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any behavior or emotional state that causes a person great
suffering, is self-destructive, seriously impairs the persons ability to work or get
along with others, or endangers others or the community |
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| Areas of Psychology concerned with abnormal behavior |
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Clinical psychology
o Psychiatry
o Psychotherapy |
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mental disorders can be defined differently depending on
the people doing the defining |
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mental disorders can be defined differently depending on
the people doing the defining |
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legal distinction, ability to comprehend whether they know
what's going on |
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diagnostic and statistical manual: the standard reference manual
used to diagnose all mental disorders |
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disorders that create a general state of apprehension or
psychological tension |
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| Posttraumatic stress disorder: |
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a person who has experienced a
traumatic or life threatening event has sYmptoms such as psychic
numbing, reliving of trauma, and increased psychological arousal |
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an exaggerated, unrealistic fear of a specific activity,
situation, or object |
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a person feels trapped in repetitive, persistent thoughts and
repetitive, ritualized behaviors designed to reduce anxiety |
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disturbances in mood ranging from extreme depression to
extreme mania |
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a mood disorder involving disturbances in
emotion, behavior, cognition, and body function |
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a mood disorder in which episodes of both
depression and mania occur |
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rigid personality patterns that cause personal
distress or an inability to get along with others |
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| Narcissistic Personality disorder |
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a disorder characterized by an
exaggerated sense of self-importance and self-absorption (think of
the myth) |
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| Paranoid Personality disorder |
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a disorder characterized by
unreasonable, excessive suspiciousness and mistrust, and irrational
feelings of being persecuted by others |
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| Antisocial personality disorder |
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a disorder characterized by
antisocial behavior such as lying, stealing, manipulating others,
and sometimes violence; and a lack of quilt, shame and empathy |
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| Dissociative identity disorder: |
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also known as multiple personality
disorder |
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psychotic disorder or group of disorders marked by
positive sYmptoms (delusions, hallucinations, disorganized and incoherent
speech, and inappropriate behavior) and negative sYmptoms (emotional
flatness and loss of motivation) |
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