Psych disorders
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Delusions | False, persistent beliefs that are unsubstantiated by sensory or objective evidence -Retina |
| affect | Feeling or emotional response, particularly as suggested by facial expression and body language |
| Psychological disorders | Patterns of behavior or mental processes that are connected with emotional distress or significant impairment in functioning |
| DSM-IV-TR | Classification of disorders |
| Hallucination | Perception in the absence of sensory stimulation that is confused with reality - Auditory |
| Positive symptoms- schizo | Excessive and sometimes bizarre symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations, delusions and loose associations |
| Negative symptoms - schizo | Deficiencies among people with schizophrenia, such as flat affect, lack of motivation, loss of pleasure, and social withdrawal |
| Stupor -schizo | condition in which the senses, thought, and movement are dulled |
| Paranoid schizophrenia | characterized primarily by delusions - commonly of persecution and vivid hallucinations |
| disorganized schizo | characterized by disorganized delusions, vivid hallucinations and inappropriate affect |
| catatonic schizo | characterized by striking motor impairment |
| MDD Major depressive disorder | serious to severe depressive disorder in which the person may show loss of appetite, psychomotor retardation, and impaired reality testing |
| biopolar disorder | mood alternates between two extreme poles; manic and depression |
| Dysthymia | Chronic and severe depression for two or more years |
| specific phobia | irrational fears of specific objects or situations ie...spiders, heights |
| social phobia | persistent fears of scrutiny by others or doing something humiliating |
| agoraphobia | fear of being out of your house |
| Panic disorder | Abrupt attack of acute anxiety that isn't triggered by anything specific..... extreme attacks of anxiety |
| GAD - Generalized Anxiety disorder | Persistent anxiety. Feelings of dread and foreboding and sympathetic arousal |
| Obsession | Recurring thought or image that seems beyond control |
| compulsion | Irresistible urge to repeat an act or engage in ritualistic behavior such as hand washing |
| PTSD | Disorder that follows a distressing event outside |
| Conversion Disorder - Somatoform | characterized by major change in or loss of physical functioning, although no medical loss of functioning |
| Hypochondriasis - Somatoform | people insist that they are suffering from a serious physical illness, even though no medical evidence of illness can be found. |
| Body Dysmorphic disorder - somatoform | preoccupied with a fantasized or exaggerated physical defect in their appearance |
| Somatoform disorders | something that one focuses on; actual social and financial problems or ones body |
| Dissociative disorders | sudden, temporary changes in consciousness or self-identity |
| Dissociative fugue | abruptly leaves home or place of work and travels to another place, losing all memory of past life |
| Dissociative identity | Multiple personality |
| Paranoid Personaility | tendency to interpret other people's behavior as threatening or demeaning. Mistrustful of others and suspicious but can hold a job |
| schizotypal personality | peculiarities of thought, perception, or behavior, excessive fantasy and suspiciousness. Feelings of being unreal, or odd usage of words.... behaviors that characterize schizo are absent. |
| Borderline personality | instability in their relationships, self-image, and mood, and lack of control over impulses. uncertain of their values,, goals, loyalties, careers, choices of friends and even sexual orientations. |
| anti-social personality | show superficial charm and average in intelligence. Fail to learn to improve their behavior from punishment and don't form meaningful bonds with other people |
| Avoidant Personality | unwilling to enter a relationship without some assurance of acceptance because they fear rejection and criticism. |
| Paranoid | Suspicious, argumentative, paranoid, continually on the lookout for trickery and abuse, jealous, tendency to blame others; cold and humorless |
| Schizoid | few friends; 'loner' indifferent to praise and criticism of others, unable to form close relationships, takes little pleasure from activities; no warm feelings for other people |
| Histrionic | overly dramatic, attention seekers, easily angered, seductive, dependent on others, vain, shallow, and manipulative; displays intense, but often false emotions |
| Narcissistic | grandiose, crave admiration of others, extremely self-centered, fell they are privileged and special, expects favors from others; emotions are not erratic |
| Dependant | constantly needs assistance and reassurance, overly agreeable, can't make decisions, fears rejections, clings to relationships, fears separation; prone to depression and anxiety |
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