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characteristics of disorders

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maladaptive/harmful to an individual, disturbing to others, unusual and irrational (does not make sense).

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insanity

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used to legally differentiate people mentally stable enough to be held accountable (sane) and people who are not

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simpler/specific phobia

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intense & illogical fear of something

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generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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constant, low levels of anxiety

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panic disorder

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someone who has panic attacks with or without any provocation

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somatic symptom disorder

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a person experiences a physical problem without any identifiable physical cause

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conversion disorder

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reporting & showing severe physical symptoms without identifiable cause

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hypochondriasis

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excessive worry about developing an unidentifiable medical disorder

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dissociative amnesia

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amnesia without any identifiable physical causes

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dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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someone who has several personalities

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mood/affective disorder

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people who experience intense/ unwanted emotions

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major depressive disorders/unipolar depression

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depressed mood/ loss of interest in formerly enjoyable activities

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seasonal affective disorder

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depression that only occurs at certain times of the year

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cognitive triad

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themselves, their world, and their futures

is the cognitive theory for depression

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learned helplessness

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when a person believes they cant control parts of their future that is controllable due to past experiences

socio cognitive theory for depression

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delusions

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beliefs with no basis in reality (unrealistic illusions)

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delusions of grandeur

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belief that you are more powerful than you actually are

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delusions of persecution

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belief that people are out to get you

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hallucinations

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perceptive (visual or auditory) that don’t exist

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neologisms

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made up words

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clang associations

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strunt together nonsensical words that rhyme

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inappropriate effect

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inappropriate reactions to situations

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flat effect

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having no emotional response

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catatonia

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motor problems. may be motionless or have jerky movements

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waxy flexibility

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allowing their body to me moved and holding the new pose

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positive symptoms

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new behaviors/thoughts/moods

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negative symptoms

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loss of behavior/thought/mood

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tardive dyskinesia

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muscle tremors/stiffness

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double bind

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contradicting messages cognitive theory for schizophrenia

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dopamine hypothesis

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high levels of dopamine cause schizophrenia biological theory

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diathesis stress model

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states that stress can cause dormant illnesses to become active

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types of personality disorders

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antisocial personality disorder- doesn't like socializing dependant personality disorder- overly dependant paranoid personality disorder- overly paranoid narcissistic personality disorder- focuses on yourself only histrionic personality disorder- overly dramatic obsessive compulsive personality disorder- overly concerned about certain thoughts & behaviors

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paraphilias/psychosexual disorder

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sexual attractions to things not usually seen as sexual. more common in men

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autism spectrum disorder

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difficulties with social interaction, and hypersensitive to certain stimuli

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attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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difficulties paying attention/sitting still

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alzheimer's disease

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deterioration of cognitive abilities

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rosenhan study (David rosenhan)

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when sane people pretended to be mentally ill in order to be accepted into a mental hospital, where they stayed even after they demonstrated normal behaviors. showed that people cannot differentiate the sane from the insane in psych wards