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Psychological Disorder
A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior.
ADHD
a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms; extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
Medical Model
the 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.
Anxiety Disorder
psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Generalized Anxiety disorder.
an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
Panic disorder
an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes long episodes of intense dred in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations. often followed by worry over a possible next attack.
Phobia
an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.
OCD
a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)
PTSD
a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.
Posttraumatic growth
positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises.
Mood disorders
psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.
Major depressive disorder
a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or another medical condition, two or more weeks with five or more symptoms, at least one of which must be either 1) depressed mood or 2) loss of interest or pleasure.
Mania
a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.
Bipolar disorder
a mood disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
Schizophrenia
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression.
Psychosis
a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions.
Delusions
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.
dissociative disorders
disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.
Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.
Anorexia Nervosa
an eating disorder in which a person maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight.
bulimia nervosa
a eating disorder in which a person alternates binge eating with purging or fasting
Binge-eating disorder
significant binge- eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging or fasting that marks bulimia nervosa.
Personality disorders
psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.
antisocial personality disorder
a personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.
How should we draw the line between normality and disorder?
according to psychologists and psychiatrists, psychological disorders are marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior.
Why is there some controversy over ADHD?
whether the growing number of ADHD cases reflects over-diagnosis or increased awareness of the disorder. long-term effects of stimulant-drug treatment for ADHD are not yet known.
How do the medical model and the biopsychosocial approach understand psychological disorders?
the medical model assumes that psychological disorders are mental illnesses with physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured. the biopsychosocial perspective assumes that 3 sets of influences, biological, psychological, and social-cultural, interact to produce specific psychological disorders.
How and why do clinicians classify psychological disorders?
the DSM-5 contains diagnostic labels and descriptions that provide a common language and shared concepts for communication and research. some critics believe the DSM editions have become too detailed and extensive.
Why do some psychologists criticize the use of diagnostic labels?
they view it as arbitrary labels that create preconceptions which bias perceptions of the labeled person's past and resent behavior. on such label, "insanity" raises moral and ethical questions about whether society should hold people with disorders responsible for their violent actions. most people with disorders are non-violent and are more likely to be victims than attackers.
What are the different Anxiety disorders?
Anxious feelings and behaviors are classified as an anxiety disorder only when they form a pattern of distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.
How do the learning and biological perspectives explain anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD?
the learning perspective views anxiety disorders as a product of fear conditioning, stimulus generalization, fearful-behavior reinforcement, and observational learning of others' fears and cognition. The biological perspective considers the role that fear of life-threatening animals, objects or situations played in natural selection and evolution; genetic predisposition for high levels of emotional reactivity and neurotransmitter production; and abnormal responses in the brain's fear circuits.
How do major depressive disorder differ from bipolar disorder?
A person with major depressive disorder experiences two or more weeks of seriously depressed moods and feelings of worthlessness, and takes little interest in, and derives little pleasure from, most activities. a person with the less common condition of bipolar disorder experiences not only depression but also mania
How do the biological and social-cognitive perspectives explain mood disorders?
The biological perspective on depression focuses on genetic predispositions and on abnormalities in brain structures and function. the social-cognitive perspective views depression as an ongoing cycle of stressful experiences leading to negative moods and actions and fueling new stressful experiences.
What factors affect suicide and self-injuring?
suicide rates differ by nation, race, gender, age group, income, religious involvement, marital status, and social support structure.
What are some of the important warning signs to watch for in suicide prevention efforts?
Forewarnings of suicide may include verbal hints, giving away possessions, withdrawal, preoccupation with death, and discussing ones own suicide.
What are patterns of thinking, perceiving, and feeling characterize schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a group of disorders that typically strike during late adolescence, affect men very slightly more than women, and seem to occur in all cultures.
how do chronic and acute schizophrenia differ?
Schizophrenia symptoms may be positive ( the presence of inappropriate behaviors) or negative (the absence of appropriate behaviors). In chronic schizophrenia, the disorder develops gradually and recovery is doubtful. in acute schizophrenia, the onset is sudden, in reaction to stress and the prospects for recovery are brighter.
How do brain abnormalities and viral infections help explain schizophrenia ?
people with schizophrenia have increased dopamine receptors, which may intensify brain signals, creating positive symptoms of hallucinations and paranoia. Brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia include enlarged, fluid filled cerebral cavities and corresponding decreases in the cortex.
are there genetic influences on schizophrenia?
twin and adoption studies indicate that the predisposition to schizophrenia is inherited, and environmental factors influence gene expression to enable this disorder, which is found world wide. No environmental causes invariably produce schizophrenia.
What factors may be early warning signs of schizophrenia in children?
possible early warning signs of later development of schizophrenia include both biological factors (a mother with severe and long lasting schizophrenia; oxygen deprivation and low weight at birth; short attention span and poor muscle coordination) as well as psychological factors ( disruptive or withdrawn behavior; emotional unpredictability; poor peer relations and solo play)
Why are dissociative disorders so controversial?
skeptics note that dissociative identity disorder, increased dramatially in the late twentieth century, that it is rarely found outside North America, and that it may reflect role-playing by people who are vulnerable to therapists' suggestions. others view this disorder as a manifestation of feelings of anxiety, or as a response learned when behaviors are reinforced by anxiety-reduction.
How do anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder demonstrate the influence of psychological forces?
in these eating disorders, psychological factors may overwhelm the homeostatic drive to maintain a balanced internal state.
what are the 3 clusters of personality disorders?
1)Anxiety
2) eccentric or odd
behaviors
3) dramatic or impulsive behaviors
what behaviors and brain activity characterize the antisocial personality?
Genetic predispositions may interact with the environment to produce the alternated brain activity associated with antisocial personality disorder.
How many people suffer, or have suffered, from a psychological disorder?
psychological disorder rates vary, depending on the time and place of the survey. in one multinational survey, rates for any disorder ranged from less than 5 % to more than 25%.
Is poverty a risk factor?
yes, conditons and experiences associated with poverty contribute to the development of psychological disorders. but some disorders, such as schizophrenia, can drive people into poverty.
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