Ch 16 Vocab Flashcards
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DSM-IV
The fifth version of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Anxiety
A vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger
Phobia
An intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation
Panic disorder
An extreme anxiety that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks
Somatoform disorder
Physical symptoms for which there is no apparent physical cause
Conversion disorder
Changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function
Dissociative disorder
A disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness
Dissociative amnesia
The inability to recall important personal events or information; is usually associated with stressful events
Dissociative fugue
A dissociative disorder in which a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work and is unable to recall the past
Dissociative identity disorder
A person exhibits two or more personality states, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving.
Schizophrenia
A group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions,and perceptions
Delusions
False beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence
Hallucinations
Perceptions that have no direct external cause
Major depressive disorder
Severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities
Personality disorders
Maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and one’s environment
Antisocial personality
A personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience
Psychological dependence
Use of a drug to such an extent that a person feels nervous and anxious without it.
Addiction
A pattern of drug abound characterized by a n overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and used the drug
Tolerance
Physical adaptation to a drug so that a person needs and increased amount in order to produce the original effect
Withdrawal
The symptoms that occur after a person discontinues the use of a drug to which he or she has become addicted
Bipolar disorder
Disorder in which and individual alternates between feelings of mania and depression
