chapter 15

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Psychological Disorder

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is when we have disturbances in thoughts, feelings and behaviors

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Disturbances reflect some kind of biological, psychological or developmental dysfunction

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looking for cause

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Disturbances lead to distress or disability in ones life

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phobias holding people back from there everyday life

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Disturbances do not reflect expected or culturally approved responses to certain events

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response needs to be culturally approved and if they are not it qualifies for a psychological disorder

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psychopathology

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is the subfield of psychology that studies psychological disorders

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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it takes a look at specific symptoms for each disorders, prevalence and treatments.

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Comorbidity

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co occurrence of two or more disorders

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Supernatural Perspective

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attributed to a force beyond scientific understanding

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Biological Perspective

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views psychological disorders as linked to biological reasons

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Diathesis- Stress Model/Perspective

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takes the biological and psychological factors to predict the likelihood of a disorder

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Anxiety disorders

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excessive and persistent fear and anxiety

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Specific Phobia

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experience a excessive and distressing fear of a specific object or situation

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Classical Conditioning

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a type of learning that happens unconsciously

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Modeling

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observer imitates a role model, or when a person produces a specific behavior’s (acting as a model) that may then be imitated

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Verbal Transmisson

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develop a phobia by listening to others

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Social Anxiety Disorder

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extreme and persistent fear or anxiety and avoidance of social situations

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Panic Disorder

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experience recurrent and unexpected panic attacks

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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excessive and uncontrollable pointless worry

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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is when you experience thoughts and urgers that are intrusive and unwanted

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obsessions

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are persistent, unintentional and unwanted

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compulsions

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repetitive and ritualistic acts that are carried out to minimize the distress obsessions cause

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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worried about a perceived flaw that is non existent or barley noticeable to other people

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Hoarding Disorder

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can’t get rid of personal possessions no matter the value or use

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PTSD

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must be exposed to a traumatic experience, distressing memories and flashbacks

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Mood Disorder

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sever disturbances in mood and emotions

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Major Depressive Disorder

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intense and persistent sadness

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Seasonal Pattern

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person experience symptoms of depression during certain parts of the year

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Postpartum Depression

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women experience depression during pregnancy

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Bipolar disorder

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mood states that alternate between depression and mania

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Biological

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strong genetic base for mood disorders

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Cognitive

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believe that depression is caused by negative thoughts and interpretation

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Diathesis Stress Model cause mood disorder

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more likely to have depression depends on the environment you r in

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Suicide

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have at least one mental disorder 90 percent of the time

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Schizophrenia

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major disturbances and thoughts, perceptions, emotions and behaviors. Delusional and hallucination

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Positive symptoms

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are the presence of certain behavior (hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, disorganized or abnormal motor behavior)

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Negative symptoms

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absence of certain behaviors or emotions ( no expression)

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Cause of schizophrenia

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biologicals runs in family and environmental

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Dissociate Disorders

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a person becomes split off from there core sense of self

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Dissociative Amnesia

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a person is unable to recall personal information

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Depersonalization/Derealization

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have feelings of unreality or detachment from sense of self

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Dissociative identity

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induvial that exhibit two or more distinct personality's

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Antisocial Personality

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a mental health condition in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others

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Borderline Personality

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unstable moods, behavior, and relationships.

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ADHD

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child shows a pattern of inattention or hyper active impulsive behavior

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Attention deficit Adhd

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can't follow instruction, disorganized

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Hyperactivity adhd

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excessive movement, fidgeting

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

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is when a person shows a sign of disturbances in social interaction, communications and patterns of interest