks a definite focus or content |
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| The study of psychological disorders |
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| A short-term condition that occurs when a person is unable to cope with, or adjust to, a particular source of stress, such as major life change, loss, or event. |
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