Abnormal Behavior Flashcards
True or False: 1 out of 100 (3 million) persons will become so severely disturbed as to require hospitalization.
True
True or False: 3-6% of the ages suffer from organic psychoses.
True
True or False: 7 percent (21 million) of the population of the United States, at any given time, is suffering from some kind of anxiety-related disorder.
True
True or False: 1 of 8 (12.5%) children in the United States is seriously maladjusted (failing or unable to cope).
True
True or False: Between 10-20% (30-60 million) or more of all adults in the United States will suffer a major depression in their life.
True
True or False: 2 million North Americans are admitted (or readmitted) annually for psychiatric treatment.
True
What is psychopathology?
A field that studies mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
The following are characteristics of what? Unhappiness, anxiety, depression, or other signs of distress.
Psychopathology
What is the book in which psychopathologist are classified?
(DSM-IV) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Psychotic disorders?
Hallucinations and delusions, social withdrawal, retreat from reality
Organic mental disorders?
Problems of brain pathology. Ex: damage of the brain
Substance related disorder?
Abuse of drugs, alcohol, food, etc.
Mood disorders?
Disturbance that effect emotion.
Anxiety disorders?
Marked by feelings of fear, apprehension, anxiety, etc.
Dissociative disorders?
Temporary amnesia, multiple identity, depersonalization, etc.
Ex: multiple personality disorder
