Ch. 15 Psychological Disorders
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carolynbpayne on April 30, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Critera for abnormality | Deviance: how far a behavior or emotion strays from social norms; unusual or disturbing enough to be in violation of social norms; not very concrete Distress: personal suffering; considered abnormal if psychological problems are severe enough to require treatment Dysfunction: having difficulty fulfilling roles in your life |
| Practical approach | combination of all the criteria, also examining context |
| Somatoform disorder | a disorder that doesn't appear to have any physical cause |
| Conversion disorder | person appears to be blind, deaf, paralyzed, etc. |
| Somatization disorder | dramatic but VAGUE reports of multiple problems with verifiable illness |
| Somatoform pain disorder | SPECIFIC pain described, but with no physical cause |
| Dissociative disorder | rare conditions involving sudden, usually temporary disruptions in a person's memory, consciousness, or identity |
| Fugue reaction | a dissociative disorder; sudden loss of memory and possibly the assumption of an entirely new identity |
| Dissociative amnesia | sudden loss of memory about personal information, but the person does not leave home/assume new identity |
| Dissociative identity disorder | multiple personality disorder; appears to have more than one identity; each personality with its own memories, wishes, impulses |
| Affective disorder | condition in which a person experiences extreme moods, such as depression or mania |
| Bipolar I | manic episodes may alternate with periods of deep depression with possible periods of relative normalcy |
| Bipolar II | less severe manic phases with episodes of major depression |
| Hypomania | less severe manic episodes than seen in bipolar I |
| Cyclothymic disorder | slightly more common than bipolar disorder; involves episodes of depression and mania, less extreme than bipolar |
| 5 subtypes of schizophrenia | Paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, residual |
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