chapter 14
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pyschological disorder | deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns |
| attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) | appears by age 7 with three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity |
| medical model | concept that diseases in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital |
| DSM-IV-TR | widely used system for classifying psychological disorders |
| anxiety disorder | characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |
| generalized anxiety disorder | anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal |
| panic disorder | unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations |
| phobia | anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation |
| obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | unwanted repetitive thoughts and or actions |
| post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience |
| post-traumatic growth | positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises |
| sonatoform disorder | symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause |
| conversion disorder | rare somataoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found |
| hypochondriasis | somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease |
| dissociative disorder | conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings |
| dissociative identity disorder (DID) | rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities |
| mood disorders | emotional extremes |
| major depressive disorder | mood disorder: feeling depressed, worthlessness, diminished interest or pleasure in most activities |
| mania | marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state |
| bipolar disorder | person alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and overexcited state of mania |
| schizophrenia | disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions and actions |
| delusions | false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders |
| personality disorders | inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning |
| antisocial personality disorder | exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing |
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