Chapter 16: Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Psychological Disorder

Answer 1

deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.

Question 2

Medical Management

Answer 2

The combination of medication and psychotherapy while focusing on the patient’s physical and emotional health.

Question 3

Bio-psycho-social Perspective

Answer 3

an integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis.

Question 4

DSM-IV

Answer 4

the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a widley used system for classifying psychological disorders.

Question 5

Neurotic Disorder

Answer 5

usually distressing but allows one to think rationally and function socially.

Question 6

Psychotic disorders

Answer 6

severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions.

Question 7

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 7

psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.

Question 8

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 8

an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.

Question 9

Panic Disorder

Answer 9

an anxiety disorder marked by a minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.

Question 10

Phobia

Answer 10

an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.

Question 11

Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Answer 11

an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and or actions.

Question 12

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Answer 12

a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.

Question 13

Schizophrenia

Answer 13

a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.

Question 14

Delusions

Answer 14

false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.

Question 15

Personality Disorders

Answer 15

psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.

Question 16

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 16

a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.

Question 17

Mood Disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.

Question 18

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

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a mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities.

Question 19

Manic Episode

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a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.

Question 20

Bipolar Disorder

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a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.

Question 21

Dissociative Disorders

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disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.

Question 22

Medical Model*

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*the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological disorders, assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may include treatment in a psychiatric hospital.

Question 23

Somatoform Disorders

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disorders characterized by physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists.

Question 24

Conversion Disorder*

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*a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause).

Question 25

Illness Anxiety Disorder*

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*a somatoform disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with health concerns and incessant worry about developing physical illnesses.

Question 26

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)*

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*a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

Question 27

Dissociative Amnesia*

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*partial or total loss of memory.

Question 28

Fugue*

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*dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates a new life.

Question 29

(PTSD)*

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*an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.
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